FFON. The Frightened Face of Nature.

  • London Zoo. The old Reptile House 

    London Zoo. The old Reptile House 

    Recollections and requiem; a farewell visit to the London Zoo Reptile House John and Margaret Cooper Many readers will have visited the Reptile House at the London Zoo. Designed by Joan Beauchamp Procter and Sir Edward Guy Dawber, it was opened in 1928 and for decades provided both a home for, and an insight into,…

  • The Nar Valley in Norfolk – A foot safari during the Covid lockdown.

    The Nar Valley in Norfolk – A foot safari during the Covid lockdown.

    John and Margaret Cooper’s Pentney to King’s Lynn ‘safari’ 13 – 15 July 2020. A report on our walk – and the natural history that we saw – for the FFON Armchair Naturalist website: https://thefrightenedfaceofnature.com/ Part 1. Last month we decided, as a break from our fifteen-week Covid-19 “lockdown”, to explore the River Nar on…