The Barbican development in central London is not exactly the spot, you would think, for seeing good birds. Barbican Development…
Naturelog: 7th April
A sunny warm afternoon for my weekly survey walk on the patch. Expectations high for some butterflies and other insects…
Statues and Memorials in London: Merchant Navy Memorials
On Tower Hill, close by the Tower of London, stands the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to sailors from the…
Naturelog: 6th April
A lovely spring Morning and a visit to Bough Beech. The first thing I noticed on arrival was the calls…
Moon
Haven’t had much time for much astrophotography recently but here are a few recent moon pics.
9F:92212
The 9F class were built for British railways in the 1950s as fast heavy freight locomotives. However they also saw…
The Roman Fort Gatehouse
The Romans built a stone fort in the NW corner of the Londinium settlement. Work appears to have commenced around…
Prehistoric footprints
Another fascinating exhibit in the Bones and Stones exhibition at the Library of Birmingham was a ‘pavement’ covered with prehistoric…
Naturelog: 31st March
I have been putting off the weekly survey walk around the Tarn in the hope that I might get a…
Stones and Bones
With sometime to kill in Birmingham on Saturday before my train left for London, I went to the new Library…
