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Tony Roberts

@tonero72.bsky.social
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former engineer. interests: walking in London and around, local and world history, rail transport, beer, natural world.

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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hainault (UK) Forest. Three Forests Way. Reliving one of my walks yesterday. #photography #forests #HainaultCountryPark 📷
A photo of a sunlit glade, taken from the Three Forests Way, in Hainault Forest yesterday.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
London Skyline. Anyone who has walked the LOOP will have experienced this view, taken from Havering Country Park. #londonskyline #haveringcountry park 📷
The London skyline, taken from Havering Country Park. on the left is docklands, with the millennium dome just visible. On the right is the City, with the Shard clearly visible.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Vapour trails. #photography #sky 📷
Vapour trails of flights into or from London Heathrow after the trails have had time to disperse.Vapour trails of flights into or from London Heathrow after the trails have had time to disperse.Vapour trails of flights into or from London Heathrow after the trails have had time to disperse, catching the light of the setting sun.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A weak front at dusk. Sadly no rain. #photography #weather #clouds 📷
Looking out of the window at dusk. The sun is low on the horizon and masked by cloud. A sycamore tree dominates the right of the picture.
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𝚁𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜 ☮️ @riende.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
Leaving Vlissingen soon, going back home. Here's a shot of Friday night's sunset to wrap things up #photography #fotografie #fotografía #scapes #landscape #ECK #eastcoastkin
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here's a photo I took a few million years ago! Crystal Palace Park - the newly renovated dinosaurs.
Victorian dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park, London, after recent renovation.A playful dinosaur amuses children in Crystal Palace Park
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Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#OnThisDay 137 years ago the first train ran to Weymouth Quay. It was a curiosity seeing a train inching along the quayside at 4mph behind men with flags ushering people and cars out of the way; it last ran 02/05/1999. 1994 Clip from Video125 train videos: buff.ly/ygywc74
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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yesterday's walk up Low Fell
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Pub cat. Tapping the Admiral, (sister pub to the Pineapple). A friendly pub in Kentish Town. Good selection of beer. #pubs📷
An almost black cat sits in her favourite place in the pub.
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linda2.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Three of four pelican chicks. They're as large as their parents! The first to be born for 360 years. Truly amazing. Now for a beer so sorry, no responses from me tonight, a hot day 🌞 @theroyalparks.bsky.social #UKWildlife #Birds #Ornithology #TheRoyalParks #StJames'sPark #Pelican #BirdPhotography
Three pelican chicks stand preeni g their feathers while waiting for their parents to return with a beak full of fish.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Wow, Linda. That's stunning.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Wandsworth Common on Cup Final day. #photography #london #londoncommons 📷
Two dogs play in the south pond on Wandsworth Common, London, despite a notice telling them not to enter the water! Behind the pond, the grass is no longer green. A pink ice cream van awaits customers in the distance, left. Two people sit surveying the pond, centre left.
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𝚁𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜 ☮️ @riende.eurosky.social · 19/07/2026
I made the switch grom Gmail to Tuta Mail over a year ago. Very happy I did! Are you coming too?
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Barbican Wildlife Group @barbicanwildlife.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Barbican butterflies - #bigbutterflycount
Red Admiral Small WhiteJersey Tiger Moth
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Chesham, Bucks #photography #chilterns 📷
A characterful street in Chesham, with the tower and spire of St Mary's church in the background. The sun brings out the warmth of the bricks.
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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Good morning and happy Sunday. Fancy messing about on boats later!? ..😎..meet up at the usual time ☕️🍦.. wear sunblock and bonus BS points for the best summer Hat.. 🤠👒 Have a beautiful and colourful day, ❤️🛶💚🛶🌾☀️ Thorpeness, Suffolk, U.K. 📷 Jul ‘26 #Stunday #ECK #Photography #Nature #SkySunday
The edge of a boating lake, on a beautiful summers day. In the foreground a line of colourful rowing boats. Behind to the left an island with trees and ducks on. In the background more trees and houses. Sky is blue.
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Stuart @stueyb50.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Walking along the Grand Union Canal I saw this lovely family.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Black Pond, Esher Common. Taken during the heatwave. #photography #lakes #eshercommon 📷
An artificial pond on Esher Common, created as a water supply for the nearby Claremont Ornamental Gardens.
A lone cormorant spreads its wings as it surveys the pond.Another view of Black Pond. It took a while to find it but was well worth it.
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Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#OnThisDay 104 years ago the London & North Western Railway commenced DC electric services from Euston to Watford Junction with the opening of a third pair of tracks between Queens Park and Euston. Services were provided by Oerlikon units like this preserved at the NRM in York.
LNWR Oerlikon motor car 28249 preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
wow!
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Great photo, Linda. I really wish I lived closer to the Forest, especially when the sun is so hot! Fascinating blog.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Blackheath London today. #photography #clouds 📷
Looking south across Black Heath to the village. The spire of the church is in the centre. A vast expanse of sky is covered with various cloud forms.
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linda2.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The garden visitor is constant. This morning, our eyes met separated by the glass pane of the kitchen window. He is eating mealworms we scattered on the ground for birds. Engagement lasted for a moment. He then ran off. #FoxoftheDay #UKWildlife #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Photography
A fox in the garden. He is eating mealworms and then turned to look at me through the kitchen window. I pleaded with him not to run. Alas he ran off.
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Rafi's Capture 📸 @rafiscapture.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Purple heron |।February 2025
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𝚁𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜 ☮️ @riende.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026
Good morning dear friends. Have a stunning Sunday! Photo I took 2 weeks ago #photography #fotografie #fotografía #bloomscrolling #ECK #eastcoastkin
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Stuart @stueyb50.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hot lips in the front garden.
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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Great Dixter in June: www.andrewswalks.co.uk/great-dixter...
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Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
North Cumbrian Woods #II
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Michael G 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 🐕 🐾 🙏🕉 @beardedwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
From a very warm weekend wander up Borrowdale and the river Langstrath in the #LakeDistrict. Dog swimming galore #landscapephotography #uk #mountain #cumbria
River Langstrath just below Black pot moss.Looking up the river Langstrath
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David Allan @davidallanphoto.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
St Mary's Chare, Hexham, Northumberland in NE England, on the day of the Summer Solstice. I rather like this view from the alleyway and the way it frames this quarter of the historic town. #northumberland #hexham #historic #oldeworlde #photography
A view of historic St Mary's Chare, Hexham in Northumberland, framed by a covered alleyway. The name comes from a 13th century church which once occupied this site.
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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Light show
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David Allan @davidallanphoto.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Summer by the sea – red valerian growing in the dunes on the seafront of my local stretch of coast at Seaburn, Sunderland in NE England as the season of spring gives way to summer. #sunderland #seaburn #coast #seascape #summer #solstice #landscape #photography
Red valerian making a statement with its vibrant red flowers in the dunes on the coast at Seaburn in Sunderland, NE England. The plant always looks at its best at this time of the year, just as the summer solstice closes the door on the season of spring.
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Unofficial Londonist Bot @londonist-rss.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
AI Video Brings Wren's Never-Built London To Life
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AI Video Brings Wren's Never-Built London To Life
Which do you prefer: Wren's London, or the one we ended up with?
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Barbican Wildlife Group @barbicanwildlife.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Perfectly formed frog seen near the meadow pond. Photo taken by local resident Luke Kaluzny.
A very small perfectly formed frog.
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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🌱 #roseWednesday I wish I could age as beautifully as this rose. Oh well. Instead I have a trip to the dentist today. I shall also spend time in my tiny garden. Have a good day!
A rose past its prime but still looking beautiful. The petals have a pink edge and pink spots and are curling as they age.
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Colne Valley Regional Park @colnevalley.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ANOTHER day, another data centre plan. This one is at #Denham, 18m high, filling two large fields and is next to houses, the River Misbourne, footpaths and roads. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/camp...
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Raspberry ripple, anyone? Queen Mary's garden, Regent's Park London. #photography #roses 📷
A garden rose, viewed close up, vertically from above.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
How are politicians allowed to get away with such blatant lies?
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
That's a good read. I visited Chequers a couple of years ago and found it well worth the cost. Being frisked by those friendly armed police was included in the price.
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Towpath Talk @towpathtalk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
𝙇𝒐𝙣𝒅𝙤𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝙖𝒏𝙖𝒍𝙨 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙧𝒊𝙫𝒆𝙧𝒔 𝒂𝙧𝒆 𝒓𝙚𝒂𝙙𝒚 𝒕𝙤 𝙧𝒆𝙫𝒆𝙖𝒍 𝒕𝙝𝒆𝙞𝒓 𝒉𝙞𝒅𝙙𝒆𝙣 𝙨𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙞𝒆𝙨. The IWA Towpath Walks Society has unveiled its guided walk programme through to November. Discover the full programme now at towpathtalk.co.uk
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Flowers from Battersea Park herb garden. #photography #flowers #batterseapark 📷
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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A walk up Bessyboot www.andrewswalks.co.uk/bessyboot.html
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Duivelsei @duivelsei.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
👋🏼 Happy Monday, have a great week! #Landscape #Photography
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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Burgess Park #WildflowerHour
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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂 @andychester.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Good morning and Happy Sunday, I hope you all have a beautiful and peaceful day… 🌿💚🌳☀️ View across The Lake, Kew Gardens, U.K. 📷 Jun ‘26 #Stunday #SkySunday #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin
View over a lake surrounded by luscious green trees and shrubs. Sky is cloudy with tinges of blue and grey.
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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#Flyday #FeatheredFriday I met this young lady this afternoon 🥰.. ‘Amari’ a 2 year old Verreaux’s Eagle #Owl at #SuffolkOwls U.K. in training for the Flying Team 😎 .. #BirdOfTheDay #Stripes …if you squint 😉.. there are stripes 😁🪶🦉🦓 💚📷☀️ #Owls #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin #JustBreathe
A Verreaux’s eagle owl in flight, coming into land, wings out wide and rising up. Against a background of grassland, hedges and trees.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So beautiful a heron soaring across the water looking for a place to land. They are such solitary birds.
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A busy little honey bee feeding on a Helianthemum, rock rose flower. A moment of appreciation for the precious little things that make up our beautiful biodiverse world for #InsectThursday 🐝🌼🌿 #Bees #Invert #Nature #UKWildlife #Photography #Insects #MacroPhotography #ECK
A photograph of a honey bee gathering pollen from a bright yellow flower.  The bee is seen in side profile facing upwards as she clings on to the fine filaments gathering the pollen at the ends; one pollen sack on her leg is visible and is coloured bright orange.  The background is mottled in shades of green with the stems of the flower seen on the right as viewed.
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