Walking from Norman Park to Rookery Lane, along the River Ravensbourne this morning, saw these beauties! One pair and then a single male. #RiverRavensbourne #Bromley #ducks

If you saw the kingfishers in Oxfordshire on the latest David Attenborough BBC wildlife series #SecretGarden, you can also see these halcyon wild species on our local rivers right here in South East London - on much of the #RiverQuaggy and the #RiverRavensbourne

Heron in nest with young just visible

Juvenile herons in nest

Adult heron in grass by the Ravensbourne, which is not quite visible.

Adult heron in nest with young

At Home with the Gil Scotts, Deptford Heron Watch, 2025/26 Season (10) Two nests with young! A smaller nest that had seemed abandoned for the last couple of weeks is now a hive of activity. After last month’s nest collapse, a joy to behold. #brookmillpark #herons #riverravensbourne #lewisham

Adult heron standing on branch, beak to the left with long powder down feathers visible

A nest high up in a tree, there are three separate heads and bodies in a jumble of twigs.

A nest high up in a tree, there are three separate heads and bodies in a jumble of twigs.

Heron standing on fallen tree looking to the right.

At Home with the Gil Scotts, Deptford Heron Watch, 2025/26 Season (9) A full nest - there were three scruffy heads in the gloom above the nest level this morning; one of the adults was on the nest but went fishing. #brookmillpark #herons #riverravensbourne #lewisham

Adult heron standing by a river

Adult heron standing on nest high up in a tree

Close up of a juvenile heron’s head

Adult heron standing on concrete wall behind it is wire fencing

At Home with the Gil Scotts, Deptford Heron Watch 2025/26 Season (8) On The Nest (Attempt 3) One of the adults is sitting on the nest, with 4/5 others in close proximity. There appears to be a ceasefire with the crows. #brookmillpark #herons #riverravensbourne #lewisham

Just received a #flood warning from @EnvAgency #Lewisham #RiverRavensbourne #RiverQuaggy #London @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social

Y10, seen out and about here, applying their knowledge on rivers to the #RiverRavensbourne. The River Ravensbourne is a tributary of the River Thames in South London. It flows north from near Bromley into the tidal River Thames at #Deptford. #explore #dream #discover #geography #secondaryschool

At home with the herons #BrookmillPark #RiverRavensbourne