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Month: January 2018

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

When Keith and I visited Gravesend we went to see the Sikh temple. It was opened in 2010 replacing an … More

Gravesend, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Peterborough: St John’s Parish Church

In the 11th century, the Abbey built a church for the townspeople on land to the east of the Cathedral … More

Peterborough, St Johns Peterborough

Naturelog: 26th January

Keith and I spent the day in Gravesend, a town of the south bank of the Thames estuary in Kent. We … More

Gravesend, Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wren

A Penguin comes to call

They weren’t expecting this to happen   https://www.aol.co.uk/video/penguin-makes-surprise-visit-to-antarctic-research-boat-5a601eee55935e038850cfb8/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Cdl_lnk1%26pLid%3D236637499_uk    

Penguin

A TOUCHING SCENE, BUT WHY? — Towheeblog

1-20-18 I got this image of two Acorn Woodpeckers touching beaks. Was this an adult and young so long after … More

Acorn Woodpecker, Black-Tailed Godwits

Highlights of 2017: Skies

Regular readers will know that I love photographing skies particularly at sunset and I saw some wonderful ones in 2017

Sunset

Views of Peterborough

Market Square buildings 16th century home of the Hake family. Thomas Hake was MP for Peterborough 1586-89 Town Hall 1929

Peterborough

Queen Victoria dies

  Today marks the 117th anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. By the time of her death, she had reigned … More

Queen Victoria

The perils of a wildlife photographer

This is an amazing video of the interaction between a photographer and sea-lions off the coast of British Columbia in … More

Sealions

Highlights of 2017: Marsh Warbler

Continuing on from the theme of yesterday. The trip Keith and I had to Minsmere (and those wonderful Bitterns) was … More

Marsh Warbler

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