These Mandarin Duck were photographed at Arundel on my recent Sussex trip As its name suggests the Mandarin originated in … 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.
Update: Charing Cross Peregrines
I checked in on the peregrines this morning and she is still sitting on the 4 eggs. For webcam see … More
Naturelog: Saturday 20th / Sunday 21st April
Returned from Sussex on Saturday after 5 good days birdwatching. Good weather is continuing so it is hopeful that we … More
NGC3031
NGC3031 (also known as M81 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation … More
Bird pictures: Purple Sandpiper
Didn’t manage to get many good bird photographs on my recent trip to Sussex but did managed to get some … More
Things we blame the Romans for!
Bad roads apparently I was interested to read in this mornings Times that an county official in Kent has blamed … More
NGC 4579
Todays picture from Harvard NASA telescope NGC 4579 (also known as M58) is a barred spiral galaxy located within the … More
More Grey Squirrels
Birdlog: Friday 19th April
Final day on South coast and as the winds were coming from the north overnight there is likely to be … More
7821 Ditcheat Manor
7821 Ditcheat Manor was part of the final batch of GWR manor class locomotives and was built in 1950. The … More
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