The garden has been very quiet of late. The birds have been recovering from the breeding season and moulting their … More
Month: September 2014
Tall Ships Festival (3)
Dar Mlodziezy moored at Greenwich Penninsular Dar Mlodziezy (The gift of youth) is one of six ships of this design … More
Alternative housing for Nightingales in Kent
Nightingale Photo by Sergey Yelisev (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yeliseev/) I was astounded to see the story concerning the development of Lodge Hill in … More
Tall Ships Festival (2)
Onto the main site at Greenwich waterfront. The Tolkien was built in East Germany as a motorised tug boat. After … More
Tall Ships Festival (1)
A visit this weekend to the Tall Ships festival at Greenwich My first stop was Woolwich Riverfront where some of … More
World shorebirds day
I only found out today that Saturday has been designated World Shorebirds day. A chance to focus on and celebrate … More
Bluebell Railway (7): Maunsell U class 1638
50 U class locomotives were built for Southern railway between 1928 and 1931. They were designed by Maunsell to haul … More
Cutty Sark (8): Images of a ship
“Cutty Sark June 2012” by Lauair -Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Cutty_Sark_June_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Cutty_Sark_June_2012.jpg
Shine on Harvest Moon
I was interested to read on EarthSky about this years Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the nearest full moon … More
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Originally posted on Towheeblog:
This fall marks the centennial of the death of America’s last Passenger Pigeon. It is one…
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