For the last few months, on Sundays when I’m home, I’ve been feeding crows in the park. I’d read that they recognise people who feed them, so I wanted to see if this was true. There are two distinct populations of crows at the park, though I didn’t know this when I started. There’s a …
Category Archives: Dagenham
Skips
There was a skip with house clearance stuff in it. On top was a nice bit of wood (pale, straight grained, 2×4 about 2m long, machined surfaces, nice wood).I stood looking, pondering taking it home, but it was a bit too big and too much of a faff to get out.A bloke came up to …
Old Signs
It’s interesting when walking around to take a look and see if you can work out how long something has been in place. Some things are easy, a church or other public building may have a dedication stone; you can estimate how old a tree is from its size. How do you work out how …
2023
I started 2023 with some plans, but then life happened and some of the plans were disrupted. Let’s see where I got to. Walking Dagenham: My plan to walk every road in Dagenham. I had planned this would take about six months, if I walked at weekends and holidays. It soon became obvious to me …
Birds of Dagenham
I’m a scientist, I like data. If I can collect and analyse data from the environment around me, I’m a happy scientist. I’ve been using BirdNet on my phone to identify birds by their sounds; it works pretty well, but sometimes gets confused by lots of birds together, I’ve taught myself a lot of bird …