Nest of the Reed warbler mb-artist Henry_Silkstone_Hopwood The River Thames at Greenwich

The River Thames at Greenwich

with Southwark Cathedral in the background and construction work being undertaken in the foreground

Marcello Malpighi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669

when the truth was that Britain was maintaining a policy of isolation

Ickx drove for Ferrari in Formula 1 in 1968 and again from 1970 to 1973

Nest of the Reed warbler mb-artist Henry_Silkstone_Hopwood The River Thames at GreenwichStudy of a reed warbler's nest Acrocephalus scirpaceus, showing its woven construction between upright low lying canes and containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 12 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XII. Planche 12 de la fauvette de Roseaux. Rohr Sperling. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving.