These brilliant videos were taken on our guided walk - Birds & Their Song - that happened last Saturday ๐ฆ๐
Those who joined us spotted nest building behaviours, such as this nuthatch adding mud to the entrance of its bird box!
๐ธ credit: Mark Albini
A sea of green blurred out foliage, focus on salmon coloured scales of young Western red cedar female cones with crisp black tips to each scale.
I miss these every year but finally caught them today - young female cones of Thuja plicata โบ๏ธ
Norway Maple
Sometimes when we are botanising we can forget to look up! Which would be a shame as #treeflowers are both fascinating & beautiful! This weekโs challenge is to go looking for wild & naturalised trees that are blooming. Share your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!
Over the channel in Normandy, I this fasciating Dandelion..... @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A few pictures from the Spring Bird Walk yesterday. www.flickr.com/photos/47046...
ITV London visits Alexandra Palace Ice Rink < Alexandra Palace
https://www.europesays.com/uk/757740/
Earlier this week, ITV London visited Alexandra Palace Ice Rink to film a special feature celebrating British iceโฆ#uk #news #uknews
Itโs International Day of Women and Girls in Science ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฌ
Listen to our Senior Ranger, Cindy, talk about the most dominant tree species in the wood.
Her and her teamโs knowledge and work keeps this environment thriving, and are an inspiration to girls who look to a future in science.
#IDWGS
For the first time in London's history, it's now possible to walk along the north bank of the Thames from Westminster to the Tower without going more than a few paces from the river... or sometimes *in it* if you catch the tides wrong londonist.substack.com/p/an-histori...
A Yellowhammer perches on a branch with its bill open as it sings. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring. Field Ornithologist/Survey Mentor (BBS Surveys) - Northern Ireland. Field Ornithologists (EFS Surveys) - Northern Ireland. Field Surveyors (LandSpAES Project) - England. The logo for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and BTO feature at the bottom of the image.
We're hiring Field Ornithologists and Surveyors! Apply now โก๏ธ www.bto.org/jobs
๐ Full and part time opportunities.
๐ Closing date: Tuesday 17 February.
#Ornithology
New VIDEO!
The GWR Battery Train came into service very early at 05.30am on Saturday over the weekend, and I went along to ride the first train of the day ...
youtu.be/Lvb33T3ZJnw
Yellow Disco in the Paddock
Unknow slime mold in the Paddock
Coral Spot in the Paddock
Velvet Shank in the Paddock
.... and 3 fungi including YELLOW DISCO and a slime mold also in the Paddock
Blue tits feeding in an Alder in the Paddock
Hedgehog Moss in the Paddock
Hedgehog Gall in the Paddock
Grey Heron in the Paddock
A few pictures from the Paddock Nature Reserve in Tottenham
Wonderful to see pix of the fabulous Ada Ryan being used in Canada to promote #NewYearPlantHunt & BSBI's collaboration with @metoffice.gov.uk!
Huge thanks to Ada & proud dad @danryannature.bsky.social for permission to use the photo!
@naturelark.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
A nice liverwort - Greater Featherwort, Plagiochila asplenioides, in woodland at RSPB Loch Lomond. #BonkersForBryophytes
Wandering up to the Ally Pally Boating Lake today (11am to 2pm) where RSPB NW London will be giving out information on the #biggardenbirdwatch and with a guided walk at Noon.
Count for today in mini garden in N London 1 long-tailed tit, 1 robin, 1 goldfinch, 1 wood pigeon, 2 blue tits, 2 great tits, 15 sparrows and the green terrors.... 18 parakeets. (and just too late for the count a collard dove)
Finishing breakfast before starting my #biggardenbirdwatch count expecting lots of parakeets...., but hoping for something more interesting like a goldcrest or a blackcap.
Would like to a see a Small Tortoiseshell, they were almost absent from my local park (N London) last year.......
Palm House roof
Dogwoods in the Winter Garden
Steam rising and web over sleeping Gunnera
Fox
All the Kew pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/47046...
Fox
Mist and Palm House - Kew
Having a smoke
Snakebark Maple bark in the Winter Garden
Misty trip to Kew with @ticl.me
Results of BSBI @bsbibotany.bsky.social New Year Plant Hunt markavery.info/2026/01/13/b...
Some flowering later, some flowering earlier - climate change squeezing winter out of the calendar.
#botany #climate #weather #plants #BSBI
Recruitment poster for 12 botanical or entomological field surveyors, April-September 2026. Closing date: January 30, 2026.
๐ฆ๐ฟHiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... ๐งช
Some pictures of Valley Park Woods of the Woodland Trust visited for #observatree on Sunday. Many more pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/47046...
A gnarly oak tree with masses of epicormic growth along the tops of branches
One of many surprisingly impressive trees at Joydens wood (Woodland Trust) near Bexley yesterday. Top day hosted by site manager Reece ๐๐ป๐๐ป
Take a photo of A Flower; Something Green; Something Blue; Something Made of Metal; Grass; Tree Bark; A Sign; A Minibeast Habitat Post your photos on social media #Railway Fields
Collage of photo prompts: Flower = Primrose; Grass; Something Green = Plant Gall; A sign = signpost to places in Railway Fields; A minibeast habitat = bug skyscraper; Tree bark - Cherry; Something metal = detail from gates; Something blue = bluebell
๐๐ผ Challenge!!!!
๐ถ๐ฟโโ๏ธAre you coming down to Railway Fields this week? ๐ถ๐ผโโ๏ธ
๐ท How about trying our Nature Photo Scavenger Hunt? ๐ธ
๐ฒ Take pictures from these prompts and share them with us on Instagram, Facebook or BlueSky using the hashtag #railwayfields
โฌ My effort is below
๐คณCanโt wait to see your pics
You counted, you waited, and now...the #BigGardenBirdwatch results are officially in! ๐ฃ
But who has claimed the number one spot for 2025?
For the full analysis, head here: brnw.ch/21wRR4d
