Thomas Picton was born in Pembrokeshire in 1756. He joined the army in 1771 seeing service in West Indies, … More
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.
Birds of Welney
Some more photos from my trip to Norfolk at the weekend
A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (1)
The fertile crescent stretches from the northernmost tip of the Persian Gulf along the River systems of the Euphrates and … More
Naturelog: January 24th
Sunday found me on a RSPB group outing to Welney Wildfowl centre in Norfolk. This is one of my favourite … More
Sunset at Hoo
Some pictures of the wonderful sunset at Hoo on Tuesday evening
Naturelog: Tuesday 19th January
A chance to get out of London and travel down to Chatham to look for the Great Northern Diver which … More
Statues and Monuments: Major-General Andrew Hay
Andrew Hay was born in 1762 and enlisted in the army as an ensign at the age of 17. … More
Naturelog: 15th January
Popped into Greenwich Peninsular ecology park for an hour this morning. One of the volunteers diredted me to the Alder … More
First snows of winter
Yesterday morning we woke up to the first snows of this winter (at least here in London). Snow here is … More
Misty morning
Some pictures of the morning mist at Footscray meadows last week
