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Month: March 2014

Naturelog: Sunday 30th March

Signs all around that spring is finally on its way. The flowers are beginning to bloom and on the way … More

Tarn

Crested Screamer

Not a bird you would see in the wild in the UK, but an interesting oddity in bird evolution. The … More

Crested Screamer

HMS Trafalgar

The launch of HMS Trafalgar HMS Trafalgar was a 120 gun ship of the Line built at Woolwich in 1840-41. … More

HMS Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Dockyard, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson

Bar Headed Goose

The Bar-headed goose comes from Central Asia but is frequently reported in the UK due to escaped birds from Wildfowl … More

Bar-headed goose

HMS Victory (2)

Following her withdrawal from active service HMS victory was sent to Portsmouth harbour to act as a depot ship for … More

HMS Victory, Portsmouth

HMS Victory (1)

A visit to Portsmouth allowed me an opportunity to spend a couple of hours in the historic naval dockyard. The … More

Admiral Jervis, Chatham dockyard, HMS Victory, Horatio Nelson, Portsmouth, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson

Bletchley Park revisited (5): The dispatch rider

Most of the signal intercepts that arrived at Bletchley Park came by the hands of the motorcycle dispatch riders, who … More

Bletchley Park

Save Britain’s Barn Owls

Originally posted on Green Living London:
A petition has been launched to save Britain’s Barn Owls, which are dying off in their…

Barn Owl

Bletchley Park revisited (4): 1947 Sunbeam Talbot

This saloon car was built in 1947 and exported to madras in India, where it remained until it was purchased … More

Bletchley Park, Sunbeam Talbot

Bletchley Park revisited (3): The Packard Sedan

This is one of a fleet of Packard sedans bought by the secret service (MI6) in June of 1940. They … More

Bletchley Park, Packard 6 Sedan

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