Picture of Clan Line near Bath last weekend A wonderful shot of the @ClanLine28 pulling the British Pullman last week … 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.
Bird Log: Monday 18th March
Its been raining all day here in London so bird activity in the garden not really high. Did have a … More
Pompeii comes to London
More information on the forthcoming Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum http://ow.ly/j6PkE
Charing Cross Peregrines update
Just been onto webcam and there are now three eggs which the female bird is desperately trying to keep dry … More
Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Sunday Times previews the forthcoming exhibition at the British Museum http://thetim.es/15QXgXN
Pinwheel Galaxy
Todays picture from Harvard NASA telescope
Insights into London history
Attended the London archaeology conference yesterday. The morning began with a series of reports on current or recent excavations in … More
Bird Pictures: Jay in the rain
Charing Cross Peregrines
Great news to hear that the Peregrines on Charing Cross hospital have so far laid two eggs. I used to … More
Bird log: Friday 15th March
Watching the garden this morning – the usual suspects are present. Strange sighting of Nuthatch peeking into nesting box 2 … More
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