On Thursday 5 October a group organised by Epping Forest Operations Manager Geoff Sinclair visited the Woodberry Wetlands reserve in Stoke Newington. As well as Geoff, the party included chief […]
Woodberry Wetlands: lessons for Wanstead Park? Read More »
Today it rained ALL morning. We made a giant spider’s web with Charlotte in the middle. Then we made leaf art : we rubbed the undersides of dried leaves (
Nature Club – November 2016 – A Rainy Day Read More »
Nick Croft, a WREN member, discovered London’s third-ever Blyth’s Reed Warbler on Wanstead Flats almost exactly two years ago. The paper he wrote detailing the amazing find is in the
London’s third-ever Blyth’s Reed Warbler on Wanstead Flats Read More »
Please take part in the survey described below – it will only take a few minutes and is vital if we are to maintain and improve our open spaces in
Redbridge Group of the London Wildlife Trust Survey Read More »
In the 1950s it was estimated that there were more than 30 million Hedgehogs in the UK, but that figure has fallen dramatically. No one is quite sure why the
Report your Hedgehogs! Read More »
Counting waterbirds on a monthly basis can be a bit of a slog at times. For a start, it takes several hours to get around all the lakes in
A tale of two waterbirds Read More »
One of the most evocative sights of a chilly winter’s day is that of hundreds of Lapwings climbing into a bright blue sky, their underwings glinting brightly in the sun
Rainham Marshes visit 11 January 2015 Read More »
On Saturday 3rd January Nick Croft found a winter-plumaged Slavonian Grebe on Heronry Lake, in Wanstead Park. The bird – which is intermediate in size between Little Grebe and Great
Rare grebe drops in Read More »
On Sunday 2 March members of the Wren Group practical work team donned waders and life-jackets to clear areas of Floating Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) from the western end of Perch