The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend. After midnight, after your eyes have dark adapted, you should see at least one every five minutes. It's a new Moon so that helps a lot. Lyrids are fast so they leave a short trail but the bigger ones can cause a fire ball and also leave a vapour trail.
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentia ... or-shower/
Good luck!
Regards
Graeme
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Re: Lyrid Meteor Shower
Perhaps, have a kip in the afternoon? (I probably will!)
And you can see some before midnight too.
And you can see some before midnight too.