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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.

Naturelog: Tuesday 29th October

Went out this morning to do the monthly BTO Winter Thrush survey for the patch and the surrounding area. Was … More

Eltham, Eltham Palace, Tarn

Cookham

Cookham is a village in Berkshire not far from the town of Marlow.This is an attractive village which in a … More

Cookham, Stanley Spencer

Lullingstone Roman Villa (1)

Visited Lullingstone Roman villa which is situated in Eynsford in Kent. photo by Scott (http://www.flickr.com/photos/protactinium/) One of the unique features … More

Lullingstone Roman Villa, Roman history

The Butterfly House (6)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Moon

I find that photographing the moon is something that I come back to time and time again. Perhaps it’s because … More

Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope, moon

The Butterfly House (5)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Naturelog:Wednesday 23rd October

After a morning appointment, I took the opportunity to complete this months BTO winter thrush survey visit to Sutcliffe Park … More

Common Darter, Eltham, Long-tailed Tit, sutcliffe park

Views of Liverpool (2)

Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum

Edmund Gardner

The Edmund Gardner is one of three large pilot cutters built for the Mersey docks and Harbour board in the … More

Edmund Gardner, Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum

Colours of Autumn (3)

Some more autumnal colours from the Tarn

Tarn, Trees

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