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/...

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...

goldcrest #badhairday #wansteadflats @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Hornet mimic hoverfly, holly blue butterfly, green-veined white butterfly & hornet nest @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #butterflies #hoverfly #butterfly #pollinators #summer #wansteadflats

🦋 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

Nuthatch with fledgling @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #Britishbirds #Londonbirds #nuthatch #birding #nature

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

@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

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

last few from Spain, Sardinian warbler, bee eater & rock bunting #birds #spain #spanishbirds #beeeater #sardinianwarbler #rockbunting #nature #wildlife #spring

squacco heron, marbled duck, red-knobbed coot and Bonelli's eagle #birds #spain #spanishbirds #moretofollow #sagabirdwatching

flying white stork, lovely dovey collared doves, feeding spoonbill and penduline tit building a nest #birds #spain #spanishbirds #moretofollow #sagabirdwatching

greater whitethroat, blackcap, blackcap and great crested grebes

Chalet Wood bluebells

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

Sounds like a great opportunity #AcademicSky #PhD #ornithology #ecology #buildingdesign

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

Saw my first Brimstone Butterfly today 🥰

Getting out and about again - female Shoveler, female Pochard, pair of Pied Wagtails and a nice view 🙂

Gone but never forgotten

7 months in and Labour are showing they are no different to the Tories when it comes to protecting wildlife and the environment.

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

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

Govt responds to our petition to end the cull! 🦡

A few from the coach outing with @mbs.bsky.social to Abberton yesterday - Green Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe, male Goosander and male Goldeneye

"‘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/...

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...

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

There's nothing like a posing male kestrel on a sunny winter's day @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #londonbirds #raptors #wansteadflats #eppingforest

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

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

Here’s a poem called ‘Merry’.

🦊 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

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

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...

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

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’.

Tree Pipit on Wanstead Flats found by @seankerrigan1.bsky.social in September 2024 #londonbirds

Black-necked grebe at Walthamstow Wetlands in October #londonbirds

Yes to #FairTrade! It's worth looking out for the logo in various supermarkets, eg The Coop, M&S and Sainsbury's. Encourage them!

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.

Any London based birders joining @bsky.app please use the hashtag #londonbirds for sightings & news.

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!

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.

🦉 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...