There are several breeding pairs of skylarks still holding on at Warren Farm (@warrenfarmnr.bsky.social) in the west London suburbs. Long may they continue.

A bit late for #wildflowerhour, but the @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social bee orchids are blooming again this year.

We’re so excited for the #bigbutterflycount we’re starting a day early! 🦋☺️ Come join our FREE #WarrenFarmNR walk led by Naturalist Neil Anderson tomorrow by signing up here, happy butterfly spotting! 🌼🦋🌸👉🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warrenfarm... @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Mini meadow friends can be seen at #WarrenFarmNR 🪲☺️Vital to the health of our ecosystems, UK insect numbers are in sharp decline due to climate change, pesticide use & habitat loss😔We need them & they need us to care💚 Heliophilus Spider🕷️7 & 16 Spot Ladybirds🐞LNR in waiting 🌿

Happy Easter from #WarrenFarmNR 🐰☺️To everyone who is giving wildlife a voice, safeguarding vital habitats & species from the smallest of insects to the greatest of oaks🌳Our health & wellbeing is reliant on the state of nature, we must ensure a wilder future for all🦋🦉🐞🦊🌸🐝

A beautifully written descriptive piece of writing, flushed with poetic observations on the Pied Wagtail by @levparikian.bsky.social Our #WarrenFarmNR Skylarks receive a songful mention here in Ealing🪺🎶🐦‍⬛A Joyous read💚

When life’s buffeting you around but you still manage to keep focussed on the things that matter to you🙃🐭Amazing head stabilisation of our #WarrenFarmNR Kestrel, her tail fans to keep her steady🪶On the UK Amber List of conservation concern, her home here is an LNR in waiting💚

Beautiful songful Linnets can always be seen nesting around our #WarrenFarmNR rewilded Brownfield area🐦‍⬛🪺Their population has sadly plummeted causing them to join our Skylarks on the UK Red-List as a species of high conservation concern😔LNR status will safeguard many lives that thrive here💚 #bird

In addition to the skylarks, the acid/neutral grassland at Warren Farm is also host to linnets, meadow pipits and kestrels. bsky.app/profile/free...

Misty morning sunrise here at #WarrenFarmNR 😌🌿It’s that joyful suspense in knowing our Wildflowers & friends will soon be showing themselves once more🌸Today we are glittered with silver frost, but bursts of colour await!🌼🐝🪲🦋🐞When we care for nature, #nature cares for us💚

🪺‘KEEP TO THE PATHS’ SKYLARK NOTICES ARE UP! #WarrenFarmNR 🪺Ealing’s only Skylark population build their nests on the ground here & people / dogs straying off the main outside paths into the meadow seriously risk harming our Red-Listed bird’s eggs & chicks🐣 ❌🐕🚶🏽‍♂️Thank you for helping keep them safe💚

Land like this gets described by those not in the know as ‘wasted space’, ‘it’s just grass’, ‘messy’🌿To botanists, wildlife experts & nature lovers who see life its ‘home to rare plant species’, ‘vital acid grassland habitat’, ‘Field Vole site supporting Owls’🦉WarrenFarmNR 💚

The uncut area of our rewilded meadow WarrenFarmNR is a vital & delicious restaurant for wildlife, our Goldfinch friend agrees!☺️🐦‍⬛We are a Local Nature Reserve in waiting, finalising details & looking forward to our wildflowers springing into life🌸Nature needs us to care💚

💚🐭WarrenFarmNR HARVEST MOUSE NEST SURVEY EVENT!🐭💚Come join us & our friends Dr Sean McCormack founder of Ealing Wildlife Group this Sunday 23rd Feb!🙌🏼 Learn about these amazing tiny acrobats & take part in nest spotting training as we look at our meadow as a potential future nesting site!🐭☺️🌿

Our Skylarks are beginning to make their presence known!🐦‍⬛🥰A 1/4 of London’s breeding population nests here every year, their iconic song fills our rewilded meadow with melody & joy of what’s possible when nature’s given a chance💚We’re an LNR in waiting🪺 Credit & thanks to photographer Malcolm Bowey

We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱

This is our rewilded meadow where Barn Owls silently swoop, Butterflies dance & Skylarks sing🦋🦉🪺Where Wildflowers lie in wait beneath the soils, dreaming of Spring🌸🌱Where walkers with every step exhale their busy day & inhale the calm that only nature brings😌💚WarrenFarmNR

Frosted gorse yesterday morning at Warren Farm (part of the Brent River Park in west London). #wildflowerhour @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social @brentriverpark.bsky.social

Spotted at @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social today. A glorious day for a winter walk. #kestrel

Happy New Year!🦊While the 🌎 faces sobering challenges, may our love for nature & wildlife inspire seeds of hope for a kinder future🌱Together, we can safeguard, restore & nurture the planet we all call home🌅Here’s to resilience & action in 2025💚🙏🏼WarrenFarmNR

Not so much of a winter 10 to be seen on @WarrenFarmNR for #wildflowerhour but I was pleased to find this hawthorn in flower again this year. It did the same at Christmas last year. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Wishing all our WarrenFarmNR supporters, nature lovers & wildlife advocates a very Merry Christmas!❄️🤗Thank you for the continued care & love shown towards our rewilded meadow💚Local Nature Reserve status is incoming - you’ve given our Skylarks the best Christmas gift ever🙏🏼💚

During covid pandemic our rewilded urban meadow lined by trees & hedgerow became a vital lifeline for so many at a time of uncertainty🌳There is no human health without environmental health🌱We are a part of #nature & to harm it, is to harm ourselves🌸💚WarrenFarmNR an LNR in waiting🦉

We were thrilled to have had 6 juvenile Kestrels recorded here this year☺️💚Our rewilded urban meadow providing a plentiful menu of insects & rodents🦗🐭When birds of prey arrive & stay you know you have a very special species-rich green space🪺🙂🦉A hovering big thank you to fab photographer Diane Dallie

#theWinter10 is starting to get a bit harder. Here's my selection from Warren Farm in west London yesterday. #WildflowerHour @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social

As if the industrial sewage & road run-off wasn’t bad enough… 🙁 metro.co.uk/2024/11/18/l... This is our trustee Ben who runs the CURB (Clean up the River Brent) campaign, front page of the Metro. (We’re gently nudging him to join Bluesky💙🐟!)

Our WarrenFarmNR & surrounding @brentriverpark.bsky.social meadows connect to the River Brent💙Beautiful as this photo is, like many rivers across the UK it’s polluted & harmful to wildlife😞Our charity recently learned there are new builds flushing toilet waste directly into this precious river 🚽🤢

Fungi friends creating islands of wonder in our urban meadow 🍄‍🟫💚Neither animal or plant, these fascinating beings have their own kingdom of life & are climate kings with underground networks working together to store & regulate carbon!🍄We are an LNR in waiting🙌🏼☺️

A few blooms snapped in Warren Farm this morning. I might have gone over 10 slightly. #Wildflowerhour #Winter10 @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social

Our Skylarks are coming in to land at Bluesky! We’re searching for wildlife friends & nature advocates, please do give us a follow & share with us any suggestions of great people in the replies🤗💚 Here’s to new adventures!🦋🐦‍⬛