Butterflies of Tilbury

Keith and I decided that, given the good weather forecast, we would return to Tilbury Fort to look for butterflies. … More

Return to Rye Meads

A few months ago I made a first visit to the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads in Hertfordshire ( https://petesfavouritethings.blog/2022/05/05/a-trip-to-the-lea-valley/ … More

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

A few days in Dorset birdwatching in some fine sunny weather last week. Apart from one day, spent on Poole … More

Haven’t seen a lot of butterflies on my local patch so far this year but there have been a few … More

A trip into London this week to visit Regent’s Park in search of an Iberian Chiffchaff, which normally breeds in … More

Quite by accident last week I learnt of a nature reserve on the Thames Estuary run by Essex Wildlife Trust, … More

Yesterday Keith and I went for a walk at Tilbury Fort looking for migrant birds and some early butterflies. Even … More

Thinking about it it, I guess it must be about two years now since I last visited the RSPB reserve … More

This week I decided to visit the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads in the Lea Valley near Hoddesdon. the reserve … More