Young birders walk winter edition
Saturday 13th December at 10:00
Meet at #Wanstead Park Tea Hut
Organised by wrengroup.org.uk
#londonbirds #nature #wildlife
Calling young ornithologists!
Join us for a bird walk aimed at 8-13 year olds. Discover some of the birds that live in and fly over #Wanstead Park.
27 September
10:30 - 11:45
Wanstead Park Tea Hut
All young personal must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Handouts will be provided which you can use to do your own count afterwards in your local area or garden.
Link to @savebutterflies.bsky.social website:
bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
🦋 9th August: Wren Guided Butterfly Walk 🦋
While the #BigButterflyCount 2025 is on, we are leading a walk around #Wanstead Park to look for butterflies and to help you identify them.
Saturday 9th August. 10.00am. Meet by the Tea Hut at Wanstead Park. (what3words - softly.ropes.risk)
red admiral & common blue butterflies + a female banded demoiselle - Exchange Lands Wanstead Park @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social
#butterflies #demoiselle #redadmiral #commonblue #eppingforest #wansteadpark
Wanstead Wildlife Weekend programme
The full programme for the Wanstead Wildlife Weekend! 💚
21/22 June
All activities are free & don’t need booking. Most activities are suitable for children if accompanied by an adult.
Poster for the Wanstead Wildlife Weekend on 21 June and 22 June from 10am to 5pm.
Wanstead Wildlife Weekend is back!
21/22 June - save the date!
Full programme soon but will include guided walks themed around moths; invertebrates; flowering plants; lichen; spiders; and bees. Plus pond dipping and story telling activities for children.
#wansteadflats #nature #wildlife
Beautiful pictures Mary!
Join @paulpowlesland.bsky.social and the Wren Group for a River Roding Walk.
📅 Sunday 18 May at 10am
📍Royston Gardens IG1 3SY
Paul will share his vision for the river and the work being done by the @riverroding.bsky.social, while Wren members will point out wildlife along the way.
This ruddy shelduck was visiting our patch and hanging out with the Egyptian geese to which it is related - beautiful bird. There's been a few reported and they live in Holland so maybe the next coloniser
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #ducks #waterfowl #vagrantbirds #nature
Wonderful news @paulpowlesland.bsky.social. Well done to all involved!
Little Owl - secret location
#Londonbirds #owls #bird @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
The Wren practical work team - most of it, at least - after a hot session on Wanstead Flats managing our important area of heather. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Sunny day foxes - Jubilee Pond #wansteadflats #eppingforest @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @fwp2009.bsky.social @eefnews.bsky.social #fox #foxes
This week, alongside our friends at @wrenwildlife.bsky.social, we have re-introduced some temporary fencing on a small patch on #Wanstead Flats to help conserve our ground nesting birds.
It is only with the public's support we can protect our skylarks for the next generation
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Heronry Lake, Wanstead Park, at its early-spring loveliest. In a fortnight it will look very different as bud-burst brings an explosion of green. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Always great to get out on my annual practical work session with @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Skylarks were singing away this morning. Fences going up this week so hopefully we’ll get a few pairs breeding!
A special Sunday for birders on #WansteadFlats as a Tundra Bean Goose was found by @thecowboybirder.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Save our Skylarks fence renewal on Wanstead Flats
📅 27 February 2025
📍Meet 10 am Centre Road Car Park
Help renew the Skylark fencing and signs in preparation for the breeding season. Information will be available for #WansteadFlats locals and visitors.
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Join us for a Duck Walk on Wanstead Flats
📅 Saturday February 15th,
📍Meet 9.30am Jubilee Car Park
Learn how to identify both ducks and drakes, and other birds with webbed feet.
A walk for all ages, children should be accompanied by an adult.
wrengroup.org.uk
#wansteadflats #eppingforest
🦋 Wanstead Butterflies and Moths 2024 🦋
New on our website a comprehensive, well-illustrated report on the butterflies and moths found in the #Wanstead area in 2024. Compiled by @timharris57.bsky.social.
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#lepidoptera #butterflies #moths
two Great Spotted Woodpecker, on with outspread wings showing white spots on a black background as the other one looks on
Two great spotted woodpecker looking at each other. The closer one has his back towards us showing red on the head and under the tail, the only bright colour on this striking black and white bird
Male great spotted woodpecker posing nicely after the female flew off
Great Spotted Woodpecker on #WansteadFlats @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #londonbirds #woodpeckers
There was much excitement about recent sightings of otters in the River Roding. It was particularly astonishing given the state of the river, but is a reassuring sign of nature’s resilience, says Councillor Jo Blackman
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Thank you all! Exciting times 🌼
Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Heronry Lake in Wanstead Park looking especially lovely in the January sun this morning, with a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby, an early herald of spring. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Great pictures Mary. We are lucky to be able to see these fabulous birds regularly on #wansteadflats
Wren Wildlife & Conservation Group Winter Newsletter cover page
The Wren Winter Newsletter has arrived!
Look out for the Otter seen locally and a Nightjar - and much else besides in this bumper edition.
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Happy New Year! Wishing all our members, volunteers, supporters and partners a wonderful 2025.
For a list of subsequent dates see the Diary page on the Wren website wrengroup.org.uk
You need no particular expertise or strength to join us as we can adapt work to all levels. We supply tools and gloves. We just need some basic enthusiasm and a willingness to get a bit muddy.
It is a great way to keep fit, get some fresh air and meet other Wren Group members.
