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

Theseus

Theseus was a mythical reforming King of Athens. His mother was Aethra, daughter of the king of Troezan and his…

Ancient Greece, Cretan Minotaur, Theseus

Gatekeeper Butterfly

The Gatekeeper (also sometimes known as the Hedge Brown) is commonly found in England and Wales, but is absent from…

Butterflies, Gatekeeper

Lion

The Lion is one of the UK’s earliest railway locomotives, built at Leeds in 1838 for the Liverpool & Manchester…

Lion, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Museum of Liverpool

Naturelog: Thursday 3rd October

The garden has been quiet this week with only the usual residents present. But continuing on from last weeks Sparrowhawk…

Eltham, Naturelog, Tarn

KIngston Down Brooch

The Kingston Down brooch dates from between 600 to 625 A.D. This is one of the finest Anglo-Saxon brooches ever…

Anglo-Saxon Jewellry, Kingston Down Brooch, Liverpool Museum

Patch update: September

In what was a quiet month 23 bird species were seen on the patch this month.The year’s total remains at…

Birds, Eltham, Naturelog, Tarn

The Butterfly House (3)

Butterflies, natural history museum

Andromeda Galaxy

Some recent photos of the Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years from Earth and is found…

Andromeda galaxy, Astrophotography

Naturelog: Sunday 29th September

After a lovely Sunday morning breakfast at Cafe Fego in Marlow High Street (Highly recommended) we went for a walk…

Bondig Bank NR, Buckinghamshire, Fungi, Higginson Park, Marlow

Naturelog: Saturday 28th September

A weekend in Marlow and the opportunity to visit a couple of nature reserves that I haven’t visited before. In…

Farmoor Reservoir, Kestrel, Marlow, Naturelog, Oxford, RSPB Otmoor, Turtle Dove

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