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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Ben Burrell Photos – Astronomy

6 inch Reflector Telescope
6 and half inch Reflector with Astrographic Camera
Astrographic Camera
Shutter details (closed)
Equatorial Head device
Equatorial Head device
Copying Stand
Sunspots
Ben Burrell observing with his 22cm reflector from his home in Doncaster (1930s) from McKim: Barker’s Circle: a 1930s BAA lunar observing group
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Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

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Bullfinch, RSPB Old Moor. Henry Chapman and Ben Gearey talking about Micks Trackway on site, Hadfield.

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Slideshow

Coranus woodroffei - Assasin-bug,, Thorne Moor Greater Periwinkle,(Vinca major), Bessacarr 8 March Russula atropurpurea - Purple Brittlegill, Cuckney Hey Wood, Notts. DSS Summer Programme 1943 Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) fruit - Woodfield CP. Tawny Owl chicks in nest box. Searching for Harvest Mice nests Ochlodes venata - Large Skipper Remote Sedge (Carex remota). Eupithecia abbreviata - Brindled Pug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
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