3717 City of Truro

City of Truro was a class 4-4-0 engine built for the GWR. It left Swindon works in 1903 and worked … More

Oxford Castle (2)

When I was in Oxford recently I didn’t have time to look around the interior of the castle but here … More

Spent the morning at Sutcliffe Park Was pretty quiet bird-wise although I managed to get some photos of adult and … More

The Tufted duck is one of the UK commonest waterbirds breeding across lowland England and Scotland but less commonly in … More

Off to Greenwich Peninsular to look for migrant birds. During the week a number had been seen on the rough … More

M15 (aka NGC7078) is a globular cluster seen in the constellation Pegasus. At an estimated 12 billion years old it … More

My first visit to the Tarn for a couple of weeks. It is good to see that we have avoided … More

Have been very busy over the last few weeks so little opportunity to get out and about. The garden has … More

Another from the stamp lot I purchased last week. The Grey Wagtail is one of my favourite birds which we … More

The Ashmolean Museum in the centre of Oxford has the distinction of being the worlds first University Museum dating back … More