From Royal Palace to Museum and University

The first reference to a house on this site was when Humphrey Duke of Gloucester built a manor house in … More

Lesnes Abbey

Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard De Luci, Justicular of England as penance for his part in the … More

This week’s local walk had another purpose: I checked out all the patches of Ivy to look for Ivy Bees, … More

One of my great pleasures this summer has been sorting through the various insects in the estate gardens around where … More

A bright and sunny morning, but rather breezy for last week’s local survey walk. Strangely I only saw 7 butterflies … More

A lovely day dawned as Nicole, Andrew and I made our way to the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare … More

Having been away from home for over 2 weeks, it was with some anticipation that I did the local patch … More

A cool, windy, overcast day did not bode well for a visit to Hutchinson’s Bank in search of butterflies. In … More

Spent last Saturday on the grounds of Chiswick House surveying the local bee population. The day was a joint effort … More

After being away last week it was back to the weekly survey walk around our estate gardens and the Tarn. … More