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Category: Natural History

Where Vultures and Eagles fly

Sue and I visited the Bird of prey Centre at Gauntlett near Knutsford in Cheshire during our recent holiday. The … More

Gauntlett Bird of Prey Centre

Regent’s Canal and Primrose Hill Bridge

After I had left Regent’s Park last Tuesday, I needed to cross the Regent’s Canal in order to catch a … More

Primrose Hill Bridge, Regent's Canal

Sandwich Bay Wildlife Diary

Day 1 After arriving at the centre and settling in, I made my way to Restharrow Scrape. The highlight was … More

Sandwich Bay

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory and Field Centre

Sandwich bay is an area on the coast of east Kent. It has been formed by the movement of shingle … More

Sandwich Bay

Return to Cliffe

A bright warm sunny morning saw Keith and I at West Court Farm near Cliffe in Kent. As usual our … More

Common Whitethroat, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, RSPB CLiffe, Small White

Yorkshire Wildlife with a little bit of Rutland too

During a visit Sue and I recently made to see friends in Yorkshire I got the opportunity to spend a … More

Gannets, Little Egret, Puffins, RSPB Bempton, RSPB Fairburn Ings

Butterflies of Tilbury

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

Tilbury

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

Kingfisher, Little Ringed Plover, RSPB Rye Meads

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

A couple of Terns around Weymouth

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

Chiffchaff, Common Tern, Portland, RSPB Lodmoor, RSPB Radipole, Weymouth

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