Red-Eyed Damselfly

The Red eyed Damselfly is common in Southern England where it can be found by lakes, rivers and other bodies…

Forthcoming Attractions – National Railway Museum The Great Gathering 3 – 17 July

Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
National Railway Museum The Great Gathering 3 – 17 July We’re nearly a week away…

Motor gunboat 81 was built for the Royal Navy in 1942. It is believed to be the only gunboat in…

The commonest of the black members of the Corvid family. The Crow like the related Magpie has a somewhat evil…

Built in 1947 the first 94XX class locos were the last steam locomotives built by GWR before nationalisation and were…

Today some more pictures of the Swan Nebula. These were taken using the Bradford Robotic Telescope Anyone see a swan?…

The Moorhen is a common bird of lakes and marshes in the UK. They have a number of different local…

The Common Blue Damselfly, as its name suggests is probably the Commonest, and certainly the most widespread, of the similar…

Today’s pictures are of the Eagle Nebula (M16/NGC6611). It is 7000 light years from earth and has large areas of…

The Crimean war memorial Photo by Shaun (http://www.flickr.com/people/ugborough_exile/) This memorial was erected in memory of the soldiers and sailors from…