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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Come and visit Pimp Hall Nature Reserve on Sunday 11th October, 1pm to 3pm and see inside this wonderful 400 year old building, find out more about its history and how to help protect the building for the future. @chingfordhist.bsky.social

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Join Walk the Loop at #PimpHallNatureReserve for a free activity all about Bees 🐝 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helping-th...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Inspiring day with other Rangers at Wild Tolworth, first large-scale rewilding project in London. Met their free roaming Sussex cattle & learnt about the many benefits a non-medicated cow pat can bring to increasing biodiversity!@citizenzoo.bsky.social @nationalparkcity.bsky.social

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Beautiful and tiny fungi spotted on my walk around the reserve, I think it is a frosty bonnet 🙂 #PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Clocks go back Sunday 26th Oct. Our evenings get darker earlier & that means a big change for wildlife. Hedgehogs, foxes & deer will suddenly find their routines overlapping with the rush hour. 🦊 Slow down during dawn & dusk. 🦔 Watch for movement at the roadside.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Side project - cheering up the underpass I walk through almost daily. Photos by Ron Andrews taken at Pimp Hall Nature Reserve of wildflowers growing there - flyposting with permission, with thanks to LBWF for the community Ward funding.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Wonderful day out visiting Furnace Brook in East Sussex with other @nationalparkcity.bsky.social rangers. Beautiful and inspiring place.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Looking forward to another fantastic Shroom Sunday at Pimp Hall Nature Reserve which will be on the 5th October this year. Buy your tickets via the link below 🍄🍄‍🟫 www.londonfungusnetwork.org/event-detail...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Lovely article about one of our resident groups at the nature reserve 😀 fieldsintrust.org/case-studies...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Really pleased to see cinnabar moth caterpillars are back in Pimp Hall Nature Reserve this year! Fact: Common ragwort is one of the most frequently visited flowers by butterflies in the UK and more than 200 species of invertebrate have been recorded on it 😀.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The Playbus is visiting Pimp Hall Park again #Chingford Fun activities onboard and also outside too. Date: Tuesday 5th August Time: 10am to 12pm Free. More details here: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/schools-educ...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Just spotted a Jersey Tiger Moth at #PimpHallNatureReserve in Chingford, beautiful!

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Just spotted a Jersey Tiger Moth in Chingford, London at #PimpHallNatureReserve too.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Some lovely family walks coming up over August, September & October. Save the date, booking via Eventbrite will be open shortly.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Been surveying for Hedgehogs using footprint tunnels 🙂 🦔 #PimpHallNatureReserve #Chingford

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Thank you 2nd Highams Park Guides for a brilliant litter pick @PimpHallPark. We really appreciate the time you gave to help keep the park tidy ⭐️

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Brilliant time meeting characters like William Morris and Queen Elizabeth I, painting ‘plein air’, whittling chopsticks & pond dipping! Special thanks @nationalparkcity.bsky.social for funding the first heritage & wildlife day at Pimp Hall Nature Reserve.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

North Chingford Heritage Festival starting Sat 21st June and will run for over two weeks. Printed programmes available at North Chingford Library. All info available here www.chingfordhistory.org.uk/heritage-fes...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Looking forward to this 🙂 on Sunday 22nd June at #PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Would love to attempt this, and Chingford is not too far from the start point 1 🙂

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Had a wonderful time exploring Waltham Forest Archives - now in the Chingford Assembly Hall - glitter ball and all. Searching for Pimp Hall records.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Visited the neighbours today to check the hedge whips planted - 3 years ago - along the fence line to help with security #PimpHallAllotments all doing well & the plot behind that looking ready for the new veg season too.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Butterflies are out at #PimpHallNatureReserve 💚 Common name: comma Scientific name: Polygonia c-album Family: Nymphalidae Habitat: woodland, gardens Caterpillar foodplant: stinging nettle

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Quite the transformation, it’s now possible to see into the meadow area once again thanks to recent hedgelaying along the boundary. #PimpHallNatureReserve A traditional craft that involves cutting and bending the stems of small trees to create a living fence.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Beautiful sunshine today & the crocus & wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) have woken up. #PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A lovely description from 1908 of a stoat sighting & also short-tailed field vole in Chingford 🙂

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We have started a little sightings board 😁 #PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Really good to learn about hedge laying & make a start on the hedge we planted 7 years ago 😀 @PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Great morning today helping at #PimpHallAllotments they have a brilliant schools programme where they invite a class to plant veg on the school plot. They get to see the allotment through the seasons too. Today clearing bramble to extend the plot.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Getting ready for the big garden birdwatch 😀#PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The annual bird box cleaning at the reserve today, majority had been used but a couple with evidence of failed nests sadly. 2024 was a tough year, let’s hope for a better 2025 for our wildlife 💚

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

First event with Walk the Loop this year, willow lantern making and wonderful atmosphere inside the Dovecote with storytelling.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Last meet of the year with the Friends of Pimp Hall Nature Reserve. Clearance of a recently fallen tree across one of the paths. Job well done, with cut material ready for use as dead hedging.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Always inspired by London National Park City & so grateful to play are small part in it. If you’re in a position to give they have a fundraiser at the moment. With an opportunity to get a borough t-shirt 🙂 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/londonnati...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Amazing to see the bee gain some energy after the sugar water.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Found a very lethargic bumble bee on the pavement today, decided to try offering sugar water & then pop it safe and sheltered in the garden.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Ingrina is a 🌟🙂 she helped lead a tree planting at #PimpHallAllotments earlier in the year as part of our nature recovery efforts #Hedgerow

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Lovely time yesterday with Walk the Loop making and creating, wreaths and small gifts.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Come and make some Winter Gifts with us this Sunday while sheltering from the storm! There will be mini wreaths to make, eucalyptus bouquets, clay decorations, card printing & collage. 2pm to 4pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-gif...

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Exploring the reserve before the storm comes #LittleExplorer

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Todays find - quite a few birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) #PimpHallNatureReserve

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We got the amphibian ladders in today, to help the many many toads and newts escape next year when they start to migrate to their breeding site #HighamsParkLake Roadside gullies entrap many thousands of amphibians every year.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Will be putting the camera trap out this week to see if the hedgehogs are still out & about 🦔. Did you know not all hedgies hibernate 💤 & even if they do they can wake up to look for food & water. But remember a hedgehog seen out in the day, is not ok! Be prepared they will need help from a rescue.

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Claire Ford @rangerceecee.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

10 years ago today was the first activity at #PimpHallNatureReserve and the start of trying to find volunteers to start the Friends of Pimp Hall Park & Nature Reserve. Wow time flies - & Esther is only 3 years old here. Making peg grasshoppers!

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