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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.

Bus Art (2)

Another group of sculptures featured famous places in Westminster.

London Bus sculptures

Naturelog: Friday 9th January

The weather influenced a change in destination for a days birding in Kent and Keith and I went out to … More

Fieldfare, Kestrel, RSPB CLiffe

Bus Art (1)

2014 was the year of the bus and the London Transport authority commissioned a number of artists to create street … More

London Bus sculptures

Naturelog: Wednesday 7th January

Stopped off briefly this afternoon at Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve on the way home from a meeting. I wasn’t really … More

Blackbird, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Sutcliffe Park LNR

Naturelog: Tuesday 5th January

A grey morning but the first opportunity this year to get out and do some birdwatching away from the local … More

Cayuga Duck, Grey Heron, Kelsey Park, Little Grebe, Mandarin Duck, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck

Harlequin Duck visits Britain

A Male Harlequin duck Photo by Peggy Cadigan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30146540@N02/) The news that a male Harlequin duck had been seen on … More

Harlequin Duck

Bird pictures of 2014 re-visited

Last week I posted that my favourite bird photo of 2014 was the Dipper I photographed in Kendal. On reflection … More

Bullfinch

Naturelog: My patch 2014 (2)

If the bird news was not so good 2014 proved to be an excellent year for butterflies and dragonflies on … More

Tarn

Naturelog: My patch 2014 (1)

It is true to say that 2014 was a year of highs and lows on my local patch with regard … More

Tarn

Top 10 new wildlife species for 2014

Even in a world where we think there are no surprises new species continue to be discovered. For further details … More

New species

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