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Month: August 2013

Swan Nebula

Some more pictures of the Swan (aka Horseshoe Nebula) M17 For further information on Swan nebula see post of 21st … More

Astrophotography, Horseshoe Nebula, Swan nebula

4496 Dwight D Eisenhower

4496 was built in 1937 and was originally destined to be called Sparrowhawk. However, when it left the works, it … More

A4 locomotive, Dwight D Eisenhower, Mallard 75, National Railway Museum, York

Bird Pictures: Great Crested Grebe

I dont have any photos of the young birds so here is one by Stefan Berndtsson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/) They are just … More

Birds, Great Crested Grebe

Naturelog: Thursday 8th August

A walk around the Tarn this afternoon as I hadn’t done a butterfly count there for over a week and … More

Azure Damselfly, Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Eltham, Gatekeeper, Naturelog, Tarn

Naturelog: Wednesday 7th August

After a morning appointment I stopped off at Sutcliffe Park LNR to do today’s Butterfly count. The predominant butterfly species … More

Birds, Butterflies, Common Blue Butterfly, Dragonflies, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Brown Butterfly, Naturelog, sutcliffe park

Views of the Tarn

All photos by Sue

Tarn

Naturelog: Tuesday 6th August

After a morning working at home I went for a walk around Eltham Palace Gardens. Although the palace itself was … More

Butterflies, Dragonflies, Eltham, Eltham Palace, emperor dragonfly, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Naturelog

Naturelog: Monday 5th August

Off today to look for Dragonflies and Butterflies at Rainham Marshes. A walk around the Tarn on the way to … More

Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Naturelog, Rainham Marshes, RSPB

Roman Mosaics: Halicarnassus (2)

Many of the Mosaics from the 4th Century CE villa at Halicarnassus featured hunting scenes of wild animals These scenes … More

Halicarnassus, Mosaics, Roman history

Moon

Pictures taken using Harvard NASA telescope

Astrophotography, nasa telescope

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