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Naturelog: Saturday 31st August

Off to Greenwich Peninsular to look for migrant birds. During the week a number had been seen on the rough…

Birds, Butterflies, Clouded Yellow, damselflies, Dragonflies, Large White, Migrant Hawker, Naturelog, Small Tortoiseshell

M15

M15 (aka NGC7078) is a globular cluster seen in the constellation Pegasus. At an estimated 12 billion years old it…

Astrophotography, M15, Milky Way, NGC7078

Naturelog: Friday 30th August

My first visit to the Tarn for a couple of weeks. It is good to see that we have avoided…

Birds, Butterflies, Eltham, Hawkmoth, Moths, Naturelog, Tarn

Naturelog: Thursday 29th August

Have been very busy over the last few weeks so little opportunity to get out and about. The garden has…

Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Migrant Hawker, Naturelog

Bird Pictures: Grey wagtail

Another from the stamp lot I purchased last week. The Grey Wagtail is one of my favourite birds which we…

Birds, Grey Wagtail

Ashmolean Museum Oxford

The Ashmolean Museum in the centre of Oxford has the distinction of being the worlds first University Museum dating back…

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

LCDR D4-4-0 No 737

D4-4-0 number 737 was built at Ashford for the London Chatham and Dover Railway. It entered into service in 1901…

D4-4-0, London Chatham and Dover Railway, National Railway Museum, Steam Trains, York

Bird Pictures: Golden Oriole

I came across a job lot of Bird stamps the other day and so bought them out of interest to…

Birds, Golden oriole, royal society for the protection of birds

M2

M2 (aka NGC7089) is one of the largest and oldest globular clusters known. It can be found in the constellation…

Astrophotography, Messier 2, NGC7089

Oxford Castle

The original castle was built in 1071 by Robert D’Oyly, a Norman baron who had come to England with William…

Oxford, Oxford Castle, Oxford Prison

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