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Searching for Spring

Yesterday Keith and I went to Tilbury and Gravesend in search of spring migrants and early Butterflies and Bees. We … More

Gravesend, Tilbury

Wildlife Diary 2022

January Started the year with a lot of local birding and it was a local bird which took the highlight … More

2022 Wildlife Review

Time for reflection 2

I am not sure if I have mentioned it before but I like to have a focus for each year … More

In search of the Bee-eater

The news that a group of Bee-eaters, a colourful visitor from southern Europe had taken up residence in a disused … More

Avocet, Bee-eater, Cley, Redshank, Spoonbill

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

Wildlife where you least expect it

These are a couple of pictures of a Harlequin Ladybird, which we found on our car windscreen at home the … More

Harlequin Ladybird

Minsmere Revisited

I haven’t been able to visit the RSPB reserve at Minsmere since February so it was good to reconnect, even … More

Minsmere RSPB

Oare Marshes, Kent

Come with me to one of the best Nature Reserves in the country as we visited Oare Marshes last week. … More

Oare Marshes

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

Buzzard, Common Lizard, Marsh frog, Migrant Hawker, Moorhen, Wasp Spider

More than just birds!

Continuing the series of photos taken at the London Wetlands Centre whilst attending the wildlife photography workshop.

London Wetland Centre

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