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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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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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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Report your Hedgehogs!
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
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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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Bioblitz target blown away
The Wren Group’s bio-blitz exceeded all expectations. From Monday 22 June a number of group members – including Kathy Hartnett, Nick Croft, Rose Stephens, Paul Ferris, James Heal and myself
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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