Young birders walk winter edition Saturday 13th December at 10:00 Meet at #Wanstead Park Tea Hut Organised by wrengroup.org.uk #londonbirds #nature #wildlife

Calling young ornithologists! Join us for a bird walk aimed at 8-13 year olds. Discover some of the birds that live in and fly over #Wanstead Park. 27 September 10:30 - 11:45 Wanstead Park Tea Hut All young personal must be accompanied by a responsible adult. facebook.com/events/s/chi...

🦋 9th August: Wren Guided Butterfly Walk 🦋 While the #BigButterflyCount 2025 is on, we are leading a walk around #Wanstead Park to look for butterflies and to help you identify them. Saturday 9th August. 10.00am. Meet by the Tea Hut at Wanstead Park. (what3words - softly.ropes.risk)

red admiral & common blue butterflies + a female banded demoiselle - Exchange Lands Wanstead Park @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social #butterflies #demoiselle #redadmiral #commonblue #eppingforest #wansteadpark

The full programme for the Wanstead Wildlife Weekend! 💚 21/22 June All activities are free & don’t need booking. Most activities are suitable for children if accompanied by an adult.

Wanstead Wildlife Weekend is back! 21/22 June - save the date! Full programme soon but will include guided walks themed around moths; invertebrates; flowering plants; lichen; spiders; and bees. Plus pond dipping and story telling activities for children. #wansteadflats #nature #wildlife

Beautiful pictures Mary!

Join @paulpowlesland.bsky.social and the Wren Group for a River Roding Walk. 📅 Sunday 18 May at 10am 📍Royston Gardens IG1 3SY Paul will share his vision for the river and the work being done by the @riverroding.bsky.social, while Wren members will point out wildlife along the way.

This ruddy shelduck was visiting our patch and hanging out with the Egyptian geese to which it is related - beautiful bird. There's been a few reported and they live in Holland so maybe the next coloniser @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #ducks #waterfowl #vagrantbirds #nature

Wonderful news @paulpowlesland.bsky.social. Well done to all involved!

Little Owl - secret location #Londonbirds #owls #bird @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

The Wren practical work team - most of it, at least - after a hot session on Wanstead Flats managing our important area of heather. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Sunny day foxes - Jubilee Pond #wansteadflats #eppingforest @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @fwp2009.bsky.social @eefnews.bsky.social #fox #foxes

This week, alongside our friends at @wrenwildlife.bsky.social, we have re-introduced some temporary fencing on a small patch on #Wanstead Flats to help conserve our ground nesting birds. It is only with the public's support we can protect our skylarks for the next generation youtu.be/RVSQQE72GPk?...

Heronry Lake, Wanstead Park, at its early-spring loveliest. In a fortnight it will look very different as bud-burst brings an explosion of green. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Always great to get out on my annual practical work session with @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Skylarks were singing away this morning. Fences going up this week so hopefully we’ll get a few pairs breeding!

A special Sunday for birders on #WansteadFlats as a Tundra Bean Goose was found by @thecowboybirder.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Save our Skylarks fence renewal on Wanstead Flats 📅 27 February 2025 📍Meet 10 am Centre Road Car Park Help renew the Skylark fencing and signs in preparation for the breeding season. Information will be available for #WansteadFlats locals and visitors. www.facebook.com/events/12816...

Join us for a Duck Walk on Wanstead Flats 📅 Saturday February 15th, 📍Meet 9.30am Jubilee Car Park Learn how to identify both ducks and drakes, and other birds with webbed feet. A walk for all ages, children should be accompanied by an adult. wrengroup.org.uk #wansteadflats #eppingforest

🦋 Wanstead Butterflies and Moths 2024 🦋 New on our website a comprehensive, well-illustrated report on the butterflies and moths found in the #Wanstead area in 2024. Compiled by @timharris57.bsky.social. wrengroup.org.uk/wp-content/u... #lepidoptera #butterflies #moths

Great Spotted Woodpecker on #WansteadFlats @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #londonbirds #woodpeckers

There was much excitement about recent sightings of otters in the River Roding. It was particularly astonishing given the state of the river, but is a reassuring sign of nature’s resilience, says Councillor Jo Blackman wansteadvillagedirectory.com/?p=12815

Thank you all! Exciting times 🌼

Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Heronry Lake in Wanstead Park looking especially lovely in the January sun this morning, with a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby, an early herald of spring. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Great pictures Mary. We are lucky to be able to see these fabulous birds regularly on #wansteadflats

The Wren Winter Newsletter has arrived! Look out for the Otter seen locally and a Nightjar - and much else besides in this bumper edition. wrengroup.org.uk/wp-content/u... Happy New Year! Wishing all our members, volunteers, supporters and partners a wonderful 2025.

Why not become a Wren nature helper? Our practical conservation work takes place on #WansteadFlats and in #WansteadPark from October to March, first Sunday of the month, and midweek most Thursdays 10 - 12.30.

common redpoll - Wanstead Flats #londonbirds #birds #repoll @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

male kestrel posing nicely on my local patch @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds #raptors #wansteadflats #wansteadbirders

not the best picture but a beautiful male wigeon found the other day by @thecowboybirder.bsky.social on #WansteadFlats. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #wansteadbirders

2 majestic oaks in the SSSI #WansteadFlats #eppingforestwinter24 #trees @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @benjaminmurphyuk.bsky.social

A unit of floating reedbed set to be installed in Wanstead Park’s Heronry Lake. By the weekend, 80 of these will be in place. In time they’ll help boost the park’s population of aquatic invertebrates and - hopefully- its Reed Warblers.

It’s a source of great joy to the Wren Wildlife & Conservation Group that we have otters in our urban recording area. Well done to @thecowboybirder.bsky.social for capturing such a great photo! #nature #wildlife

A lichen walk for the Wren Wildlife group in CoL Cemetery on 17th November was blessed with sunny weather. We saw a good selection of lichens on memorials, low branches and ended up with terricolous lichens near Alexandra lake. Just one photo, here is Hypogymnia physodes. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

🦉 Wren Group New Year Social and Mini-Quiz 🦉 📅 Sat 18 Jan 2025 19:00 - 21:30 A lively social evening with other Wren Group members, a short quiz and a raffle. Please bring your own drink and a dish to share. Free tickets can be booked at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wren-group...

Just for starters - Wanstead Flats isn't a housing estate (but nearly has been in the past). Its the southern border of #EppingForest, a unique 12 mile-long woodland in north-east London. The Flats is a much loved open space used by east London's amazing diversity of communities. Come & see it!

Our Autumn Newsletter has arrived! Highlights include: - Skylark Update - Invertebrate Report - Reviving the Mosaic - Article by Tanith Cooke, Epping Forest - A Butterfly Emergency - Things That Go Chirp in the Night - what does bird song look like And lots more! wrengroup.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Hello from the Wren Group! We are a friendly group of people of all ages and backgrounds, who have an interest in learning about and conserving wildlife. We focus mainly on Wanstead Flats and Park and nearby parts of Epping Forest. Join us for walks, talks, practical work and more...