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Pete's Favourite Things

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

Author: Pete

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.

The Butterfly House (9)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Views of Amsterdam (4)

Having looked at the canal side houses here are some pictures from our recent trip to Amsterdam of the dwellings … More

Amsterdam canals

3650 GWR Shunter

3650 is a representative of the class 57 shunting engine, which operated on the Great Western Railway. It was built … More

3650, class 57xx, Didcot Railway Centre, Steam Trains

Naturelog: Tuesday 26th November

Working at home today so able to see two unusual visitors to the garden. Eurasian Treecreeper is an uncommon bird … More

Eltham, Tarn

The Butterfly House (8)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Naturelog: Monday 25th November

Today I went to do the Winter Thrush Survey for November at Sutcliffe Park LNR and surrounding area. After the … More

Eltham, Mute Swan, sutcliffe park, Sutcliffe Park LNR

Ring Nebula

Some filtered shots from the Harvard NASA telescope showing the Red hues at the outside of the ring and the … More

Astrophotography, nasa telescope, Ring Nebula

Greek Doctor Frieze

This image of a doctor’s surgery is taken from a Greek vase made in Athens about 480 to 470 BCE. … More

British Museum, Greek Medicine

The Butterfly House (7)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Naturelog: Friday 22nd November

This morning out doing the November Thrush survey on the patch and surrounding area. There is certainly a lot more … More

Eltham, Eltham Palace, Tarn

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