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.
St Albans Abbey
The first Benedictine Abbey at St Albans was founded in 793 by Ulsinas. It is thought that this may have … More
St Albans
The City of St Albans is situated just north of London. It dates back to the Iron age when it … More
Naturelog: Saturday 12th September 2015
The reserve was relatively quiet bird-wise with the highlights being a small passage of House-martins and a juvenile Buzzard, which … More
Statues and Monuments: Sir Peter Scott
Peter Scott was born in September 1909. His father, the Antartic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, died when he was only … More
Bittern
Here are a couple of pictures of a Bittern taken at London Wetlands centre (6 miles from the City centre) … More
More than just birds!
Continuing the series of photos taken at the London Wetlands Centre whilst attending the wildlife photography workshop.
London Wetland Centre
Am travelling a lot this week so a chance to look back at some posts from one of my favourite … More
The Batlle of Naseby
June 14th 1645 saw a history-changing event. The English Civil War had dragged on for 3 years and neither the … More
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Originally posted on Stephen G Hipperson:
We saw a fair number of these Tiger-Herons. This one was standing in a tree, quite…
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