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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.

Return to Rainham

Thinking about it it, I guess it must be about two years now since I last visited the RSPB reserve … More

Cattle Egret, Emperor moth, Marsh frog, Rainham Marshes, Reed Bunting

A trip to the Lea Valley

This week I decided to visit the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads in the Lea Valley near Hoddesdon. the reserve … More

Cuckoo, Kingfisher, RSPB Rye Meads

If at first you don’t succeed……

Well that’s what the old proverb says and so Monday I was back at the London Wetland Centre looking for … More

Garganey, London Wetland Centre

In search of a Garganey

After being at home all last week due to a health issue, I was keen to get out again this … More

Great White Egret, London Wetland Centre, Northern Wheatear

East Anglian Weekend

Last weekend Sue and I did a trip to some of our favourite birdwatching spots in East Anglia. As followers … More

Cley, Minsmere RSPB, RSPB Titchwell, Welney WWT

Spring Visit to Wetland Centre

Yesterday Keith and I along with Trevor visited the London Wetland Centre in search of Spring Migrants. Before we got … More

Jay, Little Egret, London Wetland Centre, Moorhen, Teal

Around the world without leaving home

One thing about the pandemic is that we have had to find new ways of doing the things that we … More

Paris, Pompeii

South Coast Journey

It has been quite a time since I have been on a birdwatching trip, so it was great to spend … More

Portsmouth, Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth Harbour

A Town of Shoes

The Bata company began making shoes in the Czech republic, then part of Austria-Hungary, in 1894. The following year they … More

Bata Shoes, Tilbury

Coalhouse Fort

Coalhouse Fort stands on the north side of the River Thames. The current fort was built in the 1860s under … More

Coalhouse Fort

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