Category: United Kingdom

England – London Wetland Centre [2]

Sutton, 19 Jun 2009 My wife and I are in the UK again visiting family, so after my very enjoyable visit there during our UK trip last year I again spent a day at the London Wetland Centre. Some of the native species seen included Great Tit, Eurasian Blue Tit, European Greenfinch and Dunnock at …

England – County Durham

Sutton, 13 Aug 2008 We have returned to Sutton after visiting my father in Durham. While in Durham we took an early morning drive into the Durham moors between Stanhope and Middleton-in-Teesdale to look for game birds – well, I was looking for game birds, the others were more interested in the scenery with the …

Scotland – Attadale and Skye

Witton Gilbert, 09 Aug 2008 Arrived this evening with my wife to stay a few days with my father, having just completed a 6-day family trip to the north-west Highlands of Scotland. My wife and I, our daughter and son-in-law, and our 2 sons and their girlfriends all stayed at holiday cottages on the Attadale …

England – London Wetland Centre [1]

Sutton, 30 Jul 2008 My wife and I are in the UK for 15 days visiting family. I spent a good part of today, our first full day here, on a visit to the London Wetland Centre. Although I grew up and went to university in England I have spent all my working life so …