London Natural History Society

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

A photograph of the front cover of the journal. At the top it says, The London Naturalist. At the bottom, journal of the London natural history society, no. 104 2025. There is a photo of marsh woundwort gracing the cover.

Lookie lookie! What’s this? Only the fantastic LNHS journal, The London Naturalist!

‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask.

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The adult female Peregrine is the bird on the left, and the juvenile male on the right. They are on the main roof to the right of the image. The rest of the image is part of the office block roof, and the view of houses etc. beyond.

The adult female Peregrine is the bird on the left, and the juvenile male on the right. They are on the main roof to the right of the image. The rest of the image is part of the office block roof, and the view of houses etc. beyond.

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 🦊🦊🦊🦊

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

A black bird with a yellow beak and eye ring, standing on grass and amongst fallen leaves.

A black bird with a yellow beak and eye ring, standing on grass and amongst fallen leaves.

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.

London Natural History Society 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...

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 :)

Awwww poor thing! Glad it got off ok. Yes, London does get its share of confused woodcocks (I’ve never seen one though 🥺)

Firecrest highgate cemetery

Red crested pochard

One of many capital foxes found

Tower of london

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

Fantastic captures. We are so lucky to have such great wildlife here in London, in our green spaces and our most urban spots

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

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Migration continues apace on Hampstead Heath, thousands of Woodpigeons at the weekend plus seasonal transients such as Woodlark, Reed Bunting and Ring Ouzel

A perfect afternoon of local patch birding with 9 Whooper Swans seen to drop into Tyttenhanger GPs & then a Cattle Egret was found amongst the gulls. Breaks my previous local year record taking me to 154 species this year seen within 5 miles of home! #hertsbirds #londonbirds

A 1st-winter Grey Wagtail on Wanstead Flats today #londonbirds #UKBirds

This Sunday!!! 👇👇👇👇

#birds Jack Snipe at Maple Lodge this evening. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

Great capture! I also saw one at Darlands. Unfortunately, just as it landed, a dog came along barking, and scared it off again. No time for a photo :(

We had a late brood of kingfishers down on the River Lea - this youngster was one of four which fledged.

Watch as it bobs and chirps just a few metres away - fledglings are so tame.

#LondonBirds #eastlondonkingfishers #ukbirds #birds #hackney #kingfishers

A rather slender, brown coloured bug on the underside of a piece of wood, sitting head down. There is a pale line down the centre of the bugs head. It's legs are pale with dark speckling. The bug's antennae are folded back; they have dark basal segments but are reddish in the middle and then have dark tips.

Well, it's taken a long time but I've finally found my first Slender-horned Leatherbug (Ceraleptus lividus). This one was under a fallen branch at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes on Monday.

Ok, not quite local to the London area, but too cute not to repost!

Hello! It’s quite wide, wider than you’d think. 20 mile radius from St Paul’s.

🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫Upcoming event this weekend🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

The Haringey Fungus Foray!!

Exploring Queens Wood & Alexandra Palace, led by Mark Spencer and Mario Maculan, Sunday 26 October, 10am to 3pm. Free and open to members and non members

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Details:

Kent Field Club's members and fellow mycologists (plus dog) in autumn woodland on the field meeting.

Cortinarius terpsichores. Expanded purple cap seen from above on the right. A less mature specimen seen from the side on the left of the image.

Red caps of Russula rubra, seen from above. To the left, a detached cap is seen from beneath.

Some photos, courtesy of Alfie Gay, from a recent Kent Field Club meeting. 109 species of fungi recorded, including Cortinarius terpsichores, which has just 7 records on the NBN atlas. We are very lucky to have Cortinarius expert Mario Tortelli as a Field Club member! #KentNature #Fungi

🌿 Have your say on what action we need to take for nature in London. The Draft London Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for consultation: londonlnrs.commonplace.is 🐍

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#birds Water Rail at Maple Lodge LNR today. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds