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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.

Naturelog: Sunday 5th May

This morning we went to Spade Oak LNR in Bourne End just outside Marlow. these are lakes made form old … More

Birdlog, Birds, Marlow, Naturelog

Naturelog: Saturday 4th May

This morning we went for a walk in Higginson Park in Marlow. The park consists of a formal park which … More

Birdlog, Birds, Marlow, Naturelog

Naturelog: Friday 3rd May

Sue and I are spending a long weekend in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. Marlow is on the River Thames about halfway … More

Birdlog, Birds, Marlow, Naturelog

Naturelog: Patch update April 2013

Tarn Park 36 species seen on the patch this month with four new species bringing the year total to 43 … More

Birdlog, Naturelog, Tarn

HMS Warrior (4)

History, HMS Warrior, Portsmouth, Warships

Moon

Image of Moon taken with Harvard NASA telescope

Astrophotography, nasa telescope

Orion Nebula

Image of Orion Nebula taken with Bradford Robotic telescope For more details on the Orion nebula see my post of … More

Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

Bird pictures: Goldfinch

Birds, nature

A country station c 1930

Some pictures from the recreation of a country station at STEAM Swindon

History, Steam Trains

HMS Warrior (3)

The upper deck armaments of HMS Warrior consisted of a number of side orientated cannons, together with manoeuvrable stern and … More

History, HMS Warrior, Portsmouth, Warships

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