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A trip to the Lea Valley

This week I decided to visit the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads in the Lea Valley near Hoddesdon. the reserve…

Cuckoo, Kingfisher, RSPB Rye Meads

If at first you don’t succeed……

Well that’s what the old proverb says and so Monday I was back at the London Wetland Centre looking for…

Garganey, London Wetland Centre

In search of a Garganey

After being at home all last week due to a health issue, I was keen to get out again this…

Great White Egret, London Wetland Centre, Northern Wheatear

East Anglian Weekend

Last weekend Sue and I did a trip to some of our favourite birdwatching spots in East Anglia. As followers…

Cley, Minsmere RSPB, RSPB Titchwell, Welney WWT

Spring Visit to Wetland Centre

Yesterday Keith and I along with Trevor visited the London Wetland Centre in search of Spring Migrants. Before we got…

Jay, Little Egret, London Wetland Centre, Moorhen, Teal

Around the world without leaving home

One thing about the pandemic is that we have had to find new ways of doing the things that we…

Paris, Pompeii

South Coast Journey

It has been quite a time since I have been on a birdwatching trip, so it was great to spend…

Portsmouth, Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth Harbour

A Town of Shoes

The Bata company began making shoes in the Czech republic, then part of Austria-Hungary, in 1894. The following year they…

Bata Shoes, Tilbury

Coalhouse Fort

Coalhouse Fort stands on the north side of the River Thames. The current fort was built in the 1860s under…

Coalhouse Fort

In search of a Stork

Last Wednesday Keith and I decided to try and catch up with the White Stork that has been wintering on…

Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury, White Stork

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