No. 1103: Westbourne Grove, W11

Posted in Graffiti by esotericlondon on May 21, 2014

Westbourne Grove, London, W11. Photo ©RogerDean 2014

Birds In London – W.H. Hudson, 1898:

In London the last pair had ceased to breed about twenty years earlier […].

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rosni3 said, on May 21, 2014 at 10:23 am

very nice – and I know Westbourne Grove too. Must look out for this pair.

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- esotericlondon said, on May 21, 2014 at 10:26 am
  
  Hi rosni3
  Thanks and they’re just by the bus stop at the eastern end, or they were, they could have taken flight by now.
  
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  - rosni3 said, on May 21, 2014 at 10:32 am
    
    Thanks – will see if I can spot them, though agree they may already have flown.
Cara Lockhart Smith said, on May 24, 2014 at 8:39 pm

Are these bee-eaters? I was taken to see bee-eaters breeding in Sussex, on a sandy bank, a long ago when I was about 5, their site was kept secret – I can still remember looking at these tiny jewelled creatures through my grandfathers binoculars. We went with Garth Christian, who was a well-known naturalist.

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- esotericlondon said, on May 25, 2014 at 11:09 am
  
  Hello Cara
  I think they probably are but what a marvellous story and I’m very glad my image has made those memories flood back.
  R
  
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