The Orange Tip is the first emerging butterfly of Spring – most other butterflies seen early in spring have hibernated over…
Flying Scotsman in Steam
A great video of 60103 A3 Pacific ‘Flying Scotsman’ in steam Video by Marsh Steam Videos and made available through Youtube
Sedge Warbler
The Sedge Warbler is a small warbler which inhabits reedbeds. It is a summer visitor to the UK, wintering in…
Hadrians Villa Reconstructed
Her is another digital reconstruction showing how Hadrian’s villa would have looked Video by Matthew Brennan and made available through…
Reed Bunting
The Reed Bunting is a sparrow-sized bird of farmland and Wetland. It is a resident in the Uk and it…
The forum of Rome reconstructed
A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a tour through a virtual reconstruction of Rome of 320AD.…
St Saviours, Dartmouth (2)
The church of St Saviour’s in Dartmouth dates back to the 14th century and contains many beautiful artefacts from its…
Pieds and Starts Llandod.
Originally posted on Radnor Bird Blog:
Nice to see the Redstarts and Pied flycatchers raising broods…… 4 lots of each in the…
Tunnel Archaeology
I recently visited an exhibition on the ‘Archaeology of Crossrail’. Crossrail is the building of a new railway line…
Ascent of Everest
The 29th May 1953 was the date on which a New Zealander Edmund Hillary and a Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached…