Birdlog: Saturday 6th April

Oh that Goldcrest! Ah this is more like it – a bright spring day. Morning at home working – plenty…

Roman Living rooms

The pictures are of a simulated pair of Roman living rooms (from the Museum of London)

Engineering award for Mallard

Very apt that in this year of Mallard anniversary that the genius of the engineering should be recognised On the…

Bird Pictures: Grey Heron

GWR 3803 in steam

GWR 3803 on the Grand Central. 3803 was built in 1938 at Swindon and was designed as a heavy Goods…

Hercules cluster

A cluster of about 200 galaxies in the constellation Hercules. It is about 500 million light years from Earth Todays…

Birdlog: Thursday 4th April

Its April – Its London and its snowing!!!!! Only the hardiest birds venture out today so not much activity in…

Stanier 8F at York

Stanier 8F 48151 visiting York Station yesterday. What a great sight 48151 the Yorkshire coast express YORK 03.04.2013 http://t.co/buZPRGdsaA —…

STEAM – Swindon

Yesterday a trip to Swindon and the chance to visit STEAM – the museum of the Great Western railway. The…

Bird pictures: Lesser Kestrel

Some pictures of Lesser Kestrel taken on a trip to Southern Italy The Lesser Kestrel is a summer migrant species…