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Rutland Water Wildlife

Some more photos from our excellent trip to Rutland water last weekend

Orange Tip, Rutland Water, Sedge Warbler, Treecreeper, Western Osprey

London Churches: St Vedast-alias-Foster

Perhaps one of the strangest named churches in the city of London, St Vedast-alias-Foster lies within the shadow of St…

St Vedast-alias-Foster

The Girls have arrived (Pieds)

Originally posted on Radnor Bird Blog:
? Very shy and retiring…. quite a distance away… but three sighted down at the boxes.…

Pied Flycatcher

Over the Thames (2)

The emirates airline cable car allows wonderful views of East London.

Emirates Air Line Cable Car, River Thames

Naturelog: 29th April (2)

After seeing the Ospreys Keith and I headed back towards the reserve’s visitor centre. On the way, we saw two…

Bullfinch, Dunnock, Great Crested Grebe, Orange Tip, Red-Legged Partridge, Rutland Water, Treecreeper

Naturelog: 29th April

A bright Saturday morning saw Sue, Keith and me on the 120-mile journey from home to Rutland Water nature reserve…

Rutland Water, Sedge Warbler, Tree Sparrow, Western Osprey, Willow Warbler

Tall Ships Festival 2017 (3)

We were very fortunate to get some great views of Tall Ships while we were crossing the river on the…

Greenwich, Tall Ships Festival

Lost and found at Lambeth Palace.

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
As the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for centuries, Lambeth Palace, which sits on the…

Lambeth Palace

Bluebell Railway 2017

  Although the main reason for visiting the Bluebell Railway was to photograph Flying Scotsman, a number of other locomotives…

Bluebell Railway

Madame la Guillotine

In Paris, 225 years ago today, the guillotine claimed its first victim. The guillotine was not the first device of…

Guillotine

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