Naturelog: 30th January

It’s the weekend of the RSPB winter garden bird count and as long-serving readers of my blog will know this … More

Naturelog: 24th January (2)

Later in the day, I went to our local nature reserve at Sutcliffe Park. It was a bright sunny frosty … More

Why does it always seem to happen? I go away for a week and another local birdwatcher finds 2 first … More

Henry Bartle Frere was born in March 1815 in Monmouthshire. He was educated at the East India company college and … More

The first recorded church on this site is in the 13th century. This was presumably destroyed during the great Fire … More

Made a detour on the way home for a walk around the Tarn. I was looking to see if I … More

There is some evidence that the church may have existed on this side since Anglo-Saxon times. However, it is certain … More

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
It’s not often if ever I post anything considered vaguely cute on my blog but having…

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Almost everyone knows what a Cockney is or at least they think they do. Famously…