September is a busy month for migration and can bring unusual visitors. We certainly saw evidence of migration here, but it was just the expected September birds rather than anything unusual. The…

Illustration student and London Wildlife Trust volunteer Tara Louise Hughes has created a trail of beautiful wood-burned insect portraits to discover among the trees, ponds and brambles.

Below are the ultra-short Thumbnail Nature pieces from a workshop I led on 28 August 2021 with Billie Ballard, talented mental health and queer community writer.

August has often proved to be the best birding month of the year here, and this August was certainly the best month of the year so far. We saw all of the expected passage migrants, and had a few…

Discover the different ways that moths and butterflies spend the winter.

The breeding season winds up through July, and the site now abounds with juvenile birds. As the month goes on the chance of more unusual visitors start to increase as bird migration gets underway…

Few birds inspire awe as often as birds of prey, those athletic aerial predators that rule the roost when it comes to avian (bird) food chains. People traipse cross-country to see clouds of kites…

June here is all about breeding. This means very little bird movement of any distance takes place, so the sightings here are confined to birds that breed on-site or within a few miles of here. The…

Swift expert Sarah Gibson explores the early life of these brilliant birds

Below are the ultra-short Thumbnail Nature pieces from a workshop on 19th June 2021 which I co-led with the wonderful Chantelle Lindsay, Great North Wood project officer. The quality of output…