Click for full view!

Do love an early evening stood under one of the Parakeet Gathering Trees. They meet here before collectively deciding to fly over to the roost tree.

@nationalparkcity.bsky.social 🪶 #birds

Front Gardens on the Frontline: A Simple Solution for Climate Action London National Park City Front gardens: Michael Shilling looks at how front gardens are vital spaces capable of revitalising our neighbourhoods for people and planet.

Front garden can play a vital role in tackling climate change. 💚
Rethinking how we use our front gardens offers a practical, impactful way for individuals to contribute to global sustainability. 🌳

Local Nature Discovery Walk Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a local nature discovery walk! Join us for a nature walk in Barnes Village.

Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a local nature discovery walk on Sunday 2nd February Join us for a nature walk in Barnes Village, where we will be learning all about flood resilience and protecting the natural world around us. Book your free ticket:

What would Heathrow third runway mean for pollution, emissions and noise? As UK chancellor backs expansion at London’s biggest airport, we assess the possible environmental impacts

Interesting response to Heathrow third runway from Dale Vince: "This is the old economy, it grew 0.1% last year while the green one grew 9%." And good analysis by my colleague Damian Carrington here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New rain gardens going in on King St Hammersmith. Excellent @hfcouncil.bsky.social

The tree crown shown alongside the space shuttle and five buses

Time lapse of the tree from satellite photography

Possibly the largest tree in the Amazon... Over 60m crown diameter! Maybe a Bertholletia excelsa (the Brazil nut tree) tree 🌳

"The biomass of a forest is directly related to its largest trees"

ctrees.org/news/largest...

Street tree with totally bare branches apart from the end of twigs by the street light where green leaves linger

Street tree bare branched apart from the twigs near the street light where green leaves linger.

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year.

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed, from BBC

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Still the best two sentences on climate action.

Gingerbread voyager in front of bluey Christmas tree background

Fluffy cat in background

Naked gingerbread voyager (before frosting)

Gingerbread voyager in pieces (before assembly)

Bonus pics:

A detailed gingerbread model of a Voyager spacecraft. A tiny golden record gleams on its side.

My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!!

Street tree with totally bare branches apart from the end of twigs by the street light where green leaves linger

Street tree bare branched apart from the twigs near the street light where green leaves linger.

Mass timber can lend warmth and beauty to an interior. Pictured is a unit in the eight-story Carbon12 condominium in Portland, Oregon.

Like Ikea furniture, mass timber buildings are assembled out of prefabricated pieces. The Origine condo in Quebec City went up an estimated 25 percent faster than a conventional building.

The building sector, are responsible for ~ 39% of emissions globally. Are wooden/mass timber buildings part of the solution?

knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Two photos of the sunflower that grew out of the gap in the kerbstone over several months surviving to produce a flower.

Hello!

A seed only needs a tiny gap of soil.
It will look after everything else.
Providing a beautiful moment for 1000s of passers-by in London.

I love transporting trees on public transport.

It’s good to move this fig to its new home without using a car & also lovely watching people’s intrigued & amused reactions to seeing something incongruously natural & alive in a public space normally denuded of nature.

I’m delighted that so many slow worms are living under a dustbin lid in our tiny city centre garden (photo taken at the end of summer) . So pleased that there are enough invertebrates around to keep them fed and thriving! #wildgarden #urbannature #slowworm

Thanks, we had a lot of fun writing the descriptions and sharing tips.
Still not quite sure how James got away with putting the bird house up on the Mall in front of Buck House!

Advert for a bird house on the Mall

To let bee and bug hotels

The Wild Homes map of all the places that people made available for wild residents

A bird house with views of parliament

Looks great value!

Would have attracted a lot of enquiries in our #NationalParkCity #WildHomes ("Rightmove for Nature") campaign back in 2016! @nationalparkcity.bsky.social

A rare opportunity to acquire this beautifully presented historic, Grade I listed, 25 bed family home. With panoramic views overlooking gardens, lakes and rolling countryside. Would suit owl, woodpecker, Kite, treecreeper, nuthatch, stag beetle ... £Priceless. #protectdyingtrees #trees #nature

Advert for a bird house on the Mall

To let bee and bug hotels

The Wild Homes map of all the places that people made available for wild residents

A bird house with views of parliament

Looks great value!

Would have attracted a lot of enquiries in our #NationalParkCity #WildHomes ("Rightmove for Nature") campaign back in 2016! @nationalparkcity.bsky.social

In Ravenscourt Park near Hammersmith, the "Baobab" Plane tree has mystified people for decades. Here's all the photos I've found of it through the years from 1932 onwards.

In #RavenscourtPark near #Hammersmith, the "Baobab" Plane tree has mystified people for decades. Here's some of the photos I've found of it through the years from 1932 onwards as it appears to grow down, and outwards.
#history #trees @thestreettree.bsky.social

Two photos of the sunflower that grew out of the gap in the kerbstone over several months surviving to produce a flower.

Hello!

A seed only needs a tiny gap of soil.
It will look after everything else.
Providing a beautiful moment for 1000s of passers-by in London.

Well that takes me back! ⬆️ @markcridge.bsky.social @danravenellison.bsky.social