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Category: Kent

Images of Rochester Cathedral

Rochester Cathedral

Crofton Roman Villa

In 1926 when workmen were building a new roadway for the local council offices adjacent to Orpington railway station in … More

Crofton Roman Villa, Orpington

Rochester Cathedral: The history

The first record of a Cathedral on this site is from 604 when King Ethelbert donated a plot of land … More

Rochester Cathedral

Naturelog: 20th December

A good start to the morning with my first record of Grey Wagtail in the garden before I left to … More

Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Rochester, Waxwing

All aboard the Waverley (3): Up to Dartford

Leaving Gravesend the PS Waverley makes it’s way up river towards London. The first place we pass is Tilbury Docks, … More

Naturelog: 21st October

Keith and I off to Cliffe, an RSPB reserve in the north Kent Marshes, hoping to catch some autumn migration. … More

Kestrel, Little Egret, RSPB CLiffe

All aboard the Waverley (2): Gravesend

Our trip on the PS Waverley starts at Gravesend, which is a town with a long and interesting history. Royal … More

Gravesend, River Thames

Naturelog: 7th October

Friday the 7th saw Keith and I boarding the SS Waverley for a trip along the Thames from Gravesend to … More

Great Cormorant, Lapwing, Mute Swan, River Thames

Naturelog: 22nd September

  A fine day saw me on the North Kent marshes with Keith and Brian. Our day started at Oare … More

Black-Tailed Godwits, Clouded Yellow, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Little Stint, Oare Marshes, Ringed Plover

Graveyard of boats

It has always puzzled me that it is illegal to dump a car on the road but no such law … More

Graveyard of Ships, Hoo

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