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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We have updated our website so now it's much easier to join the LNHS and easier for current members to update their details. More info on our website. And it's still only £20 to join!

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

CANCELLATION Unfortunately, tomorrow’s botany walk at Holly Lodge (Saturday 27 June) has been cancelled due to the extreme heat. Many apologies and we will try to reschedule for another day

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Eric Barlow @ericbarlow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Canada Goslings Galore! - at Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Tomorrow’s (Saturday 25 April) Bees and Flies walk on Hampstead Heath has been postponed til 5 May. Many apologies for the late notice. More details below

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London Natural History Society - Hampstead Heath Bees (and flies)

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

CORRECTION!!! Mario Maculan’s Urban Botany of Notting Hill is THIS Saturday, 11 April. The wrong date was unfortunately put in the printed programme. For (correct) details, please see:

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London Natural History Society - Notting Hill

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Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC @gigl-lerc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

1 month to London Day of Nature! We have plenty of speakers to announce... We're excited to hear from Tony Madgwick - the new President of the LNHS @lnhs.bsky.social, who will give a summary of their aims, with a review of wildlife records from 2025🌿 #LondonNature #Conservation #Biodiversity

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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The oldest known image of an owl: More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...

Photo of the described owl art. It looks like muddy scratch marks on a mottled brown cave wall. The head is very round with two upright lines for ears and a line in the center for a beak. Numerous parallel lines suggest plumage on the wings.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Our February e-newsletter should be hitting the inboxes of all of our digital subscribers now. Hurrah!!! If you’re a member and would like to go digital, please contact our membership secretary, Robin, and he will be happy to help (details <at> lnhs <dot> org <dot> uk)

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Eric Barlow @ericbarlow.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Sparrowhawk - a recent sighting in The Regents Park @theroyalparks.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds

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Eric Barlow @ericbarlow.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Impressive numbers of Redpoll at the London Wetland Centre this year! @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We are very very pleased to announce that our new president, just elected last Thursday at our AGM, is none other than the fab @tonymadgwick.bsky.social, who also happens to be our bee recorder. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Uh oh! Does our London Bird Report have competition? 😳😳😳😳😳 Nah! A lovely addition for your bookshelves from the @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social And I love the illustration on the front cover!

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 12/12/2025

An ant that gives birth to two different species? Yes, it's real. 🐜 Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species. Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572... @selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social

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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 05/12/2025

An ant queen that gives birth to two species? 🐜 Discover xenoparity as Jonathan Romiguier unpacks this boundary-breaking biology at the free 2026 Brad Ashby Lecture. 🧪 🌍 Join: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572... @selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow’s walk (2 December) at the NHM gardens, led by Bettina Metcalfe, has unfortunately been cancelled. We hope to reorganise this walk in the near future

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Lookie lookie! What’s this? Only the fantastic LNHS journal, The London Naturalist! ‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask. Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo... #NaturalHistory

A photograph of the front cover of the journal. At the top it says, The London Naturalist. At the bottom, journal of the London natural history society, no. 104 2025. There is a photo of marsh woundwort gracing the cover.

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Sutton Peregrines. 1/2. I wasn't expecting to see the adult female and the juvenile male having a courtship display, as happened this afternoon, but I suppose it's all part of growing up! Both adults continue to accept his presence, at least for now. #londonwildlife #birds

The adult female Peregrine is the bird on the left, and the juvenile male on the right. They are on the main roof to the right of the image. The rest of the image is part of the office block roof, and the view of houses etc. beyond.

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Paul Frost @frostybirding.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

#birds #ukbirding Firecrest at Old Park wood this morning. #londonbirds

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Garden birding. What I presume is the same Blackbird that I saw two days ago spent quite a while in the garden today, often just standing and listening for potential prey. The fallen leaves will likely be helping him in this respect. #londonbirds #birds

A black bird with a yellow beak and eye ring, standing on grass and amongst fallen leaves.

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A cheeky lunchtime visit today and spotted one of the males. He was sat above a group of very vocal teal on the River Lea. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #eastlondon #eastlondonkingfishers #ukbirds #birds

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Paul Frost @frostybirding.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

#birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds Common Buzzard over Stockers Lake today.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Following the CloudFlare outage yesterday (18 November), Eventbrite bookings were affected, which included LNHS virtual talks events (inc our AGMs). If you were unable to book tickets for the AGMs yesterday, please try again today :)

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London Natural History Society

The London Natural History Society (or LNHS as it is commonly known) is a local natural history society within the UK concerned with recording the wildlife of London, covering a circular area covering...

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Rob Gilbert @robgilb91.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My fave - dead man’s fingers. So creepily spot on with that name! 😳

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Migration continues apace on Hampstead Heath, thousands of Woodpigeons at the weekend plus seasonal transients such as Woodlark, Reed Bunting and Ring Ouzel

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Rupert Evershed @rupertevershed.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A perfect afternoon of local patch birding with 9 Whooper Swans seen to drop into Tyttenhanger GPs & then a Cattle Egret was found amongst the gulls. Breaks my previous local year record taking me to 154 species this year seen within 5 miles of home! #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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Tony Brown @thecowboybirder.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A 1st-winter Grey Wagtail on Wanstead Flats today #londonbirds #UKBirds

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Paul Frost @frostybirding.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

#birds Jack Snipe at Maple Lodge this evening. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We had a late brood of kingfishers down on the River Lea - this youngster was one of four which fledged. Watch as it bobs and chirps just a few metres away - fledglings are so tame. #LondonBirds #eastlondonkingfishers #ukbirds #birds #hackney #kingfishers

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Well, it's taken a long time but I've finally found my first Slender-horned Leatherbug (Ceraleptus lividus). This one was under a fallen branch at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes on Monday.

A rather slender, brown coloured bug on the underside of a piece of wood, sitting head down. There is a pale line down the centre of the bugs head. It's legs are pale with dark speckling. The bug's antennae are folded back; they have dark basal segments but are reddish in the middle and then have dark tips.

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Ok, not quite local to the London area, but too cute not to repost!

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫Upcoming event this weekend🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫 The Haringey Fungus Foray!! Exploring Queens Wood & Alexandra Palace, led by Mark Spencer and Mario Maculan, Sunday 26 October, 10am to 3pm. Free and open to members and non members #Fungi #LondonWildlife #LondonNature #LondonWalks #FungiWalks Details:

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London Natural History Society - The Haringey Fungus Foray

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Kent Field Club @kentfieldclub.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Some photos, courtesy of Alfie Gay, from a recent Kent Field Club meeting. 109 species of fungi recorded, including Cortinarius terpsichores, which has just 7 records on the NBN atlas. We are very lucky to have Cortinarius expert Mario Tortelli as a Field Club member! #KentNature #Fungi

Kent Field Club's members and fellow mycologists (plus dog) in autumn woodland on the field meeting.

Cortinarius terpsichores. Expanded purple cap seen from above on the right. A less mature specimen seen from the side on the left of the image.

Red caps of Russula rubra, seen from above. To the left, a detached cap is seen from beneath.

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Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC @gigl-lerc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🌿 Have your say on what action we need to take for nature in London. The Draft London Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for consultation: londonlnrs.commonplace.is 🐍 #London #LondonNature #NatureRecovery #LNRS

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Paul Frost @frostybirding.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#birds Water Rail at Maple Lodge LNR today. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Reposting some of my photos here - these four were all taken in London, either Hampstead Heath or North London/Totteridge valley area. Peregrines are also quite common. Look up, you’d be amazed to see what’s lurking :)) Post yours below! #Raptors #RaptorsInLondon #BirdOfTheDay

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