The Mousetrap reflected in a puddle

Lloyds building and double yellow lines reflected in a puddle

Golden Lane estate's big yellow tower reflected in a puddle

The Gherkin and neighbouring buildings reflected in a puddle

Might as well make the most of all this rain we're having. Who's got some good puddle pics of London, then?

05.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

A family of sleeping elephant!

15.01.2026 09:56 — 👍 68    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Lord of the Rings film set? No, it's Kingley Vale.

The reserve contains one of the finest yew forests in western Europe, including a grove of ancient trees which are among the oldest living things in Britain.

Pure magic.

📸: Chris Doyle

13.12.2025 05:00 — 👍 83    🔁 29    💬 4    📌 0

This week’s midweek walk river views and winter lights.
www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersgb #walking #londonwalks #pmlico #borough #boroughmarket #southwark #thames #winterlights

01.12.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Illustration showing a person examining a plant with text about the scarcity of plant taxonomists worldwide.

Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂

Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.

Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa

01.12.2025 10:00 — 👍 60    🔁 46    💬 0    📌 4

File these under 'you had one job'. Goswell Road and Baker Street

15.11.2025 16:34 — 👍 23    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you so much!

27.10.2025 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great post, love following your birding. My lovely husband ( @busykeith) also wants to follow you ( also a Sutton utd fan) but appears to have been blocked by you-was this accidental?

22.10.2025 10:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

We have three walks this Saturday, including the finale of our ‘Going the Distance’ series.
www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersgb #hiking #walking #londonwalks #greenpark #hendon #tring #berkhamsted #wyevalley #aonb #regentscanal

08.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Denbies Hillside, Surrey: a glorious morning of sun and warmth, with a steady trickle of birds west along the downs: 258 Chaffinch, 140 Siskin, 1 Brambling, 43 Redwing, 2 Woodlarks south, and at least 20 Red Kites loafing in the area #UKBirding

09.10.2025 14:34 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Denbies Hillside, Surrey: Red Kite numbers are increasing along this section of the North Downs. My estimate of 20 this morning includes 15 together in the air. At 08.30hrs I came across seven birds perched on the scarp slope. How high can the count go? #UKBirding

09.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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06.10.2025 08:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Having a look through the Trektellen database the record day Redwing movement is of 900,000 birds, at De Puinhoop, Netherlands on 21 October 1995. Puts my 26,013 over Banstead on 13 October 2021 into perspective. But then I’m reminded of an apt saying:

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Too true.

03.10.2025 13:20 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Whinchat, Walton Downs, Surrey 5 October 2025

Epsom/Walton Downs, Surrey: still 24 Stonechats present with accompanying Whinchat #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding

05.10.2025 12:39 — 👍 41    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.

02.09.2025 07:31 — 👍 2847    🔁 602    💬 149    📌 115

End the Gender Pension Gap for public sector women This will make a real difference to millions of women and shows what can be done when pension schemes take this issue seriously.  We are calling on all other public sector pension schemes- coveri...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...

28.08.2025 06:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Word of the day is one I may have mentioned (frequently): a ‘snaccident’ is the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits.

31.01.2025 13:18 — 👍 3082    🔁 390    💬 127    📌 72

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks

Here is the link

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

27.01.2025 14:14 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments

27.01.2025 11:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

25.01.2025 13:40 — 👍 35    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

Old oak tree with twisted branches in autumn woodland of ancient oaks

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

07.01.2025 18:00 — 👍 9462    🔁 3466    💬 120    📌 142

Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.

His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.

25.11.2024 02:50 — 👍 18511    🔁 5759    💬 444    📌 352

Choose one alive or human

22.11.2024 14:19 — 👍 34089    🔁 4190    💬 503    📌 178

How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...

22.11.2024 07:16 — 👍 1485    🔁 355    💬 36    📌 51