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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.

Trees of Burnham Beeches (2)

Some more pictures of Trees from Burnham Beeches NNR taken by Sue

Burhnam beeches NNR, Trees

Bird pictures: Pied Wagtail

Birds

Blackeye Galaxy

For further information on Blackeye galaxy see post of 29/3 https://petesfavouritethings.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/blackeye-galaxy/ photos taken with Bradford Robotic telescope

astronomy, Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

Fishbourne Roman Palace (2)

The original first century mosaics found in the Palace were of a black-and-white geometric pattern. The largest of these is … More

Fishbourne Palace, Roman history

A ‘virtual’ tour of GWR works Swindon (1)

Our tour starts in the offices and the stores

History, Steam Trains

Bird pictures: Birds in flight

Birds, nature

Fishbourne Roman Palace (1)

The Roman Palace at Fishbourne in West Sussex dates from the first century A.D. approximately 30 years after the conquest. … More

Fishbourne Palace, Roman history

Why did the Mammoths become extinct?

This was the question posed by Prof Adrian Lister at the Natural History museum in London this afternoon. The evidence … More

natural history museum, nature

Sombrero Galaxy

Today’s photos are of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104/NGC5494). It is an unbarred spiral galaxy found in the constellation Virgo. It … More

astronomy, Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

Trees of Burnham Beeches (1)

Burnham beeches NNR is a wonderful ancient Woodland and contains some wonderful old trees. All photos By Sue

Burhnam beeches NNR, Trees

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