Keeping it Wild Trainee Lira shares her experiences of breaking into the conservaiton sector through volunteering, traineeships and networking with wildlife communities.

April always sees a big boost to the number of bird species seen here in the current year. Most of our breeding birds return, and we see new birds which don’t breed on site but do breed within a…

Keeping it Wild Project Trainee Ella wowed us with her wildlife photography during her Traineeship. Here are her 10 top tips for taking photos of wildlife.

My attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Mayor of London’s Rewilding Taskforce last week, prompted me to draw on some earlier thoughts around rewilding and how this might be applicable to a…

Butterflies are uniquely beautiful creatures that represent new beginnings and the coming of spring season. You may have already spotted some colourful butterflies during your nature walks. But is…

March followed the trend of most Marches here, with a disappointing lack of migrant birds. Whilst most London birding sites start to get long-distance migrants arriving from early March, due to…

Mark Davies shares his story, celebrates the Great North Wood and discusses how music and nature can provide refuge during difficult times.

This is a collection of ultra-short Thumbnail Nature pieces from a workshop I co-led on 26 February 2022 with Helen Jones, inspirational disabled nature writer.

The workshop was very much…

In winter, the likelihood of an unusual bird turning up here increases during any period of extreme weather. February 2022 was notable for having three storms in quick succession, and although the…

January was a mild and dry month. Birds had little reason to move far and consequently, it was a very quiet time for birds here.
The female pheasant which had been seen regularly in November…