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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.

2000 posts and still going

The New Year Greeting was my 2000th post on the site. If you had said to me back in 2012 … More

2000th post

Greetings

Wishing you all a peaceful and productive New Year

New Years Greetings

Naturelog: 27th December

Keith and I trying to wrap up a few local rarities for the year. Our first stop is Chatham docks … More

Black-throated Diver, Eurasian Shag, Ring-Necked Duck

Little Owl

Here some pictures of the Owl that we photographed in Hyde Park last week.

Little Owl

Studies on Crow

These are some photographs I took of a carrion crow which I found in Hyde Park last week.

Carrion Crow

Christmas Greetings

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas

Christmas

Naturelog:18 December (2)

Keith and I finished the day at St James Park, hoping to possibly see Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail. The park … More

Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, St James Park

Naturelog: 18 December (1)

Keith had come up to London for the day and so we started at Hyde Park. Our main target for … More

Great Crested Grebe, Hyde Park, Little Owl, Mute Swan

Would you live here?

When Sue and I were in the Olympic Park at the weekend we saw this building. I am not sure … More

Olympic Park Stratford

UCI World Cup London: Day 3

Sue and I were back at the Lea Valley Velodrome for Day 3 of the UCI World Cup meeting. The … More

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