One of the hottest days of the Summer saw Keith and I at the Wetland Centre in West London in … 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.
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Originally posted on Photography Art Plus:
Welcome august.
Ruddy Darter
Yesterday I published some pictures of Common Darter and mentioned a similar species, the Ruddy Darter, so I thought today … More
Common Darter
The Common Darter is one of our commonest Dragonflies and can be easily seen as it has the habit on … More
Statues and Monuments: The Cavalry Memorial
A bronze sculpture of St George defeating the dragon in Hyde Park. It commemorates members of the Cavalry regiments killed … More
British Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell
The Small Tortoiseshell is one of the UK’s commonest garden butterflies. It may hibernate over winter and so is one … More
Scarlet Tanager
Originally posted on talainsphotographyblog:
A Male Scarlet Tanager in the Woods up the road from me.
Jersey Tiger
I haven’t managed to get a photo yet but we have had a couple of Jersey Tiger Moths around the … More
Finally!
It took 24 hours longer than anticipated but we got our internet connection. Today the engineer located a break in … More
Living in anticipation
So we have a new router and are now waiting for the connection tomorrow and then hopefully normal service will … More
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