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Pete's Favourite Things

Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

Author: Pete

I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

The first day of Spring

  err…. think someone forgot to tell the weather here in the UK!!!

Snow

Bewick’s Swan

  The Bewick’s Swan is a winter visitor to the Uk found mainly in coastal areas of England and the … More

Bewick's Swan

Naturelog: 25th February

Keith and I went on a trip with Bexley RSPB group down to the WWT at Slimbridge on the Bristol … More

Avocet, Common Crane, Red-breasted goose, White-Fronted Goose, WWT Slimbridge

Naturelog: 24th February

Kieth and I spent the morning at Staines Reservoir looking for the American Horned Lark, which is still present. As … More

American Horned Lark, Fieldfare, Little Grebe, Shelduck, Wigeon

Naturelog: 22nd February

  A bright winters day and a trip to Walthamstow Wetlands in east London, in search of a Little Bunting … More

Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Bunting, Scaup, Walthamstow Wetlands

Housesteads Fort

Hadrian's Wall, Housesteads Fort

Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian's Wall, Roman history

Naturelog: 9th February

On our way home from Weymouth, Sue and I made a lunchtime stop at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, near Ringwood … More

Blashford Lakes, Brambling, Siskin

Naturelog: 8th February

On the way to Ferrybridge for coffee this morning a Eurasian Sparrowhawk flew over the harbour at Weymouth. On the … More

common snipe, Dunnock, Ferrybridge, House Sparrow, Lapwing, RSPB Lodmoor

Naturelog: 7th February

A visit to Ferrybridge today. It was reasonably quiet bird-wise but it was a lovely day and very pleasant as … More

Ferrybridge, Oystercatcher, Red Breasted Merganser

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