Bushy Park walk

Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London’s Royal Parks, at 445 hectares (1,100 acres) in area, after Richmond Park. The park, most of which is open to the public, is immediately north of Hampton Court Palace and Hampton Court Park and is a few minutes’ walk from the north side of Kingston Bridge. It is surrounded by Teddington, Hampton, Hampton Hill and Hampton Wick, and lies within the post towns of East Molesey, Hampton, Kingston upon Thames and Teddington.

Gizycko, Lake Niegocin
Mazury Airshow 2017

Regisgtration Plane type   Regisgtration Plane type
SP-KBA AN-2   SP_SATP Pioneer 300 STD
SP-LOT RWD-5R   SP-SEWA Pioneer 300 STD
SP-ICY Aero AT-3   SP-XESA ZEN1 Gyrocopter
SP-AMI Aero AT-3-R100   G-IIHI Extra 330SC
AP-AAT Aero AT-3 VLA   LY-AKU Yak-50
SP-YYY Yak-18T   LY-ANP Yak-50
SP-YBD TS-8 Bies   LY-AHR Yak-50
SE-CFP DC-3 “Daisy”   SP-SVLE VL3
D-EZUW Extra 300S   SP-SHOO Virus SW
SP-GRY EC 120B Colibri   SP-AYA 300 CBi
PH-RCG Pioneer 400   77 MiG-29A Fulcrum

Port Wieczorek, Lake Niegocin

Lake Niegocin is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of Poland’s Warmia-Mazury Province. It is the seventh largest lake in Poland, with an area of 26.04 square kilometres (10.05 sq mi). Maximum depth is 39.7 metres (130 ft); average is 9.9 metres (32 ft).[1]

Lake Sosno


Drwęca once more

The Drwęca [ˈdrvɛnt͡sa] is a river in northern Poland and a tributary of the Vistula river near Toruń, forming a part of the city’s administrative boundary. It has a length of 207 km (17th longest) and a basin area of 5,344 km², all in Poland.

Towns:
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Brodnica
Golub-Dobrzyń
Toruń

HMS Richmond – Canary Wharf

HMS Richmond is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 6 April 1993 by Lady Hill-Norton, wife of the late Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Hill-Norton, and was the last warship to be built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders. She sailed from the builders on the River Tyne in November 1994. She is named for the Dukedom of Richmond.

May 2017, Canary Wharf, London, UK

May 2017, Canary Wharf, London, UK

Rye Meads again

Rye Meads is a 58.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Rye House, Hertfordshire. It is also part of the Lea Valley RAMSAR site (a group of internationally important wetland sites) and a Special Protection Area. The SSSI is divided into three areas. North of Rye Road is the Rye Meads nature reserve, which is open to the public. The western half of this nature reserve, next to the River Lea in the Lee Valley Regional Park, is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The eastern half is managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT). The SSSI also includes a meadow and lagoons owned by Thames Water south of Rye Road which is not open to the public.

The RSPB reserve has ten birdwatching hides, trails and a visitor centre. Birds include kingfisher, snipe, green sandpiper, shoveler, gadwall and tufted duck.

The HMWT site is an ancient flood meadow which has a variety of habitats including reedbed, marshy grassland and fen. It is grazed by ponies and water buffalo.