Statues and Monuments: Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Picton.

Thomas Picton was born in Pembrokeshire in 1756. He joined the army in 1771 seeing service in West Indies, … More

Birds of Welney

Some more photos from my trip to Norfolk at the weekend

Sunday found me on a RSPB group outing to Welney Wildfowl centre in Norfolk. This is one of my favourite … More

A chance to get out of London and travel down to Chatham to look for the Great Northern Diver which … More

Andrew Hay was born in 1762 and enlisted in the army as an ensign at the age of 17. … More

Popped into Greenwich Peninsular ecology park for an hour this morning. One of the volunteers diredted me to the Alder … More

Yesterday morning we woke up to the first snows of this winter (at least here in London). Snow here is … More

Thomas Dundas was born in Scotland in 1750 and was educated in Edinburgh. He joined the army in 1766 … More

A few weeks ago Keith and I went down to Chatham Docks to see the Great Northern Diver that is … More

Some more photos from the trip Keith and I made to the London Wetland Centre last Friday … More