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London Waterkeeper @ldnwaterkeeper.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Greater public control of Thames Water starts here. Make the company publish its detailed plans for sewer upgrades. We have the right to know how our money will be spent. When the plans are in public they can be assessed by independent experts. www.londonwaterkeeper.org.uk/take-action-1 1/3

The sewer overflow in the Olympic Park, London.
It discharged into the Wetlands 41 times last year.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 30/11/2025

I walked over there today and took the blue bag and a load of other litter. Went back later and it had been replaced with a white one 😤

A white plastic bag containing litter hanging from a tree by the riverside.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 24/11/2025

My friend thought we saw an eagle at Walthamstow Wetlands yesterday… 🦅

A cormeront perched on a high tree branch

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 18/11/2025

My local wetlands - Walthamstow - is similar in that it’s free but without the birder permit (issued by lottery) you can’t access a lot of it. So you think WWT do these practices to make it more like a zoo so people visit and pay? Can you go there and avoid those aspects?

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 18/11/2025

I’d like to visit WWT in Barnes - especially as there’s glossy ibis there at the moment which I’d love to try and see. But I’m sad they do pinioning and also have captive animals. The entrance price is almost £20 which I’d be happy to pay, but I don’t want to support cruel practices. Any thoughts?

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 16/11/2025

“Mass evacuations, with the military on standby, could be triggered in the event of a failure at the crumbling Coppermills works in north-east London.” Pretty scary, as it’s just upstream from us on the River Lea 😱 on.ft.com/4r4elw8

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Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply

Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 04/11/2025

Looks perfect!! Thank you ☺️

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 04/11/2025

If there are no birds I’ll write a strongly worded letter of complaint ✍️

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 04/11/2025

Any recommendations for good places to go winter birding, accessible by public transport from Glasgow? 🐦 🚂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 04/11/2025

@chompmancobra.bsky.social hello! Where is good for winter birding, accessible by public transport from Glasgow? 🐦

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Please help SAVE TAYLORS BUTTONS, Maureen Rose's legendary shop in Cleveland St. They will shut in November forever unless they can pay their rent arrears from the Covid lockdowns: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 19/10/2025

Oooh wow - you played the long game!

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 19/10/2025

Wow at 400mm is amazing! My longest lens is 70-350 and I hired a 200-600. That photo was taken at 600. Plus my camera is APS-C so there’s the crop factor too. I need to get closer!!

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 19/10/2025

These are absolutely brilliant! Do you mind me asking what your setup is? I’ve become obsessed with trying to get a good kingfisher photo 😂 I even hired a longer lens. But I still didn’t manage to get detail like you’ve got! I need to get closer, or even longer lens! This is my best effort so far…

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 17/10/2025

This photograph is absolutely brilliant! I think the photographer should enter it into next year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 🐀 ⚽️ 📷 Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A rat leaps on to the pitch during the World Cup qualifier between Wales and Belgium. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 17/10/2025

Yeah I regularly go to check the sewer outfall and usually one flies out of there. It’s so bitter-sweet to see kingfishers there. Often little egrets and herons too. And recently a grey wagtail. It became a noisy hangout in the summer for a while and they disappeared. But they’re back now.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 16/10/2025

Yes it was in the Olympic Park - in Henniker’s Ditch/Channelsea River - where the sewer outflow is 😞 I often see them there.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 16/10/2025

Absolutely beautiful!!!! I got some more photos the other day. Couldn’t get close so had to crop in so much I lost all the detail 🙈 need a longer lens.

Kingfisher perched in a tree with a seagull flying past

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Nik Mortimer @nikmortimer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I thought it'd be fun to document my thoughts on the London Loop as I'm walking it, something I wish I'd done when I walked the Capital Ring last year. It's been a while since I flexed my creative muscles, really enjoyed writing this. nikmortimer.substack.com/p/london-loo...

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London Loop Diaries #2

Section 1: Erith to Old Bexley (walked 4th October 2025)

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Nik Mortimer @nikmortimer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Finally kicked off the @ldnloop-capring.bsky.social this morning, a very windy 9 mile walk from Erith to Bexley with @gojauntly.bsky.social as my trusty guide. Hard to believe some of this scenery is still technically in London, gorgeous stuff. Looking forward to getting stuck in now.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 07/10/2025

Where would you recommend for autumn and winter bird watching in Scotland? 🦅

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 28/09/2025

That photo was meant to be of one flying out but I missed it entirely 🤦‍♀️

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 28/09/2025

Saw a seal swimming in the Thames on the way to @rspb.bsky.social Rainham Marshes 🦭 They have a scope set up in the visitor centre and you can see seals basking on the opposite shore. There was a pup splashing about at the water’s edge 🌊

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 28/09/2025

Rare bird spotted on the way to @rspb.bsky.social Rainham Marshes 🐦

A woman (me) with a camera round her neck, by a Rainham Marshes sign, pretending to be a bird.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 28/09/2025

So cute and fluffy! Do they usually stay local or move to new territory once their parents chase them off?

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 26/09/2025

Oooh so exciting!!! Feels like you’ve seen an otherworldly being! 🧚‍♀️

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 26/09/2025

This is the outfall I mean. I often see them fly in and out of there or perched nearby. Well perched until I try and take a photo then they fly 😂

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 26/09/2025

It was by the outfall under Spitalfields carpark. I’ve seen them fishing there a few times. Here are some even worse photos I took at the same spot last week 🤪 maps.app.goo.gl/4g8q1t8UeJZa...

Out of focus kingfisher perched on a branch

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A young kingfisher When walking along the River Lea at Hackney Marshes, you can encounter these fledglings who are very confiding. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #ukbirds #birds

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 26/09/2025

Kingfisher last night by the River Lea. Still not managed to get a decent photo of one! @londonkingfishers.bsky.social

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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! This is the postbox that started the hashtag, found on Peveril Downs, the place where the idea for The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society was born. #Swanage ☺️📮☁️🎉

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 11/09/2025

This looks amazing!!! Thank you 🐟

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 09/09/2025

Yeah love Leigh but I mean specific places, sorry I didn’t explain clearly! It’s for someone who loves seafood but I’m veggie and don’t eat it so thought I’d crowd source opinion. They love Osborne’s but was thinking to try a new place.

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 09/09/2025

Hit me up with your favourite sea food places within day tripping reach of London on public transport! Not fancy ones - like shacks, or non fancy pubs/cafes/restaurants. 🦞 🦪🍤

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 07/09/2025

Sent this photo to my mate this morning and he replied, “This reminds me of so many pics I get sent on Grindr.” 😳😆

Me holding my camera on its long lens by a river

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Graham Uney @grahamuney.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

A few Alpine wildflowers from today. Masterwort. Monkshood. Alpine Gentian. Dwarf Eyebright. #switzerland #wildflowers

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 26/08/2025

Amazing!!!! Great photo and good to see the more elusive Mrs K too!

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Inspired by @thewateriswide.net recent sightings I went to #Hackney Marshes today & this female kingfisher was fishing at the relief channel on the Lea. Two other kingfishers went past chasing each other on a few occasions. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #ukbirds #birds

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 25/08/2025

Wow!! That’s so awesome! Is it like a bothy?

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The Water Is Wide @thewateriswide.net · 24/08/2025

I saw this beautiful and unusual brown and white female mallard. Do you think it’s a leucistic mallard? Or maybe a hybrid with a domestic duck such as a Pekin? #birds #ducks #birdID

A female mallard with brown and white patches

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