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Category: Natural History

Naturelog: 9th April

A bright sunny warm afternoon and so I set out to do this weeks butterfly / insect walk around the … More

Comma, Grey Wagtail, Small Tortoiseshell, Tarn

Grey Wagtail

The Barbican development in central London is not exactly the spot, you would think, for seeing good birds. Barbican Development … More

Barbican, Grey Wagtail

Naturelog: 7th April

A sunny warm afternoon for my weekly survey walk on the patch. Expectations high for some butterflies and other insects … More

Egyptian Goose, Tarn

Naturelog: 6th April

A lovely spring Morning and a visit to Bough Beech. The first thing I noticed on arrival was the calls … More

bough beech reservoir, Canada Goose, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe

Prehistoric footprints

Another fascinating exhibit in the Bones and Stones exhibition at the Library of Birmingham was a ‘pavement’ covered with prehistoric … More

Fossils, Library Of Birmingham, Prehistoric footprints

Naturelog: 31st March

I have been putting off the weekly survey walk around the Tarn in the hope that I might get a … More

Canada Goose, Coot, Greylag Goose, Tarn, Terrapin

Stones and Bones

With sometime to kill in Birmingham on Saturday before my train left for London, I went to the new Library … More

Fossils, Library Of Birmingham

Naturelog: Thursday 26th

A couple of hours between meetings in Central London gave me time for a visit to Regents Park to see … More

Barnacle Goose, Eurasian Coot, Grey Heron, Regents Park

Now How do I eat this?

A sequence of pictures shot of a young Grey Heron eating a frog. Going Going Gone Shot at Regents Park … More

Grey Heron

Naturelog: Thursday 19th (2)

After Keith and I have finished the tour at Lord’s we walk the short distance to Regents Park. In the … More

Canada Goose, Coot, Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, Regents Park, Scaup, Smew

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