Evening sky across Port Meadow

Taken from Burgess Field, across Port Meadow and the Thames, towards Wytham Hill on an evening in April

Kestrel over Burgess Field, Oxford

A kestrel hovers over Burgess Field, Oxford, at dusk. Below, the same bird in silhouette.

St Barnabas from Burgess Field

The tower of St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford, seen from Burgess Field, Port Meadow

Yellow dusk across Port Meadow

Wytham Hill in the background, framed by the old trees across the River Thames hidden in the blackness below. A view from Burgess Field across Port Meadow, Oxford.

Blossom on Burgess Field, Oxford

Burgess Field is a former rubbish tip, lying between Port Meadow and North Oxford. The dustcarts still rolled over Port Meadow when I first came to Oxford. These places have to have administrative labels these days, so it has become a "Nature Reserve".