Many of the Mosaics from the 4th Century CE villa at Halicarnassus featured hunting scenes of wild animals These scenes … More
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.
Moon
Pictures taken using Harvard NASA telescope
Patch update July
27 bird species were seen on the patch this month. This brings the years total to 48 and increases the … More
Naturelog: 28th July-2nd August
Have been away at a meeting in Oxford all week so not much opportunity to spend time watching nature. Did … More
4464 Bittern
Bittern was built in 1937. It spent most of its working life on the East Coast mainline, particularly hauling the … More
Roman Mosaics: Halicarnassus
The most famous mosaics from Halicarnassus come from the excavations by CT Newton (later keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities … More
Azure Damselfly
Moon
photos taken using NASA Harvard telescope
The capture of Lachish (3)
The final scenes in the wall reliefs from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh show the conquering Assyrian army returning with the … More
6023 King Edward II – watering and coaling
Some shots of King Edward II during a break in her running at Didcot in order to take on water … More
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