The arrangement of sports facilities immediately east of West Park, Hull as shown on the 1928 O.S. map and preceding the building of the KC Stadium between 2000 and 2002 is confirmed by an aerial photo., both these in Paul Gibson’s ‘The West Park’, pub. 2011, (s.p.b.). Mr. Gibson’s text on p.20 of the booklet […]
The photo above shows part of the stadium (s.p.b.) viewed from the southern entrance to the site from West Park. It also shows a planting of diverse trees near the West Park fence but which are not shown on the 1928 O.S. map. The wedge of land, itself edged by railway lines, was never really
Chris. Packham’s soul searching as to whether the time has come for direct action re climate change and potential biodiversity collapse in the face of government ‘drifting’ on the matter seemed to come to a rather inconclusive conclusion. That is not to belittle the man who is doing such good works and using his public
Today’s photo shows three curlew feeding with their long down-curving beaks in the muddy foreshore of the Humber Estuary on a flow tide. These the largest of the mudflat waders of the Estuary, winter numbers can be inflated by migratory birds from Scandinavia. Their beaks probe for invertebrates living in the mud revealed at low
A selection of six different fallen leaves collected just this morning while walking the dog in the park. Top right is an oak leaf with a short leaf stem at the bottom of which is the remnant of the leaf joint; the rounded leaf edges are a good identification tool. Below and to its left
The classic changes of autumn are slow to unfold this year. Horse chestnut trees, their leaves changing to russet brown in late August, are still clinging on to quite a lot of their dry brittle leaves. The beech tree (near me) seems to still have a dense leaf cover although the leaves have have turned