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

Bird pictures: Goldfinch

Birds, nature

A country station c 1930

Some pictures from the recreation of a country station at STEAM Swindon

History, Steam Trains

HMS Warrior (3)

The upper deck armaments of HMS Warrior consisted of a number of side orientated cannons, together with manoeuvrable stern and…

History, HMS Warrior, Portsmouth, Warships

Bird Pictures: Little Grebe

Birds, nature

Podcast: The History of England

The history of England is a weekly podcast by David Crowther. It plans to cover English history from the year…

England, History, Podcast

The Hovercraft

When I was in Southsea a couple weeks ago I was delighted to find that there was still a commercial…

aviation, History, Hovercraft, isle of wight, Pegwell Bay, Southsea, transportation

Saturn

Some images of the planet Saturn taken with the Bradford Robotic telescope Saturn is the 6th planet from our Sun…

astronomy, Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

Action to save bees: EU to ban killer pesticides

Originally posted on Green Living London:
Great news! After months of campaigning by environmentalists, the European Commission has taken action to protect…

environment, nature, pesticides

Bird pictures: Gadwall

Birds, nature

Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula (also known as M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula located in the constellation of Orion.…

Astrophotography, Bradford Robotic telescope

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