Category Archives: Environment

Meeting the wildlife

Posted on June 14, 2018 by james

I was walking past the door onto our patio yesterday when I noticed this little chap through the fly curtain that we have in the doorway, sitting on the top of one of the chairs outside: They’re usually very shy, … Continue reading →

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Broadband: Beyond Thunderstorm

Posted on June 5, 2018 by james

My ISP very kindly makes traffic graphs available for my ADSL line, which is mostly carried overhead on telegraph poles, over the tops of the hills to the exchange about 3km away (as the phone line flies). On the last … Continue reading →

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Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?

Posted on June 5, 2017 by james

Well, perhaps. If you’re wet, cold and suffer from violent wind. Last week I managed to get quite a noticeable farmer’s tan. Today I’d be more likely to die of exposure. I can’t believe it’s barely two weeks to Midsummer’s … Continue reading →

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I haven’t the foggiest what’s going on with the weather

Posted on March 15, 2017 by james

As I dropped down from the hills into the local town on the way back from swimming today, through the hedges I could see a strange-looking bank of cloud sitting in one of the valleys between me and the Quantock … Continue reading →

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Upside down rainbow

Posted on January 23, 2017 by james

No, not an Australian one 🙂 I’m aware these can happen due to (I think) ice crystals floating in the sky, but it’s the first time I’ve seen one.

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Collecting meteorites from rainwater

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

Allegedly it is possible to collect tiny fragments of meteorites from rainwater.  The story goes that they can drift in the atmosphere until they get caught in the rain and end up falling to the ground.  By trapping the flow … Continue reading →

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Over (and under) the rainbow

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

It’s the first time I’ve seen one of these thought it appears they’re not that rare. A rainbow, photographed from our garden: But it’s a double — there’s a second rainbow above it, just visible in this photo (most easily … Continue reading →

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Interesting cloud formation

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

I’ve not noticed anything like this before. To me it looks like lots of little knots bunched up together. There was more of the same in thicker cloud nearby, but being lit from behind by the Sun makes the details … Continue reading →

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One Swallow does not a summer make…

Posted on June 23, 2013 by james

But lots of them is really quite impressive. Especially when you can get up close. Just went out to feed some scraps to the chickens with my daughter and saw a number of swallows tearing around the trees in the … Continue reading →

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Garden Visitors

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

My daughter wanted to photograph some birds for her wildlife club at school and had been trying with a compact camera but not had a huge amount of luck. To make things a bit easier for her I set up … Continue reading →

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