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London Churches: All Hallows by the Tower

  The history of All Hallows dates back to Saxon times when a small wooden church was built here by … More

All Hallows by the Tower

Norfolk Skies

During my recent trip to Norfolk I saw some vary varied skies all within the course of a day, so … More

Norfolk Skies

The Celts at the British Museum

I have got into a bad habit when major exhibitions occur. I don’t go initially because they will be too … More

British Museum, Celts

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

statues and memorials in London, Thomas Picton

Birds of Welney

Some more photos from my trip to Norfolk at the weekend            

Common Pochard, Coot, Goldfinch, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Tree Sparrow, Welney WWT, Whooper Swan

Naturelog: January 24th

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

Reed Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Welney WWT, Whooper Swan

Naturelog: Tuesday 19th January

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

Abbots Court, Chatham dockyard, Hoo, House Sparrow, Little Egret, Redshank

Statues and Monuments: Major-General Andrew Hay

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

Major-General Andrew Hay, St Paul's Cathedral, statues and memorials in London

Naturelog: 15th January

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

Coot, Greenwich Ecology Park, Moorhen, Tarn

First snows of winter

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

Snow

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