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February 2020 bird sightings at Walthamstow Wetlands
Woodberry bird highlights: February 2021
Chris Farthing gives his latest update on recent bird highlights at Woodberry Wetlands
Chris Farthing’s Woodberry bird highlights: February 2024
February here is usually the last quiet birding month of winter before spring migration gets underway in March. If the weather is mild there is little reason for birds to move around, so most of…
Chris Farthing’s Woodberry bird highlights: February 2022
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…
Chris Farthing’s Woodberry bird highlights: February 2023
February is usually a calm-before-the-storm, the last quiet month of winter before migration season kicks off in March. Although we didn’t have any rare birds, our regular winter visitors often…
Chris Farthing’s Woodberry Wetlands bird highlights for February 2020
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 ‘…
David Bradshaw's Walthamstow bird round up: February 2023
Highlight of the month - and of the year so far - was a flying visit by the the reservoirs' second ever Iceland gull. February also saw barnacle goose, oystercatcher, common snipe, red kite,…
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Large emerald
This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.
Large white
The large white is a common garden visitor - look out for its brilliant white wings, tipped with black.
Large blue
Despite its name, the large blue is a fairly small butterfly, but the largest of our blues. It was declared extinct in 1979, but reintroduced in the 1980s and now survives in southern England.