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

Westminster Cathedral

Perhaps it could be described as the unknown cathedral of London – Westminster Cathedral, not to be confused with Westminster…

Westminster Cathedral

Household Cavalry Museum

A trip into London and some time to kill. I decide to visit the Household Cavalry museum off Whitehall. The…

Horse Guards Parade, Household Cavalry, Household Cavalry Museum

Cutty Sark.

Cutty Sark. Photo by Paul Hudson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pahudson/ Cutty Sark is the last surviving example of a Clipper. The ships got…

Cutty Sark, Greenwich

British Museum

Being a history buff, the British Museum is probably my favourite of the many museums in London. The collection dates…

British Museum, History, London

Natural History Museum

By the middle of the 19th century it was becoming evident that the British Museum collection was outgrowing its home…

British Museum, London, natural history museum

British Butterflies: Red Admiral

Video by Paul Dinning ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPJXfmxMYAoH02CFudZxmgg )

Red Admiral

British Butterflies: Gatekeeper

Found in Southern and Eastern Britain, its recent range expansion has been linked to increasing temperatures.

Gatekeeper

British Butterflies: Large White

The large white is one of the commonest butterflies in United Kingdom and is found in most parts of the…

Butterflies, Large White

British Butterflies: Orange Tip

The Orange Tip is the first emerging butterfly of Spring – most other butterflies seen early in spring have hibernated over…

Orange Tip

British Butterflies: Comma

The Comma is one of our commonest butterflies and easily recognised by the shape of the wings.

Comma

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