One of our commonest birds, although wintering numbers seem to be declining and the sight of swirling winter flocks seems…
Naturelog: Thursday 25th April
A beautiful sunny day and so after working all morning decided to go to Greenwich Park to see if the…
M31 – Andromeda galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as…
Naturelog: Wednesday 24th April
A morning stroll around the Tarn. Alongside one of the Islands I saw a bird and at first thought it…
Naturelog: Monday 22nd April
The morning started with a visit to the London Wetland Centre at Barnes. There was plenty of migrant activity with…
Swindon Great Western Railway works
The site of the Great Western railways Swindon works was a massive site adjoining the north side of the London…
NGC 4013
NGC 4013 is an edge-on barred spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is…
Bird pictures: Mandarin Duck
These Mandarin Duck were photographed at Arundel on my recent Sussex trip As its name suggests the Mandarin originated in…
Update: Charing Cross Peregrines
I checked in on the peregrines this morning and she is still sitting on the 4 eggs. For webcam see…
Naturelog: Saturday 20th / Sunday 21st April
Returned from Sussex on Saturday after 5 good days birdwatching. Good weather is continuing so it is hopeful that we…
