The large white is one of the commonest butterflies in United Kingdom and is found in most parts of the…
Lagoon Nebula
Taken with the Harvard NASA telescope The Lagoon Nebula (aka M8 or NGC 6257) is a giant interstellar cloud found…
Naturelog:Wednesday 4th September
An afternoon walk in Regents Park. Amazingly hot weather and everything (me included0 was trying to keep in the shade.…
3717 City of Truro
City of Truro was a class 4-4-0 engine built for the GWR. It left Swindon works in 1903 and worked…
Oxford Castle (2)
When I was in Oxford recently I didn’t have time to look around the interior of the castle but here…
Naturelog: Monday 2nd September
Spent the morning at Sutcliffe Park Was pretty quiet bird-wise although I managed to get some photos of adult and…
Tufted Duck
The Tufted duck is one of the UK commonest waterbirds breeding across lowland England and Scotland but less commonly in…
Naturelog: Saturday 31st August
Off to Greenwich Peninsular to look for migrant birds. During the week a number had been seen on the rough…
M15
M15 (aka NGC7078) is a globular cluster seen in the constellation Pegasus. At an estimated 12 billion years old it…
Naturelog: Friday 30th August
My first visit to the Tarn for a couple of weeks. It is good to see that we have avoided…