Common blue butterfly - #greenroof diaries Great to see a Common blue #butterfly on a #greenroof in Hoxton #greenroofs #greenroofdiaries #wildflowers #butterflies #UrbanNature #urbanwildlife #london

Tomorrow is #wgrd #worldgreenroofday so here’s a little intro to a masterclass series re #greenroofs - if you have stories to share re a #greenroof please do with hashtag #wgrd - let’s make our cities 💚 🌿 **Welcome to the Green Roof Master Class!** 🌿 youtube.com/shorts/K0ycx...

@jjimode.bsky.social #nigelfarage is a #caymanisland £££ grabber take this how it is said - is #rushisunak #english? Yes he was born here. Is Nigel English? Protector of the working class of this country - give me a break. Apologies just wanted to berate a 💰🕺

Ring ouzel last week in the high Julian #Alps - amazing #birds feeding young virtually a month after arriving. Will have 2 broods b4 they depart #joy #video forage will feature in a video re the birds of #friuli to come.

Found me a lesser-spotted #woodpeckers nest in last week. 1st in 23 yr used to nest around here i#blackheath #greenwich #lewisham - why not anymore? Mix of joy/sadness This 1 is for @joebeale.bsky.social youtu.be/W8zSOszVqCg #birds #nature #wildlife #UrbanNature #urbanwildlife

@themessyecologist.bsky.social urban biodiversity needs mess not following the manual.

@themessyecologist.bsky.social am liking. Currently having an argument as an expert in green roofs with natural England who nonexperts are saying a load of rubbish about green roofs. Messy green roofs all over London now but don’t fit the manual of rural #nonexperts.

Do you know why gulls tap dance? found out here. Tap dancing herring gulls in the river Ravensbourne London #blackheathnaturediaries #birds #londonbirds #birdbehaviour #ornithology youtube.com/shorts/L_usp... Wld have like publish directly a little 2 long for #bluesky - 1 4 @joebeale.bsky.social

Been a bit absent as was I in #italy working. Also found time to chase #birds and found me a lesser-spotted woodpecker nest. Wonderful and have a full video te these I have been working on #naturevideos

Kind of loving this - #trump blames everyone but himself. #economicdownturn #liberationday - think finger points to you and all your #malarky! Link below in replies just in case want to read

What the #labourparty needs to do is ask the question why did it cut in in the 1st place? And it begs a qu of #reeves and #starmer - hit the poor not the wealthy? tinyurl.com/yc8xk2y6 1997 all over again!

#sunset this evening #blackheath #London

4 min video re #heathland #birds that r found on #blackheath - in 3 pts - 1 focus on the Whitethroat 2 other heathlands #birds I see on #migration 3 these birds may come back to breed with a bit of #rewilding youtu.be/wpK6xQPMLjk

Just had my first Swallow of the year - over #blackheath #greenwich #hydevale - still no #swifts @joebeale.bsky.social

This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it

Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous. @petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social

#blackheathnaturediaries about a tiny little #wildflower that is really pretty but easily #biodiversity #nature #UrbanNature #urbanwildflowers #flowers #wildflowers #botany Lesser sea spurrey youtube.com/shorts/3MNED... 1 4 @garrypogson.bsky.social

So I will doing a video about Azure-winged #magpies + in #europe + #asia - now they are different #sowcies but until about 12 years ago they were the same. A fascinating #birds story. These were taken in #spain 2031 @toritorihkd.bsky.social @mknb.bsky.social 日本のあなたへ

Good luck to our Dartford colleagues @dclp.bsky.social #Dartford residents, remember this is the end game, always has been.

@elizabethpgraham.bsky.social Love the last sentence of your biog…so annoying those type of people on here.

Tony fucked up #tonyblair out of touch with 61% of UK and in touch with his #corporate #funders - #climatechange #adaptation not feeding the #neoliberal beast that says NO but dumps $$$ in your account if you help #TBI tinyurl.com/5dw8wwnt #politics Second link in the comments below

Gotta love a tree sparrow especially for #bluesky friends from Japan @mknb.bsky.social @toritorihkd.bsky.social #birds #tokyo #urbanbirds

How to save a solitary bee stick in your windows. youtube.com/shorts/L_Y7L... Fun today in my kitchen saving a #hairyfootedflower #bee #entomology #solitarybees #blackheathnaturediaries No commemts please on the start of my kitchen window or the ceiling paint work please!!!

@birdphotographer.bsky.social I do like a Latin name when it comes to birds. Spent a lot of time finding out why? Firecrest was a good one. If I remember rightly second part means 🔥 cap.

Thyme-leaved Punk Plant - Greenwich Park A little speedwell, I think is Thyme-leaved - well that’s what my #iphone says it is. And it is a little sticky uppy so its a small #punkplant - #wildflowers,#greenwichpark #blackheathnaturediaries #wildlondon #botany #london @joebeale.bsky.social 👉👎?

Missed the actual #sunrise on #blackheath - #dawn photo

If Britain and Europe are to devise their best response to Donald Trump, they badly need to come together. That will require more ambition on the British side and more flexibility from the EU www.economist.com/britain/2025...

A Wall on a Wall - had a #butterfly discovery a few days ago on #blackheath this video goes into detail about said butterfly and its population collapse in London +shout 4 g8 book link in reply#SE #england 4 @joebeale.bsky.social @garrypogson.bsky.social @katemidd.bsky.social youtu.be/fIIDLeYczkw

Beautiful shot.

#dawn #birds this morning on #blackheath and in #greenwichpark #londbirds

#sunrise this morning #blackheath #london #sunrisephotography

These are the people #drainingtheswamp - standing up to #authoritarianism + #billionaires who think they can do know wrong #505051 #community #grassroofs #bottomup all the things the #antiwoke don’t like - but we are #awake. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

G8 piece - why remember 1973 #pinochet #chile and now the #usa - as a daughter on a #chilean this person has a VERY significant message + for those in the #farage trust me #farage would go there #dictatorship www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

MARATHON DAY IS…? Flax Day. Over the years of the #londonmarathon one thing I noticed was the #flax always flowers on #marathon weekend. So marathon day on #blackheath is actually FLAX day - #wildflowers #blackheath #beeroads youtube.com/shorts/HZ0xD...

Gotta love a stock dove - Stock doves decline significantly when I was a teenager and have now increased - I just love these #birds #doves #pigeons #blackheath #londonbirds and they do feature in video I will sharing about #marathonday shortly @joebeale.bsky.social

What a great post. I have still this book of #birds from when I was a very little boy in 1960s.

Such a wonder story + very moving - good to see there is care in the community when in the hands of metal detectors. So much crap in the world this is uplifting. #lost and #found #careinthecommunity #helpingothers, they are called the 5th ‘#emergencyservice’ wonderful tinyurl.com/bpaz33sh

A bit of #fun 4 #london #marathonday #londonmarathon which starts on #blackheath the #serengeti of #southeastlondon annual #migration of Homo sapiens marathonensis not to graze but race!?!!!??? @katemidd.bsky.social @joebeale.bsky.social @garrypogson.bsky.social :))) youtube.com/shorts/q8uKo...

No #sunrise today on #blackheath but here a collection of #sunrisephotography from yesterday #London

Anna’s hummingbird #California - this popped up - picture taken in #SanJose #october 2023 #hummers #hummingbirds #birds

More to come but @joebeale.bsky.social @garrypogson.bsky.social Wall on the wall With white stag SW corner of #blackheath. Seems settled. Just so you know. #butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social 1st one in 36 years of being here. Very 😎😎

Get down to the gas station & listen to the music - birds! Filmed a few years ago whilst #filling up the car. A lesser white throat fresh in from sub-Sahara #africa back in #london #birds #wildlondon #urbanbirds youtube.com/shorts/_ZubD...

After #sunrise #blackheath #london this morning. Caught another doing #stiltwalking #photographer at #dawn - e had a good chat #sunrisephotography

Leucistic Blackbird 🇦🇹Jan 0125 - I have seen 3 of these over the years but this one was the most WHITE #birds a link to #travel vlog on #styria where I saw this bird. youtu.be/56o1JyeYEs0 #tuscany of #austria 4 @niklasnw.bsky.social

Kleptoparasitism is fascinating in #solitarybees & #solitarywasps - here is a little example & stars a #jewel of a wasp #entomology youtube.com/shorts/D_99y...

When I was in #Oz 13 years I did have a few encounters with Kookaburras - this one was on a lost and very approachable #birds #birdsofoz #australia

A bit of #urbannature #urbanwildlife and a great bird a get to see all the time. And they are easier to see on #urban #rivers than in the #countryside - just come to the #lewisham - #birds #kingfishers Gotta love an urban kingfisher - Lewisham London youtube.com/shorts/oCWeh...