What do you do on a warm dry August morning? You go hunting minibeasts in the long dry grass! We looked especially for crickets and grasshoppers, the Olympic champion jumpers […]
Nature Club – August 2016 – Grass Art and Grasshoppers Read More »
Did you know that a woodlouse has 14 legs? And that we used to swallow them live to cure a tummy ache? That’s why some people call them pill bugs.
Nature Club – July 2016 – Woodlice and other minibeasts Read More »
More Citizen Science for our young scientists! We took part in a national survey of earthworms called Earthworm Watch by looking at earthworms on Wanstead Flats and seeing what kind
Nature Club – June 2016 – Earthworm Watch and Minibeast Hunt Read More »
Images: GJ – Retrieving a ph strip. Studying pond dip finds. We followed up the Clean Water Survey we did on our two ponds in March when we tested for
Nature Club – May 2016 – Pond Dip and Water Survey Read More »
Images: GJ – Jubilee Pond pigeons. Drawing pigeons. Today we took a closer look at a very familiar bird: the pigeon! We looked a two bird’s eggs to compare their
Nature Club – April 2016 – London Pigeons Read More »
Image: GJ – Holding up nitrate test tube. We did a scientific test on the water quality of the two ponds we know well, Jubilee Pond and Cat and Dog
Nature Club – March 2016 – Clean Water for Wildlife! Read More »
John Robinson has been charting changes in water levels in Wanstead Park since 2012. Here’s his graphic representation of what’s been happening. Click on the Chsrt to examine it in
Wanstead Park Water Levels Read More »
Today’s WeBS counts on Wanstead Flats and in Wanstead Park produced some interesting finds, including a bumper total of 1200+ Common Gulls on the Flats and 22 Common Teal in
WeBS counts on Wanstead Flats and in Wanstead Park 21 February 2016 Read More »
On Sunday 14 February 2016, 10 members of the Group met at West Ham station to catch the 9:13 train to Leigh-on-Sea. Even before we reached the bridge onto Two
Trip to Two Tree Island Read More »
HEDGEHOGS Hedgehog expert Barry Chapman told us loads of facts about hedgehogs and how we can help them to survive. There are some on Wanstead Flats and if we ever
Nature Club – February 2016 Read More »