What’s this site about?

Mostly travel and wildlife from around the UK with links to our travels further afield.

There is also a full list of UK birds (some with photographs).

Who/what are avengerpenguins?

Avengerpenguins are Chris and Julie. We’re a pub quiz team and we compete in a few quizzes in the Shrewsbury and West Midlands area of England. We put any cash that we win towards funding our holidays – and we have as many of those as we can afford. You’re most likely to find us in The Beacon, Shrewsbury on a Sunday night, where we are The Artful Penguins, having joined forces with Neil & Steve from the Artful Stodgers. But we can pop up anywhere from time to time and have even won a pub quiz in Amsterdam.

Honorary avengerpenguins.

Charlie - chief web designer, technical support - specialises in bikes and reptile questions.
Steve - former Artful Stodger - specialises in films and medical issues.
Neil - sadly missed former Artful Stodger
Tony - former Artful Stodger - specialises in Paul MacCartney
Alex - Chris’s eldest son - specialises in rowing and rugby.
James - Chris’s youngest son - good at maths. Doesn’t bother to specialise as he is concentrating on world domination when he gets bigger!
and we’d better not forget Motto Jones, quizmaster at The  Beacon, with his own unique style. A one-off.

So if you think you might find something on here that may interest you, come back soon. Here are a couple of photos to give you an idea of what’s to come.

This Common Toad seemed to be admiring the view across Loch Ruthven eagerly awaiting the mist and rain that was rapidly drawing closer. Of course, this may not have been the case - he may just have been bemused by the shivering bird watchers desperate for a glimpse of a diver.

This shot was taken in broad daylight in Barcelonetta just across the marina from the harbour end of Las Ramblas. Although the rest of Barcelona was in the middle of the Merce festival, Barcelonetta was getting ready for it's own mini-celebration. The light passing through the red bunting gave everything a rather unusual pinkish tinge.