Starting over

After listening to David Lindo at Rainham Marshes last Friday it restarted a little burning ember in me. A couple of years ago I did have a blog called ‘The Brickfield Birder’. I had to let it lapse and most of my 'birding' due to family commitments to look after my wife who was seriously ill. However after three years she has made a remarkable recovery!

 Most of my birding was undertaken from the conservatory windows of my home looking at a small garden in the suburbs of Havering. So the addition and name change seems appropriate.

David Lindo is known as the 'Urban Birder' I don't think I live in an urban area yet, although brought up in the East End of London, so more of an inner city boy. However the threat of building on green belt land is growing ever stronger and it won't be long before I am urbanised. Until then I shall enjoy recording what is around my locality. A majority of my trips out will be local, Cranham Brickfields L.N.R and Thames Chase, Upminster and a few others, with a few day trips further afield.

So here goes.....