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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 (4)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Liverpool Overhead Railway (2)

Some posters associated with the Liverpool Overhead Railway including the notice of closure from 1956. These and many other items … More

Liverpool, Liverpool Overhead Railway, Museum of Liverpool

Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Andromeda galaxy and us

As you may know the Andromeda galaxy is one of my favourites objects to photograph and I have mentioned in … More

Andromeda galaxy, astronomy

Views of Liverpool (1)

Liverpool, Liverpool Museum

Colours of Autumn (2)

Some more autumn colours from the garden and the Tarn

Tarn, Trees

The Cheapside Hoard

The Cheapside hoard is a collection of around 400 pieces of jewellery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It … More

Cheapside Hoard, Museum of London

Liverpool Overhead Railway

The Liverpool overhead railway ran the entire length of the dock front in Liverpool. It was referred to locally as … More

Liverpool, Liverpool Overhead Railway, Museum of Liverpool

Naturelog: Friday 11th October

A morning walk around the Tarn between the rain showers. The Canada x Greylag goose pair were present together with … More

Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Naturelog, Tarn

Colours of Autumn (1)

Some pictures of autumnal colours taken at the Wetland centre yesterday

Autumn colours, Trees

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