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Month: January 2017

Naturelog: 30th January

It’s the weekend of the RSPB winter garden bird count and as long-serving readers of my blog will know this … More

Gadwall, Tarn

Naturelog: Launde Abbey

Whilst we were staying at Launde Abbey, we managed, on the days when the weather allowed, to go for some … More

Blackbird, Launde Abbey, Nuthatch, Robin

Launde Abbey: The Chapel

Some pictures of the 12th / 13th-century chapel at Launde Abbey. A wonderfully peaceful and calm place to sit and … More

Launde Abbey

Naturelog: 24th January (2)

Later in the day, I went to our local nature reserve at Sutcliffe Park. It was a bright sunny frosty … More

Common Gull, Mallard, Mute Swan, Sutcliffe Park LNR

Naturelog: 24th January (1)

Why does it always seem to happen? I go away for a week and another local birdwatcher finds 2 first … More

Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Little Grebe, Tarn

Launde Abbey: The History

Launde Abbey, south of Oakham in Leicestershire, was founded in 1119 as a priory for a group of Augustinian Black Canons. Over … More

Launde Abbey

Naturelog: 15-16th January

During a recent trip to Leicestershire Sue and I got the opportunity to visit the fantastic reserve at Rutland Water … More

Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Pheasant, Red Crested Pochard, Reed Bunting, Rutland Water, Smew

Romans in The North East (3): Mithras

The worship of the God Mithras, although originating in Persia, had come to the Roman Empire through the Greeks. It … More

Hadrian's Wall, Newcastle, Romans

Views of Rochester (3)

                     

Rochester, Rochester Cathedral

Statues and Monuments: Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Henry Bartle Frere was born in March 1815  in Monmouthshire.  He was educated at the East India company college and … More

Sir Henry Bartle Frere, statues and memorials in London

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