Eric Fitch Daglish writes in Birds of the British Isles that when comparing the flight of mammals and birds “bats have mastered the air within limits but […] no bats are capable of the long, swift sustained flights daily carried out by swifts and albatross.” Always fascinated by the freedom of birds in flight, their …
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Peter Finch, Chairman of the River Thames Society
Visitors and locals alike will walk beside, or sail upon the River Thames from source to sea, unaware that there is a whole organisation working behind the scenes “dedicated to protecting and preserving the natural beauty of the River Thames”. That organisation is The River Thames Society and Peter Finch is its Chairman. First recruited …
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