Naturelog: Thursday 20th March

Decided to visit some of my local sites on the River Thames to see if there was any sign of…

Mesopotamian flood myths (5)

Amazingly our understanding of the texts have been advanced in the last few months. Last year a cuneiform tablet was…

The building which housed the post office at Bletchley Park dates back to around 1900 when it was built as…

A lunchtime meeting in Beckenham, Kent gave me the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at Kelsey Park. In…

The Eider is the largest and heaviest of UK ducks. It is a true seaduck feeding on shellfish especially mussels…

George Smith was born into a working-class family in Chelsea, London, on March 26, 1840. He had a limited education…

The weather this morning could not have been more different to Thursday. The Sun was bright as I set off…

Went out this morning to do the BTO Winter Thrush Survey of the area that includes Sutcliffe Park LNR. At…

The last of the Mesopotamian flood myths we have is that of Zuisudra. We actually know very little about it…

A last minute decision to pay a visit to the London Wetland Centre. There had been some butterflies sighted over…