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Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

Sky Watching

Originally posted on Roads End Naturalist:
There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so…

Statues and Monuments: Woman with Fish, Hyde Park

  This rather strange sculpture of a woman with a fish is to be found in Hyde Park. I have…

statues and memorials in London

Amazing chart on the rise & fall of civilisations

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
I don’t normally post short little blog posts but I thought I would make an exception…

Rise and fall of civilisations

Naturelog: Sunday 13th December

The year is drawing to an end and a final chance to get out on the River Medway with Skipper…

Common Seal, Curlew, Ringed Plover, River Medway, Ruddy Turnstone

“Big Plans” to transform the world’s largest railway museum

Originally posted on Loco Yard:
The City of York Council working with Network Rail, the National Railway Museum and the Homes…

National Railway Museum, York

Statues and Monuments: Sir John Moore

  John Moore was born in Glasgow in 1761. He joined the Army at the age of 15 serving in…

Sir John Moore, statues and memorials in London

Medway Sunset

 

River Medway, Sunset

Deciphering Diets

Originally posted on Roads End Naturalist:
…during reproduction, arguably the most important weeks of a bird’s life, 96% of North American terrestrial…

Birds

Naturelog: 4th December

  Apart from the strong winds it was great to be able to get out of the office and spend…

Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull, Ringed Plover, River Medway, Shelduck

Worlds Most Famous Train

Originally posted on Loco Yard:
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting story that was in the newspapers…

Flying Scotsman

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