The Anonymous Widower

Pictures of the London Wetland Centre

I took quite a few pictures and some are shown here.

Note the Nene or Hawaiian Goose, which is the state bird of Hawaii. It is the world’s rarest goose and was once down to about twenty individuals.  But these were collected by Sir Peter Scott at WWT Slimbridge and now there is a healthy population that has been reintroduced to its original home.

Sir Peter was the son of the famous Antartic explorer, but in my view was the much greater person, as he excelled in so many different fields.  Everyone should read more about this remarkable man.  Start at Wikipedia.

Remember though that people of my age are biased about Sir Peter and Sir David Attenborough, as they were the people who did more to shape intelligent television about the planet and its wildlife in the 1950s than anybody else. People forget that there was only one channel and when the BBC started a second one to compete with ITV, Sir David was one of its first controllers.

June 28, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | World | Birds, London, Water