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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

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

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

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:

Afternoon walk in St James’s Park 🌼#stjamespark #london #londonparks @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social @theroyalparks.bsky.social

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

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-...

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)

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

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

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. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

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!

Derbyshire Ornithological Society (DOS)@derbyshirebirds.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The newly-published 2024 Derbyshire Bird Report should have reached you already, if you are a DOS member Non-members can buy a copy, prices £10.30 inc p&p: the perfect thing for some post-turkey reading: see the order form at www.derbyshireos.org.uk/order24.php #DerbyshireBirds

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

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!

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

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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

Macrophotographers! I know I have some following me :) @biologicalrecording.co.uk @lnhs.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social #Invertebrates #MacroPhotography

George McGavin@georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

URGENT Attention all macrophotographers! Does anyone have an image of the sexual form of Andricus quercuscalicis - ideally laying on an English oak bud!!!!

December’s Saturday library opening has been moved from the 20th to THIS Saturday, 6 December. More info 👇👇

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

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

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

Beautiful 🦊🦊🦊🦊

John Boorman@johnboorman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Garden wildlife. A lovely Fox in the garden this morning. #FoxOfTheDay #londonwildlife

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

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 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

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

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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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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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

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

Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC@gigl-lerc.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy Halloween !!🦇🎃 Here are some of the spookily-named species that can be spotted in London... can you think of any more? 🕷️ #Halloween #SpookySpecies #LondonWildlife #LondonNature

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David Element@davidelement.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Delighted to be able to report @everyheron.bsky.social that veteran Little Egret Egretta garzetta No. 1 has just returned to a small London park for an 11th consecutive winter #birds.