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jmc223.bsky.social
Retired teacher of Maths and Computing, lifetime Blackburn Rovers supporter for my sins and half of Birmingham folk music veterans "Malfunction". Keen photographer of all things but mostly landscapes, birds, butterflies, trains and planes.
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Keep behind the yellow line!! Some gormless idiots are about to get a fright!! The line speed through Leyland is 125mph! #leyland #pendolino #trains #railways

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Why so glum? Illey North Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #photography #canon #horses

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Buzzard in flight - Illey Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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More Buzzards! This one surveying its territory at Illey, North Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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Chaffinch in full voice - Illey Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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A handsome bird! Buzzard seen at Romsley North Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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Take off! A Buzzard takes to the air at Romsley Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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Giving it some welly! It's getting to that time of year. Illey, Worcestershire UK - 25-02-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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I really don't like the way the cat is looking at me and licking its lips!!! #photography #cats #canon

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Bumpy ride! West Midland Railways Turbostar No. 170508 together with a pair of Class 153s climbing the Lickey Incline with a Hereford to Birmingham New Street service - 7th October 2019, To be fair the telephoto foreshortening effect is to blame! #trains #railways #lickeyincline westmidlandsrailways

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Free as a bird! Buzzard over Romsley Worcestershire UK - 13-09-24 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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On this day 2016 - male Tufted Duck - Moseley New Pool, Swanshurst Birmingham 24-02-2016 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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On this day 2016 - Black Headed Gull just coming into the summer plumage - Moseley New Pool, Swanshurst Birmingham 24-02-2016 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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On this day 2019. A foggy view at Kinver Edge, Staffordshire UK - 24-02-2019 #landscape #photography #fog

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A bit of trainspotting from the top of the Yser Tower in Diksmuide Belgium. A pair of AM80 units - 18-02-25 #trains #belgium #photography #railways

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Ypres Belgium - to the south of the Menin Gate 18-02-25 #photography #belgium #ypres #landscape

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Panoramic view of the countryside around Diksmuide Belgium as taken from the top of the Yser Tower - 18-02-25 #photography #panorama #landscape #belgium

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The town of Diksmuide Belgium as taken from the top of the Yser Tower 18-02-25 #photography #view #landscape #canon

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The view from the top - Yser Tower, Diksmuide Belgium 18-02-25 #photography #belgium #landscape

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View by the side of the Menin Gate at Ypres Belgium #photography #landscape #belgium #sony

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Yser Tower, Diksmuide Belgium. Monument and museum dedicated to the Belgian soldiers killed in WW1. Massive!! #belgium #monument #tower

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Buglers gather to play The Last Post at the Menin Gate in Ypres Belgium - a service which takes place every single evening without fail 17-02-25 #meningate #buglers #lastpost

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Nécropole Nationale de Serre-Hébuterne - Beaumont Hamel France 17-02-25 #photography #canon #thesomme #france

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Serre Road Cemetery No1 - The Somme - France 17-02-25 #photography #landscape #france #thesomme

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Serre No2 Cemetery as seen from Serre No 1 - The Somme France 17-02-25 #photography #landscape #canon #thesomme

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Caribou - Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel on the Somme France 16-02-25 #photography #memorial #canada #newfoundland #canon #thesomme

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Proyart German Cemetery on the Somme Northern France. A very different feel to the commonwealth cemeteries but still necessary to visit. A balck and white image seemed most appropriate. 16-02-25 #cemetery #ww1 #battlefields #blackandwhite #B&W #canon

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The Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium 17-02-25 #photograpohy #belgium #buildings #ww1 #oneplus

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The Highland Soldier. Memorial to the 51st division as the soldier looks towards Beaumont Hamel village which was successfully taken on 13th Nov 1916. Newfoundland Memorial Park, Northern France 16-02-25 #photograpny #WW1 #blackandwhite #B&W #canon #canadian #canada

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The Ulster Tower near Beaumont-Hamel on The Somme, Northern France - 16-02-25 #photography #blackandwhite #B&W #france #TheSomme

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It's goodbye to Ypres, Flanders and Belgium for another year. #photography #belgium

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Yser Towers, dikmuide Flanders Belgium 18-02-25 Monument and museum in memory of Flemish soldiers who died in WW1. #photography #Flanders

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Serre No 1 cemetery. The Somme France. Phone pic 17th Feb 2025

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Proyart German cemetery on the Somme. Somewhat different to the commonwealth cemeteries. Quite sombre.

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Phone shot. Mill cemetery looking towards thiepval. The Somme. France

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There's a story behind this pic of me a few minutes ago on my birthday!

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At least the weather is nicer in France than it is in Birmingham!!!

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