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Mary Forest Gate

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Birder, nature loving, vegan, grandmother Local patch Wanstead Flats & Park, East London

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Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature! I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?

I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...

01.12.2025 08:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coniston Foxhounds Dig Out and Throw LIVE Fox to Hounds The Lake District Hunt Sabs captured harrowing footage of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a terrified fox and throwing them to the hounds to be torn apart.

The Lake District Hunt Sabs captured harrowing footage of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a terrified fox and throwing them to the hounds to be torn apart.

protectthewild.substack.com/p/coniston-f...

12.11.2025 21:00 — 👍 19    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 0
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goldcrest #badhairday #wansteadflats @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

13.10.2025 19:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hornet mimic hoverfly, holly blue butterfly, green-veined white butterfly & hornet nest
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social #butterflies #hoverfly #butterfly #pollinators #summer #wansteadflats

08.08.2025 07:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🦋 9th August: Wren Guided Butterfly Walk 🦋

While the #BigButterflyCount 2025 is on, we are leading a walk around #Wanstead Park to look for butterflies and to help you identify them.

Saturday 9th August. 10.00am. Meet by the Tea Hut at Wanstead Park. (what3words - softly.ropes.risk)

26.07.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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red admiral & common blue butterflies + a female banded demoiselle - Exchange Lands Wanstead Park @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social
#butterflies #demoiselle #redadmiral #commonblue #eppingforest #wansteadpark

13.06.2025 15:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you 😊

31.05.2025 13:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nuthatch with fledgling
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #Britishbirds #Londonbirds #nuthatch #birding #nature

28.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Coach outing to Frampton Marsh with the Central London Local @rspb.bsky.social group
Little ringed plover, avocet, whooper swan and pintail
#birds #birding #nature #ducks #swans #geese #avocet

11.05.2025 08:03 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@wrenwildlife.bsky.social
River Roding Walk with Paul Powlesland 18th May
For details : wrengroup.org.uk or check our facebook pages www.facebook.com/groups/83265... & www.facebook.com/WrenOrg

08.05.2025 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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This ruddy shelduck was visiting our patch and hanging out with the Egyptian geese to which it is related - beautiful bird. There's been a few reported and they live in Holland so maybe the next coloniser
@wrenwildlife.bsky.social #birds #ducks #waterfowl #vagrantbirds #nature

08.05.2025 05:59 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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last few from Spain, Sardinian warbler, bee eater & rock bunting
#birds #spain #spanishbirds #beeeater #sardinianwarbler #rockbunting #nature #wildlife #spring

05.05.2025 13:35 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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squacco heron, marbled duck, red-knobbed coot and Bonelli's eagle
#birds #spain #spanishbirds #moretofollow #sagabirdwatching

04.05.2025 08:24 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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flying white stork, lovely dovey collared doves, feeding spoonbill and penduline tit building a nest
#birds #spain #spanishbirds #moretofollow #sagabirdwatching

02.05.2025 18:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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greater whitethroat, blackcap, blackcap and great crested grebes

19.04.2025 14:48 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chalet Wood bluebells

19.04.2025 14:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

no way would I go there now!

21.03.2025 21:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Little Owl - secret location
#Londonbirds #owls #bird @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

21.03.2025 20:54 — 👍 30    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds like a great opportunity #AcademicSky #PhD #ornithology #ecology #buildingdesign

14.03.2025 22:37 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Sunny day foxes - Jubilee Pond #wansteadflats #eppingforest @wrenwildlife.bsky.social @fwp2009.bsky.social @eefnews.bsky.social #fox #foxes

16.03.2025 08:18 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Saw my first Brimstone Butterfly today 🥰

06.03.2025 20:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Getting out and about again - female Shoveler, female Pochard, pair of Pied Wagtails and a nice view 🙂

05.03.2025 09:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

signed and shared on facebook

21.02.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gone but never forgotten

11.02.2025 19:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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7 months in and Labour are showing they are no different to the Tories when it comes to protecting wildlife and the environment.

04.02.2025 16:56 — 👍 95    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 1
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Hiding in plain sight!
Tundra Bean Goose amongst the resident flock of Greylags on Wanstead Flats this morning. Patch tick & 1st site record. #londonbords #UKbirds

26.01.2025 14:23 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

beautiful tree sparrow

31.01.2025 08:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

4?

21.01.2025 08:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Great news for wildlife but I'm told there's no facilities there! It's a long way for us Londoners to travel if there's no accessible toilets, no coffee or even public transport links.

20.01.2025 15:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just learning to use alt text myself so definitely not a criticism! Personally I would also put in the name of the species for those who are losing /have lost their sight but might have known the name when they were sighted.

18.01.2025 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0