Lesser Kestrel

The Lesser Kestrel breeds around the Mediterranean and winters in Africa. Smaller than the Common Kestrel it feeds on insects,…

Q+A: 5551 The Unknown Warrior

Originally posted on New Build Steam:
David Bradshaw and Gavin Shell of the Patriot project kindly answered some questions about 5551 The…

It’s the weekend of the RSPB winter garden bird count and as long-serving readers of my blog will know this…

Whilst we were staying at Launde Abbey, we managed, on the days when the weather allowed, to go for some…

Some pictures of the 12th / 13th-century chapel at Launde Abbey. A wonderfully peaceful and calm place to sit and…

Later in the day, I went to our local nature reserve at Sutcliffe Park. It was a bright sunny frosty…

Why does it always seem to happen? I go away for a week and another local birdwatcher finds 2 first…

Launde Abbey, south of Oakham in Leicestershire, was founded in 1119 as a priory for a group of Augustinian Black Canons. Over…

During a recent trip to Leicestershire Sue and I got the opportunity to visit the fantastic reserve at Rutland Water…

The worship of the God Mithras, although originating in Persia, had come to the Roman Empire through the Greeks. It…