Whilst on a visit to York ,in February, to see the university we visited York Train Museum where Tim Peake’s Spacecraft was on show. It was surprisingly small for 3 astronauts to travel back to earth in.
Tim Peake’s Spacecraft
Snowy Owl
The Snowy Owl showed well at Snettisham RSPB today. Did not think I was going to see it when it was not seen at Thornham early on but luckily it was re-found at the end of Snettisham RSPB reserve late morning. I was therefore able to see the bird and get back earlier enough to take my mum out for Mother’s Day.
Horned Lark
The Horned Lark at Staines Reservoir. The weather was not great Saturday morning but great to see this bird which had been present earlier in the winter but then went missing for quite a few weeks.
Dungeness
A mainly grey and quite cold day at Dungeness. Best birds were Glaucous and Caspian Gulls, pair of Smew, Black-throated Diver, Tree Sparrows and Great White Egret. There were 1000’s of Guillemots, 100’s of Great-crested Grebes and quite a few Red-throated Divers offshore of the fishing boats.
Smew
Black-throated Diver
Great White Egret
Dungeness
Newcastle United 3 Luton Town 1
We joined 7500+ Luton supporters in Newcastle for this F A cup game. The game was won by Newcastle in a ten minute spell in the first half when they scored 3 goals. Luton played well in the second half when they scored an early goal, had another incorrectly disallowed and hit the bar from a free kick.
Port Vale 4 Luton Town 0
I don’t think anyone was expecting this result. This was only our second away defeat this season, I have only been to 3 away games but I have seen both defeats!! Good day out however and can recommend The Bulls Head in Burslem where the Titanic ale went down well.
Kingfisher
Ruddy Duck
A rare sight these days since the DEFRA cull. They almost wiped them out but there are still a few left, this one was at Wilstone Reservoir today.
Airlander 10
Coming back from an unsuccessful trip to Pitsford Reservoir for a Corys Shearwater we stopped off at the impressive Cardington Hangars to see Airlander 10 the worlds biggest airliner. It is 92 metres long and weighs 20 tonnes. A few days later it broke free from its mooring and crashed into a field injuring two people. Cardington hangars are massive and can be seen from some distance when driving on the A421 near Bedford.
Crewe Alexandra 1 Luton Town 2
A good result that kept us top of League 2.
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