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Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

Tilbury delights

A lovely sunny day found Keith and I crossing the Thames to one of our favourite sites at Tilbury Fort.…

Beewolf, Tilbury, Yellowjacket

Normal service will be resumed

Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks but I have been unwell. Feeling better now…

4771 Green Arrow

4771 Green Arrow was built is in 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster. It is a…

Green Arrow, Steam Train

4468 Mallard

4468 Mallard was built at Doncaster in 1938. The A4 class was designed for the North-Eastern Railway by Sir Nigel…

A4 locomotive, fastest Steam Train, Mallard, Mallard 75, National Railway Museum, pacific locomotive, Steam Trains, York

Butterflies galore in between the rain.

On Monday I visited the RSPB reserve at Broadwater Warren with Nicole and Andrew. I have not visited this reserve…

beautiful Demoiselle, Broadwater Warren, Purple and Gold Moth, Silver Washed Fritillary, White Admiral

In search of an American Bonaparte

A lovely day dawned as Nicole, Andrew and I made our way to the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare…

7-spot ladybird, Bees, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Darter, Oare Marshes

Butterflies and Dragonflies in Greenwich

A chance to visit a copy of local sites in Greenwich last week. My first stop was the Ecology Park…

Black-Tailed Skimmer, Common Darter, Common Tern, Greenwich Ecology Park, Marbled White, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Vanbrugh Pits

Patch walk: 6 July

Having been away from home for over 2 weeks, it was with some anticipation that I did the local patch…

Azure Damselfly, Common Carder Bee, Little Grebe, Marmalade Hoverfly, Meadow Brown, Tarn, Tarnwood park

And the wind blew, but the butterflies still flew.

A cool, windy, overcast day did not bode well for a visit to Hutchinson’s Bank in search of butterflies. In…

Hutchinsons Bank NR, Marbled White, Meadow Brown

Birds and Butterflies of Montana Palencia

We had two days in Montana Palencia and on the first day, we visited Couvee des Francises in the morning.…

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