Nature Club – January 2016
SQUIRRELS & WINTER TREASURE HUNT Squirrels collect nuts like acorns in the Autumn when there are lots about and they bury them in the ground so that they can find […]
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Wildlife Activities
Nature Club – December 2015
ROBINS AND TREE DECORATIONS Seven children today for our seasonal celebration. First we visited the birds on Jubilee Pond and took them some presents in the shape of peanuts, fresh
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Wanstead 1000: Off and running
Members of the Wren Wildlife Group are hoping to find 1000 different kinds of plants and animals in the Wanstead area during 2016. Chair Tim Harris reports on progress so
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Wallasea RSPB Reserve Awayday
Visit to Wallasea RSPB Reserve Awayday on 29 November 2015 Mute Swan Brent Goose Shelduck Eurasian Wigeon Eurasian Teal Mallard Shoveler Pheasant Cormorant Little Egret Tufted Duck Grey Heron Kestrel
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Reptiles in the Exchange Lands
A group of Wren Group members, with support from the City of London Corporation, set out to find which reptile species were present in the Exchange Lands (Old Sewage Works)
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Fungi Walk in CofL Cemetary
On Sunday 25th Tricia Moxey led about 15 Wren members and supporters around the City of London Cemetery in search of fungi. Tricia had been a bit worried that the
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A tutorial in trees
Gill James and Jackie Morrison gave a fascinating tour of some of Wanstead Park’s trees this afternoon, 18 October. 35 Members of the Ferndale Area Residents Association, the Wren Group
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Nature Club – September 2015
SEPTEMBER: THERE BE DRAGONS! A fine morning, great for dragonflies ! Eleven children today. We made some fantastic model dragonflies, some with sycamore seedcases for wings and plantain heads for
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Nature Club – August 2015
AUGUST: INSECT HOTELS Where do insects go in the winter? There are lots of bees and wasps and ladybirds and other insects buzzing about now it is summer but when
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Nature Club – July 2015
JULY: POND-DIP & BUTTERFLIES Eight children today and a special visitor, Minakshi, and a lovely new helper, Charlotte. The sun was shining and there were hundreds of little brown butterflies
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