David Allen

So, what is the antipodean equivalent of squirrels?

Looks like silver leaf fungus, Chondrostereum purpureum

Ducks: Gadwall

Greylag goose

Duck: Pochard

Singing Robin

Trip to our local reservoirs now repurposed as a nature reserve

The visitor centre at Rainham Marshes RSPB - about to rejoin the mother ship...

Tho' a bit of a shock if you grab the watering can without looking!

"Telas de Lenguas" traditional ikat fabric being woven in Mallorca at Artesania Tèxtil Bujosa, Santa Maria del Camí

Hampstead Heath fungi: Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa and Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis

Regent's Park in London in December. Weeping willow still in leaf, plane tree seed balls, and a little owl looking suspicious

Grey Heron, Black-billed Magpie, Redwing, House Sparrow

Birding on a dull day in Hertfordshire in England

In honour of Jane Goodall who has just died. One of a generation of behavioural scientists who radically changed our understanding of the natural world. (Please forgive the copyright violation Gary Larson)

A few days in Dresden - doing culture!

View of Prager Strasse

Socialist reconstruction in Dresden, rather nice, actually! View from the hotel window

We're in Dresden for a few days (socialist reconstruction just here) but my little camera will talk to my phone

I like the white ibis, too

Autumn coming on Hampstead Heath. Spear Thistle, Cockspur Thorn, the distant spire of St Michael's Highgate

London Open House. And a visit to Lawn Road Flats and Isokon Gallery. 1934 developement of mini flats with a penthouse for the avant garde developers Jack and Molly Pritchard. He was agent for Venesta Plywood, so their penthouse is a showroom for the now iconic products.

Brilliant orange Tithonia flower

Just testing close ups, Canon SX600HS on a very dull day

It is a tactic that has served them very well in the past, though. How do you fight back against this gerrymandering?

More young Mandarins supervised by mum...

Young Mandarin Duck on Hampstead Heath

My trusty Canon camera has been refusing to take photographs, on and off, for the past two months. I took it in to Canon who don't support a model that old (2009) but did diagnose that it was the lens, not the camera. 24 hours later I have a replacement lens and the results look OK to me

V&A Storehouse at Stratford

Panorama view of the new V&A East Storehouse. The Victoria and Albert Museum's accessible storage

The best dumplings (knedlik) too...

Adult great tit

Adult and juvenile goldfinch

More from the garden

Adult and immature blue tit

Two immature blue tits

Adult blue tit

Immature goldfinch

Lots of fledgeling birds and harrassed parents in the garden

Andalucian horse and rider

Berkshire piglets with white noses

Exhibitor resting on jersey calf

Old English White heifer

Suffolk Show 2025: Andalucian horse and rider, two cute Berkshire piglets, Exhibitor and exhibit, Old English White heifer

Pot of gold there somewhere...

Raven bothering buzzard, Sandy UK

RSPB Sandy. Raven bothering a buzzard!