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

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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.

Black-and-white Warbler

Originally posted on talainsphotographyblog:
https://petesfavouritethings.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/warbler-black-and-white-10.jpg A Male Black-and-white Warbler.

Pensamiento

Thought this was such a beautiful flower that I thought I would repost it here

Plants and flowers

Walthamstow Wildlife

A few more pictures from our trip to Walthamstow last week

Walthamstow Wetlands

A funny thing……

I was surprised on Tuesday this week to receive an email from The Times newspaper asking permission to reproduce a … More

Kensington Palace

Reflections on Reflections

Walthamstow Wetlands

A nice autumnal day and a visit to Walthamstow Wetlands Nature Reserve in East London. This is a complex of … More

Walthamstow Wetlands

Cirl Buntings

Some more pictures from the archive. This time of some Cirl Buntings, a rare UK bird once only found at … More

Cirl Bunting

Black Crowned Night Heron

Still searching through the archives, I came across these shots of a Black-Crowned Night Heron seen in Shrewsbury in 2017.

Black-Crowned Night Heron, Shrewsbury

A flurry of Butterflies

It’s a very grey morning here in London, so here are some pictures of Butterflies from the Butterfly house to … More

Butterflies

Autumn recollections

One of my jobs this week was to transfer all my photos (2007-19) off the computer hard disk onto an … More

Autumn colours, Autumn Trees

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