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Category: Natural History

Greenwich Walk: Greenwich Park

A walk through Greenwich Park on a sunny February Day. My walk took me from Blackheath through the Flower Garden … More

Greenwich, Greenwich Park

Gulls of Gravesend

Keith and I met in Gravesend for our regular walk. We started along the riverside and sorted through the gull … More

Gravesend, Mediterranean Gull

Blooming Spring

More signs of approaching spring with flowers in the gardens.

Plants and flowers

In search of Kingfisher

A Saturday morning trip to Brookmill Park in Lewisham, a good site for seeing Kingfisher. This small park runs alongside … More

Brookmill Park, Grey Heron, Redwing

Sutcliffe Park

A bright sunny day and a trip to our Local Nature Reserve at Sutcliffe Park. The LNR consists of the … More

Little Grebe, Sutcliffe Park LNR

In search of winter wildfowl

A cold clear day in February saw Nicole, Andrew and I driving to Abberton Reservoir, south of Colchester, in Essex. … More

Abberton Reservoir, Goosander, Rock Pipit, Slavonian Grebe

Battersea Park

A sunny Sunday morning and a trip to Battersea Park in search of one of the more exotic ducks that … More

Battersea Park, Mandarin Duck

Return to Tooting

Today I returned to Tooting Common, hoping to get another view of the Ferruginous Duck that has been spending the … More

birding, Birds, Canada Goose, Eurasian Coot, Ferruginous Duck, nature, Photography, Tooting Common, wildlife

Reflections

On my recent trip to the London wetland Centre I was struck by the wonderful reflections in the water

Birds, London Wetland Centre, Reflections

Once Bittern, twice…….

First trip of the year to the London wetland Centre in search of wintering Bittern. Although the Eurasian Bittern is … More

Birds, Bittern, Eurasian Bittern, London Wetland Centre

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