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

Malachite Butterfly

The malachite is one of the commonest butterfly species in South America with a range spreading from Brasil to the…

Butterflies, nature

Now you see it, Now its gone!

Pictures of Little Grebe taken at Rye Meads RSPB reserve

Birds, Little Grebe

A ‘virtual’ tour of GWR works Swindon (3)

Today we visit the carriage shop, the boiler shop and the erecting shop The Carriage shop was where all the…

History, Steam Trains

Monitor 33

Monitor 33 is a First World War gunship, built to bombard coastal positions from the sea. She is one of…

History, Portsmouth, Warships

Bird pictures: Great Crested Grebe

Birds, Great Crested Grebe

Blue Moon Butterfly

The Blue Moon Butterfly or Great Eggfly is found in Madagascar, Southern Asia and Oceania. It has a wingspan of…

Butterflies, nature

Naturelog: Tuesday 21st May

This morning I made my way to Sutcliffe Park Nature reserve to look for warblers. On arrival I thought I…

Birds, Naturelog

Naturelog: Monday 20th May

Things still quite busy so have not had much time for birdwatching. But today I had sometime at home and…

Birds, Naturelog

Swan Nebula

The Swan Nebula (AKA the Lobster or Horseshoe Nebula) (M17/NGC6618) is a very bright gas cloud containing dust and molecular…

astronomy, Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

Bird pictures: Pheasant

Birds

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