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Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

Scottish Sunsets

Some pictures of sunsets during my recent trip to Scotland

Scottish Sunsets

Naturelog: Tuesday 11th November

Day 3 of my trip to Speyside was the day to find those species in Speyside that we hadn’t found … More

Speyside

Naturelog: Monday 10th November

Day 2 of my brief trip to Speyside saw us heading for the Moray coast. Our first destinations was the … More

Eider, Hooded Crow, Moray Coast, Rock Pipit, Speyside

Naturelog: Sunday 9th November

In Scotland for 3 days of Birdwatching on a short break run by Heatherlea, a holiday company based in Speyside. … More

Red Grouse, Speyside

Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment in Lewisham

  St Laurence Church is a 1960’s church in SE London.  As you walk from the main church into the … More

Queens Own royal West Kent Regiment, St Laurence Catford, World War 1

We will remember them

  They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the … More

Poppies, Tower of London, World War 1

Truly a World War

When you hear about World War One, it is likely that it will conjure up images of trenches in Western … More

World War 1

Orion Nebula

Was searching through some picture files a couple of days ago and found this set of pictures of the Orion … More

Orion Nebula

Speckled Wood

  As a homage to the passing summer here in the UK, some pictures of the last butterfly species I … More

Speckled Wood

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky … More

Poppies, Tower of London, World War 1

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