Nature Club – June 2015
JUNE: BIRDS & BUGS We had 7 children (Holly, Menuo and Ruduo, Nils, Ruby, Clementine and Anya the vicar’s daughter). Jane and Tim were there and two mums stayed too. […]
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Wildlife Activities
Carry on Reporting your Hedgehogs!
(Click on the map to examine it in detail) Last month we asked you for your sightings of one or our most loved but endangered Mammals, the Hedgehog. We have
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Wanstead Breeding Bird Survey
(Click on the map to examine it in detail) A team of local birders – members of the Wren Wildlife and Conservation Group and the Wanstead Birders group – spent
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Wildflower Walk
On a warm Tursday evening on 17th June 2015 the annual WREN Wildflower Walk took place in the Exchange Lands adjacent to Wanstead Park with about 30 walkers. As always
Nature Club – May 2015
MAY:EGGS, NESTS & SPARROW FOOD & SOMETHING WEIRD…. We had a good look at an old sparrows nest which was made of grass twisted round and round & we listened
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Canvey Wick awayday
Half a dozen Wren members visited the Buglife reserve of Canvey Wick on Sunday 17th May. This brownfield site was going to be developed as a refinery, but the development
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Nature Club – March & April 2015
March – Foxes and Frogspawn We often see foxes in our gardens and roads so we found out a few amazing facts about them & drew some nice pictures. Three
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Spike in Shoveler numbers
As expected, the coordinated waterbird counts for the Wanstead Park lakes, Hollow Pond (Whipp’s Cross) and Eagle Pond (Snaresbrook) conducted on Sunday 8 March for the British Trust for Ornithology
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Bird Surveys
Breeding bird survey The Wren Group and Wanstead Birders will be conducting a full breeding bird survey of Wanstead Flats and Wanstead Park during May. Dates have yet to be
A tale of two waterbirds
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
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