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@treesforbermondsey.bsky.social
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We look out for trees in the Southwark wards of North and South Bermondsey, London Bridge and West Bermondsey, and Chaucer.

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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A late entry to #thicktrunktuesday: Ginkgo biloba - one of the "Old Lions" of Kew Gardens. It is one of only five trees remaining from the garden's earliest days and was planted in 1758. Our thanks to @bostse1.bsky.social for inviting us to visit the gardens with them last week. @rbgkew.bsky.social
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We repainted the dull and flaking railings around the playground in #ShuttleworthPark #Bermondsey a vivid turquoise, and so this Migrant hawker #dragonfly feels right at home. Four of them spotted yesterday dancing in the sunshine after the night's rain.
A stunning turquoise and brown striped dragonfly rests on a railing of the same colour.
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Farmer Derek Sayer let a boggy field run wild and just one annual hay-cut has led to remarkable biodiversity
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
"Low-emission zones," where car traffic is restricted, save lives -- especially the lives of children. The empirical evidence is unambiguous. But every attempt to create a new one is met by hysterical opposition filled with lies, because our societies are collectively poisoned by car-brain.
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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So sad to see the beautiful Hornbeam in Queen Mary's Gardens in the Regent's Park. Would like to hope there's a chance it will get through this terrible drought, but it's not looking good 😪🌳 #climatechange
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Stunning #buckmoon over Nice
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Do you see anything? Amazing camouflage of the Handsome Cross Grasshopper (Oedaleus decorus). Spotted near Martigues in France - TfB are taking a summer holiday in case you are wondering! #canicule #drought
Grasshopper perfectly camouflaged in dry grass. Almost invisible, even close up. Large grasshopper impossible to spot in the dried-out grass.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Gearing up for the #bigbutterflycount starting soon. Hope they'll be easier to spot than this tatty Meadow Brown doing a good impression of a dead leaf. It was very much alive and definitely not a leaf 😆🦋
A very faded meadow brown butterfly with tatty wings, perfectly disguised on cut hay.Close up of a meadow brown butterfly disguised as a dead leaf camouflaged against cut hay.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The figs in #Bermondsey are huge this year. This one escaped the woodpigeons and squirrels! Pound coin shown for size comparison.
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Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Urban #Trees: An underused tool for keeing people cool 🌳❤️ www.wri.org/insights/urb...
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Urban Trees: An Underused Tool for Keeping People Cool
Trees can make it feel up to 14 degrees cooler. Yet analysis shows many cities are leaving large areas of plantable land underutilized.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It's been a while since we posted for #thicktrunktuesday, but we loved these old willows in Stromovka Park in Prague.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
At last.... it's actually going to happen! Roll on 2028. #NaturalHistoryGCSE www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Okay folks it’s hot out there so we need to talk about #bees and #water. Please #repost / #share. Thank you for caring. BEES NEED WATER! BEES GET STUCK IN AND DIE IN WATER! Here’s what you need to know! Given that they can collect water, their nectar based diet and their ability to generate… 1/11
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Perfect camouflage! Do you see it? #spiders
Cleverly camouflaged small white crab spider lurking in the heart of a dog rose.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The brilliant @urbantreefest.bsky.social is back! Check out this year's fantastic programme.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Our native species urban hedgerow planted 2021 - 23 is thriving #BermondseySpaGardens. Here are Hawthorn flowers for #wildflowerhour @lb-southwark.bsky.social
Cascades of white Hawthorn flowers in an urban hedgerow. Cerulean blue sky and a white stucco building (old Bemondsey town hall) in background)
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Wisteria tree 😉 #Bermondsey
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
21 April is Parilia, the Roman festival honouring Pales, a pastoral deity. It’s said on this day two fishermen refused to observe her rites. In anger she turned them into an alder and a willow. They still haunt the riverbank, the willow trailing branches like lines cast for fish.
Collage of alder and willow: a mature weeping willow in an open field; a botanical illustration of Salix (willow) with long trailing leaves; a willow tree reflected in water; a botanical plate of Alnus (alder) with leaves and catkins; a tall alder in winter; and a riverside painting with willows leaning over the water.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Discreet but charming Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina - flowering for #wildflowerhour
Tiny, almost fluorescent green flowers on the woodland floor in spring.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“Seven sorts of tree buds” Treasure magazine, 1965
Identification guide for very young readers. 7 budding twigs stand in a blue vase. The twigs include Willow, Beech and Hazel.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"Regard the moon...." T.S. Eliot, "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" Clocks go forward tonight and British Summertime starts.
Waxing gibbous moon against a cobalt sky with budding branches of oak, elm and horse-chestnut.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Can confirm this and it makes an even more delicious pesto if combined with wild garlic. Add grated hard cheese from back of fridge, any roasted and ground nuts, Maldon salt and black pepper and olive oil of course! What's more, its flowers are incredible magnets for #pollinators 🐝🦟🐞
Bumblebee on tiny, fluffy, cream flowers of ground elder.Mining bee on tiny, fluffy, cream flowers of ground elder.Drone fly on tiny, fluffy, cream flowers of ground elder.Mint moth on tiny, fluffy, cream flowers of ground elder.
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Chuffed to see Wild Pavements reviewed in Chris Schuler's lovely substack newsletter. #urbannature #naturewriting #1stBookDiary cjschuler.substack.com/p/wild-about...
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Wild About Cities
Finding nature in unexpected places
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A perfectly round hole in this veteran oak for #thicktrunktuesday Both Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers loudly proclaiming their presence in the vicinity hint at who made it!
A large round hole in a hollow tree with strands of glossy green Common Ivy clinging on to the bark.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Perennial problem in #Bermondsey: the remains of bombed out streets lie just inches below the soil level. This "Iranian" medlar will be the last fruit tree we plant in the Rouel Rd Est Community Orchard, as we've run out of diggable space and don't want trees to shade each other out as they mature.
View of an urban green space with blocks of flats in background, planted with caged fruit trees. Two people plant a young tree as another stands looking towards the photographer.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pedunculate oak @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social for #thicktrunktuesday
A carefully propped living oak tree lies at 45 degrees, its roots protected by low railings. View over London in background and a small crowd of people.
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Lbee @ldwbee.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I've taken action for our wild places! The UK Government is proposing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. Help it work for nature. action.rspb.org.uk/page/187254/...
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Let's plan for nature!
The UK Government is proposing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. Help it work for nature.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Female hairy-footed flower bees emerging to gather pollen to fill their nesting holes in old lime-mortar brickwork. Just look at that face 😍 #pollinators #springtime
Black face of female hairy-legged flower bee covered in bright yellow pollen.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Ah! The almond blossom! One of the first trees to flower. This one is by the Thames in Rotherhithe at Surrey Docks Farm. Please support this special place to stay open. They need our help now: Surrey Docks Farm - Online Social Fundraising Donation Platform | Givey share.google/mJRInQlLulkx...
Gorgeous pink almond flowers against a turquoise sky with scudding clouds.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What a difference a tree makes! Gorgeous blossom buds emerging on Prunus cerasifera "nigra" on the corner of Macks Rd and Southwark Park Rd #bermondseytrees
Pink blossom on a cherry plum tree on a street corner by Bermondsey barbers shop. Blue sky and sunshine 😊
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Come and join us for the 4th Bermondsey Wassail TODAY, Saturday 28th February! Music, singing and lantern and crownmaking from 3pm on the Blue Marketplace SE16 3UQ followed by lantern-lit procession to the Rouel Est Community Orchard to wake the apple and pear trees 🍎🍐🎶🌳 Mulled cider will be served!
Poster advertising the Bermondsey Wassail with photos of the Green Man adorned with leaves and a crowd of people processing with large paper lanterns and crowns of leaves.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Phoenix hornbeam like a huge reclining figure flexing its muscles on the woodland floor #thicktrunktuesday
A large uprooted tree lies on the woodland floor with branches continuing to grow vertically from its trunk.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Waxing crescent moon. The view from here ....
Crescent moon appearing in blue sky with jet and vapour trail.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A few sloes still holding on, even as cherry-plum is bursting into flower and 7-spot ladybirds are waking up in the Rouel Rd Estate Community Orchard, #Bermondsey
A 7-spot ladybird on a blackthorn twig with deep purple sloe and pink flower buds.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Wonderful to have some blue skies today to set off this fragrant mimosa spilling over the fence into Pete's orchard, North Walworth.
Cerulean blue sky with light, fluffy cloud setting off vobrant yellow mimosa flowers.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
#ThickTrunkTuesday featuring #moss #mossybark
Moss-covered tree in the snow.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#MushroomMonday ID suggestions welcome.
Willow bracket?Hoof fungus?Hoof fungus?Hoof fungus?
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Exotic London! Five bright green ring-necked parakeets in a fig tree in # Bermondsey, Central London. Occasional visitors before, but the flock grows daily. Who else has noticed they are on the increase here? Very loud, very greedy and totally fearless!
5 green ring-necked parakeets perched in a fig tree in winter against grey skies.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Fox watching the rush hour chaos on Grange Road in #Bermondsey #FoxOfTheDay @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Small fox silhouetted in red light watching traffic on a busy Central London Street.
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Tower Bridge at night in the rain. Looking gorgeous tonight.
the supports of Tower Bridge in London. With the top of The Shard lit in the distance.the supports reflected in a massive puddle. it was so very wet today. the supports and one of the towers reflected in a puddle. view of the traffic and lit buildings of the city. Tower Bridge at night.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
You can never get tired of the view over the river from the Thames Path at King's Stairs Gardens.
View of the river Thames showing the Shard, Tower Bridge and the City of London against a beautiful sky of fluffy clouds.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
When windy place an ear to the bark of a tree, & with a hand stop all noise entering the other ear You can now concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the low rumble of the trunk & branches working with the wind You can also feel the movement of the branches as they react
The trunk of a large oak tree
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Good morning Blackbirds! Tuning up for the #BigGardenBirdwatch in #Bermondsey starting 23/01/2026. Volume up!
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RSPB England @rspbengland.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Register now for the Big Garden Birdwatch 23-26 January to take part in the world's largest garden wildlife survey Who will be this year's garden faithfuls and traitors? One hour to sit, chill & watch the birds, recording the highest number of each species seen at any one time Link in the comments
A Robin with a bright red chest stood on vivid green grass next to wet brown leaves - Jo Taylor
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Finding colour on the greyest of January days.
heavy drops of rain on a plant with yellow bark on its thin branches.
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Save Wivenhoe's Old King George Oak Tree @stopthechop.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Thank you for the support! 🙏 We hope our case shines a light on a bigger problem nationwide in subsidence claims by insurers, and helps to draw the line for what communities expect from corporations like Aviva and from local authorities; a fair process with decisions founded on quality evidence
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Please help our friends in Wivenhoe save their beautiful "Old King George" oak. This isn't just a local issue, but happening everywhere.
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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The setting moon. Good morning everyone!
Early morning pink and blue sky with two large birds flying over the setting moon.
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees theconversation.com/we-discovere...
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We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees
We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.
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