Mary Forest Gate
@maryforestgate.bsky.social
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Birder, nature loving, vegan, grandmother Local patch Wanstead Flats & Park, East London
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/action/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=rspb_bluesky_share&en_ref=302325246
14 days ago
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Protect the Wild
about 1 month ago
The Lake District Hunt Sabs captured harrowing footage of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a terrified fox and throwing them to the hounds to be torn apart.
protectthewild.substack.com/p/coniston-f...
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Coniston Foxhounds Dig Out and Throw LIVE Fox to Hounds
The Lake District Hunt Sabs captured harrowing footage of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a terrified fox and throwing them to the hounds to be torn apart.
https://protectthewild.substack.com/p/coniston-foxhounds-dig-out-and-throw
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goldcrest
#badhairday
#wansteadflats
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Hornet mimic hoverfly, holly blue butterfly, green-veined white butterfly & hornet nest
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#butterflies
#hoverfly
#butterfly
#pollinators
#summer
#wansteadflats
4 months ago
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Wren Group
5 months ago
🦋 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)
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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
6 months ago
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Nuthatch with fledgling
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#birds
#Britishbirds
#Londonbirds
#nuthatch
#birding
#nature
7 months ago
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Coach outing to Frampton Marsh with the Central London Local
@rspb.bsky.social
group Little ringed plover, avocet, whooper swan and pintail
#birds
#birding
#nature
#ducks
#swans
#geese
#avocet
7 months ago
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@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
River Roding Walk with Paul Powlesland 18th May For details :
wrengroup.org.uk
or check our facebook pages
www.facebook.com/groups/83265...
&
www.facebook.com/WrenOrg
7 months ago
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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
7 months ago
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last few from Spain, Sardinian warbler, bee eater & rock bunting
#birds
#spain
#spanishbirds
#beeeater
#sardinianwarbler
#rockbunting
#nature
#wildlife
#spring
7 months ago
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squacco heron, marbled duck, red-knobbed coot and Bonelli's eagle
#birds
#spain
#spanishbirds
#moretofollow
#sagabirdwatching
7 months ago
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flying white stork, lovely dovey collared doves, feeding spoonbill and penduline tit building a nest
#birds
#spain
#spanishbirds
#moretofollow
#sagabirdwatching
8 months ago
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greater whitethroat, blackcap, blackcap and great crested grebes
8 months ago
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Chalet Wood bluebells
8 months ago
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Little Owl - secret location
#Londonbirds
#owls
#bird
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Mary Forest Gate
9 months ago
Sounds like a great opportunity
#AcademicSky
#PhD
#ornithology
#ecology
#buildingdesign
add a skeleton here at some point
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Sunny day foxes - Jubilee Pond
#wansteadflats
#eppingforest
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
@fwp2009.bsky.social
@eefnews.bsky.social
#fox
#foxes
9 months ago
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Saw my first Brimstone Butterfly today 🥰
9 months ago
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Getting out and about again - female Shoveler, female Pochard, pair of Pied Wagtails and a nice view 🙂
9 months ago
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Gone but never forgotten
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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Protect the Wild
10 months ago
7 months in and Labour are showing they are no different to the Tories when it comes to protecting wildlife and the environment.
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Tony Brown
11 months ago
Hiding in plain sight! Tundra Bean Goose amongst the resident flock of Greylags on Wanstead Flats this morning. Patch tick & 1st site record.
#londonbords
#UKbirds
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Great Spotted Woodpecker on
#WansteadFlats
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#birds
#londonbirds
#woodpeckers
11 months ago
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Protect the Wild
11 months ago
Govt responds to our petition to end the cull! 🦡
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A few from the coach outing with
@mbs.bsky.social
to Abberton yesterday - Green Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe, male Goosander and male Goldeneye
11 months ago
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Guy Shrubsole
11 months ago
"‘Get on my land’: the farmers who want strangers wandering their fields" Meet the access-friendly farmers & landowners who
@righttoroam.bsky.social
's
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social
has been working with You can catch some of them at Oxford Real Farming Conf tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Get on my land’: the farmers who want strangers wandering their fields
A growing number of landholders are joining forces with right-to-roam campaigners to boost public access to the countryside
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/08/get-on-my-land-the-farmers-who-want-strangers-wandering-their-fields
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Wild Justice
12 months ago
A review of another busy year for Wild Justice and a look forward to new challenges ahead - we'll be recruiting to fill a brand new position! A massive THANK YOU to all our supporters - we couldn't do any of this without you!
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
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Wild Justice's 2024 - our year in review - Wild Justice
It’s been another busy year for Wild Justice; here’s a very quick run through some of our highlights of 2024. […]
https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild-justices-2024-our-year-in-review/
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Little Green Space
12 months ago
More than 4 out of 10 insect species face extinction. Others are declining badly. We can help in our gardens and community spaces by not being too tidy, planting nectar-rich flowers & trees, and not using weedkillers and pesticides. More:
bit.ly/2FCEJYz
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There's nothing like a posing male kestrel on a sunny winter's day
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#birds
#londonbirds
#raptors
#wansteadflats
#eppingforest
11 months ago
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common redpoll - Wanstead Flats
#londonbirds
#birds
#repoll
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
12 months ago
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I know it's an escapee but I'm not likely to get to the Amazon to see one - ringed teal on Wanstead Flats today
#londonbirds
12 months ago
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Brian Bilston
12 months ago
Here’s a poem called ‘Merry’.
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12 months ago
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Protect the Wild
12 months ago
🦊 NEW ANIMATION 🦊 Time to end the Boxing Day hunts and ban ‘trail hunting’ for good! REPOST if you agree! 🎤
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@benjaminfallow.bsky.social
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male kestrel posing nicely on my local patch
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#londonbirds
#birds
#raptors
#wansteadflats
#wansteadbirders
12 months ago
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Funny how once you spot one snipe you suddenly realise there's many many more 🥰 at Rainham Marshes yesterday full species list on ebird -
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
12 months ago
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not the best picture but a beautiful male wigeon found the other day by
@thecowboybirder.bsky.social
on
#WansteadFlats
.
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
#wansteadbirders
12 months ago
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2 majestic oaks in the SSSI
#WansteadFlats
#eppingforestwinter24
#trees
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
@benjaminmurphyuk.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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Brian Bilston
about 1 year ago
It’s International Mountain Day, so today’s poem celebrates that. It’s called ‘The Englishman Who Went Up a Mountain and Came Down Ill’.
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Tree Pipit on Wanstead Flats found by
@seankerrigan1.bsky.social
in September 2024
#londonbirds
about 1 year ago
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Black-necked grebe at Walthamstow Wetlands in October
#londonbirds
about 1 year ago
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Jenny Jones
about 1 year ago
Yes to
#FairTrade
! It's worth looking out for the logo in various supermarkets, eg The Coop, M&S and Sainsbury's. Encourage them!
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Mary Forest Gate
about 1 year ago
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.
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Tony Brown
about 1 year ago
Any London based birders joining
@bsky.app
please use the hashtag
#londonbirds
for sightings & news.
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Tony Brown
about 1 year ago
Very pleased to have photographed an Otter today along the River Roding at Wanstead. Even just a few years ago I thought it wouldn’t be possible to witness this on a London river!
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Ruth Tingay
about 1 year ago
From this morning’s edition of Shooting Times. Hang on a minute, isn’t this the industry that claims to be self-regulating & not shooting Woodcock until after 1st December to protect resident UK red-listed population?! Idiots.
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Wren Group
about 1 year ago
🦉 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...
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Wren Group New Year Social and Mini-Quiz
A lively social evening with other Wren Group members, with a short quiz and a raffle. Please bring your own drink and a dish to share.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wren-group-new-year-social-and-mini-quiz-tickets-1050571265937?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent
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