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London Wetland Centre (1)

Last Sunday Sue and I took my mum to the London Wetland Centre. After lunch we wandered around the collection … More

Bewick's Swan, Black Swan, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Crested Screamer, London Wetland Centre, Red-breasted goose

Surprises round every corner

One of the fantastic things about walking in London is you never quite know what you are going to find … More

CBRE building

Statues and Memorials in London: Paternoster

The Paternoster statue was erected in Paternoster Sq, adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral, following its redevelopment in the 1970s. It … More

Paternoster, Paternoster Sq

Statues and Memorials in London: William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck

William (also known as George) Bentinck (1802-1848) was the second son of the 4th Duke of Portland. After he had … More

statues and memorials in London. Cavendish Square, William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck

Naturelog: 4th June

After a morning meeting in Blackheath I head off to Greenwich Peninsular Ecology Park to search for dragonflies and to … More

Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Tern, Greenwich Ecology Park, Red-eyed Damslefly

Naturelog: 26th May

Back to the weekly butterfly and dragonfly survey of the patch. Its a beautiful day and so am hopeful for … More

Comma, Greylag Goose, Large Red Damselfly, Mallard, Moorhen, Tarn

Statues and Memorials in London: My Lady

Cavendish Square is home to some interesting sculptures. Not far from the soap statue of the Duke of Cumberland is … More

Cavendish Square, My Lady

Statues and Memorials in London: Duke of Cumberland

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland was born in 1721.The third son of King George II he joined the army in … More

Duke of Cumberland, Jacobite uprising, statues and memorials in London. Cavendish Square

Lord’s cricket ground (5): The Ground

After the Pavilion we visited one of the new stands and the Cricket school. Unfortunately due to an event taking … More

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord’s cricket ground (4): The Pavillion

https://flic.kr/p/fRQpdC photo by David Pinkney (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_pinkney/) The next stop on our tour was the Pavilion. For some reason we were … More

Lord's Cricket Ground

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