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Naturelog: Tuesday 19th January

A chance to get out of London and travel down to Chatham to look for the Great Northern Diver which … More

Abbots Court, Chatham dockyard, Hoo, House Sparrow, Little Egret, Redshank

Naturelog: 15th January

Popped into Greenwich Peninsular ecology park for an hour this morning. One of the volunteers diredted me to the Alder … More

Coot, Greenwich Ecology Park, Moorhen, Tarn

First snows of winter

Yesterday morning we woke up to the first snows of this winter (at least here in London). Snow here is … More

Snow

Misty morning

Some pictures of the morning mist at Footscray meadows last week        

Footscray Meadows

Great Northern Diver

A few weeks ago Keith and I went down to Chatham Docks to see the Great Northern Diver that is … More

Great Northern Diver

Naturelog: 8th January (2)

Some more photos from the trip Keith and I made to the London Wetland Centre last Friday       … More

common snipe, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Wigeon, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Mandarin Duck

Naturelog: 8th January

After a week taken up primarily with the marking of students assignments (a task which I find far harder and … More

common snipe, Eurasian Bittern, lesser black-backed gull, London Wetland Centre, Mandarin Duck, Shoveler

Naturelog: 7th January

Popped into Sutcliffe Park Local Nature reserve this morning for a quick visit to see what was present on the … More

Eurasian Coot, Mallard, Robin, Sutcliffe Park LNR, Tufted Duck

Naturelog: 5th January

  A misty morning as I arrived at Footscray meadows for a local RSPB walk. Whilst waiting for the group … More

Footscray Meadows, Grey Wagtail, Mallard, Ring-Necked Parakeet

Naturelog: 1st January

Sue and I managed to get a couple of hours at Bough Beech Reservoir before the rain started and the … More

bough beech reservoir, Common Pochard, Fieldfare, Northern Pintail

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