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Category: Natural History

The Red Squirrel Fightback begins!

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
It is one of our most loved creatures and like the Robin redbreast is one of…

Naturelog: 10th April

A morning walk on the London Wildlife Trust reserve at Braeburn Park in Crayford. Braeburn Park has a chequered history. … More

Braeburn Park, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Peacock Butterfly, Robin, Small Tortoiseshell

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

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