Chris Farthing's bird highlights of April 2020

Chris Farthing takes us through his bird highlights of March 2020

February 2020 continued the theme of most of this winter, being mild and wet. This generally limits bird movement and leads to few surprises. We had to wait for the very early stages of the ‘…

January was a wet but mild month, giving birds little reason to move around, therefore resulting in few highlights. There were two exceptions to this, both of which were unfortunately brief.…

We’re hard working to give much needed space for London’s magnificent diversity of insects; they help to make the city work. But there’s much more to do if we are to reverse their worrying…

London is a city of leaves, with almost 8.5 million trees. With roughly one tree for every Londoner, our capital is one of the greenest in Europe.

The Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the so-called Croydon cat killer confirmed what many suspected, that the mystery menace was our own cars, not a mysterious serial feline killer. And…

Tempers are rising in London’s hinterlands and our ancient deer parks, as male red deer – stags – roar and joust to gain dominance of herds.

Chris Packham’s call to plant more wild flowers across London echoes an ongoing battle to conserve nature across the city, writes Mathew Frith, London Wildlife Trust's Director of…

London Wildlife Trust trainee Morgan Newbold writes about his work placement with the Downlands Partnership