Return to Rye Meads

A few months ago I made a first visit to the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads in Hertfordshire ( https://petesfavouritethings.blog/2022/05/05/a-trip-to-the-lea-valley/ … More

In search of the Bee-eater

The news that a group of Bee-eaters, a colourful visitor from southern Europe had taken up residence in a disused … More

After Keith and I had visited Gaia (See Tuesday’s post), we went for a walk around Rochester. Our first stop … More

Yesterday I went to Rochester to meet Keith and we visited an exhibition called Gaia in the Cathedral. Gaia is … More

A trip into London this week to visit Regent’s Park in search of an Iberian Chiffchaff, which normally breeds in … More

Sue and I went to the World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum at the weekend. It traces the … More

Rye House was a fortified manor house in the Lea valley. It’s history dates back to 1433 when Sir Andrew … More

Quite by accident last week I learnt of a nature reserve on the Thames Estuary run by Essex Wildlife Trust, … More

Yesterday Keith and I went for a walk at Tilbury Fort looking for migrant birds and some early butterflies. Even … More

Thinking about it it, I guess it must be about two years now since I last visited the RSPB reserve … More