Chris Farthing's bird highlights of April 2020

During my time as a Trainee at Walthamstow Wetlands I had the opportunity to learn how and why we use camera traps at the nature reserve. It was a totally new experience for me, I’d never done…

Nature Reserves Assistant Anna Guerin gives an update on the Brilliant Butterflies project.

The charm of the chiffchaff lies in its subtlety. It is what it is. Undemonstrative, unpretentious and unassuming, an all encompassing understatement.

Chris Farthing takes us through his bird highlights of March 2020

Over the past ten days, as London has increasingly moved towards lockdown, the eruption of spring’s energy has become evermore apparent – and giving perhaps a joyous sense of hope.

My time as a Keeping it Wild Trainee at Walthamstow Wetlands has been great as I've been given the opportunity to experience so many new things in the wildlife conservation sector.

We're well into March now and spring is upon us in London. During my time as a Trainee, I’ve had the pleasure of working outside and witnessing the wonder that is the change of seasons. From…

February 2020 continued the theme of most of this winter, being mild and wet. This generally limits bird movement and leads to few surprises. We had to wait for the very early stages of the ‘…

January was a wet but mild month, giving birds little reason to move around, therefore resulting in few highlights. There were two exceptions to this, both of which were unfortunately brief.…