The Moors pool was discovered by members of the WMBC (among them the future broadcaster Bill Oddie) around 1964.
For nearly 50 years, Arthur Jacobs, who has died aged 83, was closely involved with birdwatching at Upton Warren Nature Reserve, Worcestershire, from its beginnings in the 1960s – when the freshwater Moors pool was still a shallow wetland in a grassy field – right up to the present day and the modern reserve, with its complex of lakes, reed beds, wet woodlands and shallow saline pools.
One of the East End industries that serviced ships moored off the Pool of London was prostitution, and in the 17th century, this was centred on the Ratcliffe Highway, a long street lying on the high ground above the riverside settlements.
More than $1.2 million Laurel Hollow $3.4 million 1220 Moores Hill Road Number of bedrooms: 6 Number of full bathrooms: 6 Number of half bathrooms: 2 Weeks on market: 1 month 22-year-old brick colonial; pool, tennis court, beach and mooring rights, 3 fireplaces, den, billiard room, 2-car garage, 3.6-acre lot; taxes $38,442; listed at $3.799 million.
The whole concept is then moored by mooring dolphins.
These units are usually moored to the seabed through a spread mooring system.
Spielberg's yacht Seven Seas, complete with 26 crew, helipad, infinity pool and cinema, stayed moored well off the beach in Sardinia this month.
Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London.
The pool, whose sides and bottom are constructed of sturdy, transparent plastic, is moored with an anchor and is filled with sea water by way of a solar- or wind-powered pump.
The wow factor: Steps lead from the pool down to a tiny beach and private jetty, where a boat is moored for fishing jaunts to Poros.
At the lower end of the price spectrum, a one-bedroom one-bath condo in a prewar building with a swimming pool and mooring dock on the waterfront is listed at $479,900, with property taxes of $3,537 a year and a common charge of $501 a month.
