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London Natural History Society

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We foster the appreciation and study of London's wildlife 🤗🌳🏙 and assist in the conservation of wildlife in the London area 💕🦋 #LondonWildlife🌳 #LondonBirds🦆

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 10d

Virtual talk

Ted Benton: New Life in a Town Centre Greenspace.
Environmentalists resisted tree planting, with mowing of riverside green spaces reduced instead. Discover the results and ongoing issues.

Thurs, 9 October, 7pm - 8pm
Online and booking is essential

New Life in a Town Centre Greenspace - Ted Benton

Environmentalists resisted tree planting, with mowing of riverside green spaces reduced instead. Discover the results and ongoing issues.

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Tim Blackburn @mothyblackburn.bsky.social · 1d

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

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 1d

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

A spider with grey/brown patterning and white marks resembling a cross, sitting on a leaf, and with one of its back legs touching a strand of its web, and which will alert it to any prey getting trapped.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 2d

We do love our urban foxes! 😍😍 🦊🦊

John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 3d

Local wildlife. An urban Fox patrolling a local street this afternoon. #londonwildlife #FoxOfTheDay

A Fox on a pavement with a skip full of building waste, a brick pillar and a front door and bin storage shed in the background.

A Fox on a pavement with a brick wall and shrub in the background.

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 3d

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

London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 10d

Botany walk led by Bob Saxton: focused workshop on Alnus species and cultivars

Tuesday, 07 October 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Regent's Park

#Botany #Trees #LondonPlants

More info:

London Natural History Society - Alder trees in Regent’s Park

London Natural History Society - the place for wildlife in London

lnhs.org.uk

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 4d

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

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David Morrison @morry57.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 5d

Breakfast at the lake

A tufted duck chows down on a stickleback and algae meal. Yum?

#Birds #UKBirding #LondonBirds #NaturePhotography #Ducks #Wetlands #WetlandBirds

A photograph of a brown duck on a lake. Its grey bill is wide open as it gorges itself on a small silver fish with a side order of green goopy algae.

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 5d

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

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 5d

Ruffled feathers

Kingfisher at the wetlands.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #walthamstow #ukbirds #birds #birdphotography

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Simon West @simonwest26.bsky.social · 5d

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

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 5d

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

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

Many lichen species are sensitive to nitrogen pollution, making them natural indicators of air quality.

📱LicheN is a new app enabling people to help monitor air quality using lichens. Data gathered will improve understanding of N pollution and its impacts on ecosystems.

buff.ly/AmWAOQB

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Side by side photos of a person looking at a picture of lichen on an app and comparing it to lichen on a tree trunk

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 5d

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

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 5d

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

A landscape photo of a field. The trees in the background are turning yellow, with a hint of red. In front of those trees is a long dead tree, its branches reaching out. There is an evergreen next to it, refusing to change colour. In the foreground is a meadow of sorrel, dock and other plants, most of which have gone a russet brown. Autumn is here!

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 6d

And coming up this Sunday! Another great location with some wonderful birds

#UKBirding #LondonBirds #Birds

London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 10d

London Bird Club with a walk led by Sue Barry, looking for kingfishers and migratory birds

Sunday, 05 October 2025, 10:30am - 2:30pm
Middlesex Filter Beds and Walthamstow Wetlands

#Birds #LondonBirds

More info:

London Natural History Society - LBC Middlesex Filter Beds and Walthamstow Wetlands

London Natural History Society - the place for wildlife in London

lnhs.org.uk

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 6d

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

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely shots! We had a similar event at Darlands Nature Reserve - not as many parakeets (though a large number) but a birder spotted a peregrine with parakeet breakfast

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Rudy @rudywt.bsky.social · 7d

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

#londonbirds #surreybirds

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 7d

Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
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Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us

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rubatroid.bsky.social @rubatroid.bsky.social · 9d

22 Stonechat on Hampstead Heath this morning. Another big influx this year, like we had in 2022, and getting near to the high count of 24 set then #londonbirds Beautiful morning too!

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 20d

Garden wildlife. A Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera sp.) disturbed from under one of my wheeled bins today. @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

A reddish brown spider with a paler abdomen, and on a concrete surface.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 8d

Yep, part of UK law, and yeah, it seems a bit complicated lol. Ah well, what can we do? Hopefully someone will have some advice or we just live without our DMs

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rubatroid.bsky.social @rubatroid.bsky.social · 13d

Arctic Skua circling over the river by Tate Modern this morning. Managed to get a few photos after I'd picked my jaw off the floor #londonbirds

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 12d

Sutton Peregrines. Another video of the juvenile from this evening when he was right in front of the camera. He'd clearly just been feeding as he's cleaning his talons then 'feaking', which is cleaning his beak by rubbing it against something, in this case the rail. #londonbirds #birds

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 10d

Down on the River Lea

Male kingfisher looking for breakfast.

#LondonBirds #hackney #hackneymarshes #riverlea #birds #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #ukbirds #birds

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