An introduction to Flowers and Insect Pollination with Tricia Moxey
https://wrengroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/GMT20200614-093424_Introducti_1686x768.mp4 During and after the Zoom broadcast comments were invited on the chat function, which can be found by clicking here: GMT20200614-093424_Introducti Some references relevant to the talk and discussion: 1 Walton, Richard E. et al (2020). ‘Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape.’ Royal Society Publishing, 2 …
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An introduction to Bird Listening from Bob Vaughan – click here for details
An introduction to bird listening a Powerpoint presentation with hopefully audio files included.
What’s flying around in your garden at night? A vidoeo on Moths from Tim Harris – Click here for details…
An introduction to garden moths from Tim Harris
An Introduction to Plant Galls or what on earth is on that leaf? from James Heal – click for details
On Sunday 26 April at 11am the Wren Wildlife & Conservation Group Held its second free virtual meeting online using Zoom. After our successful first meeting on bees and bee-flies (see blog), this second meeting was on the topic of plant galls. James Heal, Chair of the Wren Group, is a passionate amateur advocate of …
“Bees, Bee Flies and Bees-that-look-like-wasps”
If you are like us, you’ll be missing getting out regularly to see nature and being involved in keeping the Park and Flats in good condition. You are probably missing our field meetings and practical work parties too. To keep us going, the WREN Conservation group will ran a free virtual meeting on Sunday 19 …
Wren Wildlife walk
The February Wren wildlife walk was led by James Heal and started at Jubilee Lake. Even though the weather was windy and rather wet 20 plucky people turned up to hear about the abundance of birds on dispaly. Two Pochard, two Gadwall and four Shoveller mixed the more common Mallard and Tufted Duck and …
Blooming January
Happy New Year! Could there be any better way to start off the New Year than with a search for plants flowering in Leytonstone? Not a question that has often crossed my mind, so I was a little surprised by the proposal from Tricia Moxety to do just that as part of the 7th Botanical …
Report on the October Spider Walk
Report by James Heal and all photos by Anke Marsh On 13 October David Carr led the way with another spider field trip/survey on Wanstead Flats. This followed the very wet but successful trip on 27 July and a couple of solo visits he has made since. There were about nine of us: members of …