While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature

My fave - dead man’s fingers. So creepily spot on with that name! 😳

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Hurricane Melissa devastated homes, habitats and reserves across Jamaica and Cuba. Birds Caribbean have set up a donation page to help their partners across the islands. Please donate if you can, and share widely #HurricaneMelissa #Donate #HurricaneRelief #Birds #Wildlife

Migration continues apace on Hampstead Heath, thousands of Woodpigeons at the weekend plus seasonal transients such as Woodlark, Reed Bunting and Ring Ouzel

A perfect afternoon of local patch birding with 9 Whooper Swans seen to drop into Tyttenhanger GPs & then a Cattle Egret was found amongst the gulls. Breaks my previous local year record taking me to 154 species this year seen within 5 miles of home! #hertsbirds #londonbirds

A 1st-winter Grey Wagtail on Wanstead Flats today #londonbirds #UKBirds

This Sunday!!! 👇👇👇👇

#birds Jack Snipe at Maple Lodge this evening. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

We had a late brood of kingfishers down on the River Lea - this youngster was one of four which fledged. Watch as it bobs and chirps just a few metres away - fledglings are so tame. #LondonBirds #eastlondonkingfishers #ukbirds #birds #hackney #kingfishers

Well, it's taken a long time but I've finally found my first Slender-horned Leatherbug (Ceraleptus lividus). This one was under a fallen branch at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes on Monday.

Ok, not quite local to the London area, but too cute not to repost!

🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫Upcoming event this weekend🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫 The Haringey Fungus Foray!! Exploring Queens Wood & Alexandra Palace, led by Mark Spencer and Mario Maculan, Sunday 26 October, 10am to 3pm. Free and open to members and non members #Fungi #LondonWildlife #LondonNature #LondonWalks #FungiWalks Details:

Some photos, courtesy of Alfie Gay, from a recent Kent Field Club meeting. 109 species of fungi recorded, including Cortinarius terpsichores, which has just 7 records on the NBN atlas. We are very lucky to have Cortinarius expert Mario Tortelli as a Field Club member! #KentNature #Fungi

🌿 Have your say on what action we need to take for nature in London. The Draft London Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for consultation: londonlnrs.commonplace.is 🐍 #London #LondonNature #NatureRecovery #LNRS

#birds Water Rail at Maple Lodge LNR today. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

Reposting some of my photos here - these four were all taken in London, either Hampstead Heath or North London/Totteridge valley area. Peregrines are also quite common. Look up, you’d be amazed to see what’s lurking :)) Post yours below! #Raptors #RaptorsInLondon #BirdOfTheDay

A wonderful #WildFlowerHour to brighten a gloomy autumn evening! Huge thanks to everyone who share pix, have a great week & see you next Sunday!

The last fox looks so sad. Probably wondering why there isn’t a #LondonFoxWatch 🥺🥺🦊🦊 #LondonWildlife

Mrs Kingfisher Spotted down on the Lea. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #birdphotography #ukbirds #birds

Youngster Lovely sight on the River Lea. #LondonBirds #nature #kingfisher #hackney #riverlea #eastlondonkingfishers #photooftheday #ukbirds #birds

Tufted duck having a snooze #LondonBirds #UKBirding #Birds #BirdPhotography

Wheatear last week at the London Wetland Centre @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds

Sutton Peregrines. 1/3. I've not physically seen the juvenile male since 09/10, though he has appeared on camera a couple of times since, the last being at about 07.00 on Sunday 12/10. So, it was good to see him on camera today at about 14.30, when he had some Parakeet remains. #londonbirds #birds

An excellent start to the 2025-26 season of the waterbird monitoring project for @theroyalparks.bsky.social yesterday with 22 birds of 7 species captured and ringed under licence, incuding individuals for both #cootstudy & #NMP #birdringing #londonbirds

In amongst the autumnal leaves A male kingfisher on the River Lea at Hackney Marshes at the weekend. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #birdphotography #ukbirds #birds #hackney

Good views of Black-tailed Godwits at #rainhammarshes today #londonbirds

Photographs wanted! Hello all! As many of you are aware, the LNHS has two wonderful journal publications - the London Bird Review and The London Naturalist. Two great benefits for joining :))

Amazing what we can find in our gardens, on walls and fences. With the nights drawing in, it’s a great time to go out with a torch, to see what’s out there! #Arachnids #Autumn

Such lovely wee birds and so difficult to photograph!

First Snipe of the Autumn at Hampstead Heath this morning. Also Redpoll, Siskin and Mistle Thrush passing through.

Upcoming walks and talks Tomorrow 11 Oct (Saturday) is our monthly survey at Bookham Commons - more info:

A colourful day on the Thames

Moth numbers down to just 11:8 in the Camden trap overnight, but one NFY with just my second ever Dusky-lemon Sallow. A scarce species locally it seems - the Herts & Middx website only has one record from 2024, the one I caught on 6th October. #TeamMoth

Garden wildlife. Garden spider (Araneus diadematus). @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

We do love our urban foxes! 😍😍 🦊🦊

Garden wildlife. 1/3. Last night I found 10 Segestria florentinas! They are still all relatively close together, and 3 were in an area I'd not noticed or properly checked before on one side of the garage door frame.

If you’re planning on attending Bob’s workshop on alder trees this Tuesday (7 October), please note: York Bridge is closed so please approach the meeting place from the south #Botany #Trees #RegentsPark #LondonBotany

Feeding time. I was chuffed to get this footage of the female kingfisher flying in with a fish to feed to her youngster down on the River Lea. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #riverlea #ukbirds #birds

Beckton Sewage Works: 9 Black Tailed Godwit, 6 Common Sandpipers, Curlew, C Buzzard, 7 Chiffchaff and 8 Grey Wagtails. #londonbirds @essexbirdnews.bsky.social

Breakfast at the lake A tufted duck chows down on a stickleback and algae meal. Yum? #Birds #UKBirding #LondonBirds #NaturePhotography #Ducks #Wetlands #WetlandBirds

Sutton Peregrines. 1/2. Both the juvenile and adult males were on the north end of Quadrant House this morning. I didn't see the adult female, though she was on camera briefly this evening - she was making courtship calls, and getting blown about a bit in the wind. #londonbirds #birds

Ruffled feathers Kingfisher at the wetlands. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #walthamstow #ukbirds #birds #birdphotography

Pectoral Sandpiper - Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 2/10/25 #hertsbirds #londonbirds #ukbirds #ukrarebird #ukrarity #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

This could be a really good and relatively simple way for people to measure pollution here in London, and a great introduction to lichen #Science 🧪 #lichen

Garden wildlife. These Harvestmen (Opiliones) are quite active in the garden at night at the moment. Thanks to Esmond Brown @chalkspring.bsky.social for confirming the ID as Odiellus spinosus. @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

It’s a dreary day in London so let’s liven it up a bit. Let’s see your autumn colours in London photos! Reply here or use the hash tag #AutumnInLondon This was Darlands Nature Reserve yesterday #LondonWildlife

And coming up this Sunday! Another great location with some wonderful birds #UKBirding #LondonBirds #Birds

This Saturday! Do come along, there have been some wonderful birds visiting the Heath lately! It’s free and you don’t have to be an LNHS member (though of course we’d love it if you joined - only £20/year lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...) #Birds #UKBirding #LondonBirds

Grey Plover, Dunlin, Ring Plover at Staines Reservoirs today morning. More images in the ebird checklist: ebird.org/checklist/S2... #londonbirds #surreybirds