A bright sunny day and a trip to our Local Nature Reserve at Sutcliffe Park. The LNR consists of the … More
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In search of winter wildfowl
A cold clear day in February saw Nicole, Andrew and I driving to Abberton Reservoir, south of Colchester, in Essex. … More
Statues and Monuments: Three Standing Figures
Three Standing Figures is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore and was sculpted in 1947–48. It was exhibited at the … More
Battersea Park
A sunny Sunday morning and a trip to Battersea Park in search of one of the more exotic ducks that … More
Return to Tooting
Today I returned to Tooting Common, hoping to get another view of the Ferruginous Duck that has been spending the … More
Once Bittern, twice…….
First trip of the year to the London wetland Centre in search of wintering Bittern. Although the Eurasian Bittern is … More
A New Year begins
First walk of the year around the Tarn. I was greeted by a very friendly Robin, one of a number … More
Grey day in Gravesend comes good
Yesterday was a grey dull day. Keith and I had planned to meet up in Gravesend for our regular walk … More
St Bride’s Church
A visit with a group from the local U3A last week took us to St Bride’s Church near Ludgate Circus … More
A rare Visitor
The news of a Dartford warbler on Hampstead Heath meant I set off to see if I could see this … More