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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.

Greenwich Walk: Greenwich Peninsular

A walk along the river Thames at Greenwich Peninsular. I started at the Ecology Park, where the Coots were busy … More

Greenwich, Greenwich Ecology Park

It’s a Pleasaunce!

Dropped in to Well Hall Pleasaunce one morning as it has been some time since I visited this site. Well … More

E Nesbitt, Well Hall

And then when you are least expecting it!

On a sunny spring morning I headed out to Lamorbey Park in Sidcup in search of some early Butterflies. Despite … More

In search of a Kingfisher-Take 2

A bright sunny spring morning and a chance to check out some local spots for Kingfisher. My first stop was … More

Brookmill Park, Manor House Gardens, Manor Park

Greenwich Walk: Greenwich Park

A walk through Greenwich Park on a sunny February Day. My walk took me from Blackheath through the Flower Garden … More

Greenwich, Greenwich Park

Gulls of Gravesend

Keith and I met in Gravesend for our regular walk. We started along the riverside and sorted through the gull … More

Gravesend, Mediterranean Gull

Blooming Spring

More signs of approaching spring with flowers in the gardens.

Plants and flowers

50 Geese a squabbling

Spring is finally on its way! How can I tell? Well the geese on the Tarn this week were kicking … More

In search of Kingfisher

A Saturday morning trip to Brookmill Park in Lewisham, a good site for seeing Kingfisher. This small park runs alongside … More

Brookmill Park, Grey Heron, Redwing

Sutcliffe Park

A bright sunny day and a trip to our Local Nature Reserve at Sutcliffe Park. The LNR consists of the … More

Little Grebe, Sutcliffe Park LNR

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