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 more detail. The bottom (x) axis is the number of days since recording began The level in Perch varies seasonally as one would expect and …
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 far. Before dawn on New Year’s Day, while many were sleeping off the excesses of a few hours earlier, Wanstead’s birdwatchers (well, some of them) …
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) between the Empress Avenue allotments and the River Roding. At the beginning of September, some 40 roofing felt refugia were laid in the area by …
(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 received some good information which will not only help us understand how our Spiky pals are populating the areas surrounding and including the Wanstead Parklands …
(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 nine weeks this spring surveying the territories of 25 species on our local patch. Wanstead Flats and Wanstead Park were covered pretty comprehensively, as was …
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 decided but if you are interested, please contact Tim Harris (tharris@windmillbooks.co.uk or 07505 482328) House Martin survey We have also signed up for the BTO’s …
