All things #EppingForest, #Boardgame, #maps, #wildcamping, ponds, biodiversity and #history. Rode a bicycle 25,000k around the world. Now more stationary
London, England
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A change of pace exploring #Malta on foot with @headwaterhols 🥾🌅
Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen. #bliss👉 arcg.is/Db8K5
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From the jewel-like banded demoiselle to the striking common darter, damselflies and #dragonflies are a wonder to spot across #EppingForest. 🌿🐉✨
But while they dazzle in the air, their story begins in the hidden depths of another world...
ALT Two male common darter dragonflies vie for a prized pondside perch.
ALT A female emperor dragonfly clings to a grass stem. Photo by Robin Pettitt.
ALT A male banded demoiselle damselfly. Photo by Andrew Wakefield
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Sublime skylark song🎶🌟
Want to learn more about these incredible birds and their closest nesting area to central London?
Join us tomorrow, 12-4 PM on #Wanstead Flats for the Skylark Send-off!
Wildlife walks, art workshops, kite flying & more
Details 👉fb.me/e/79vJKhAlu
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Stage 1 Gilberts Slade and Canada Plain 2024 habitat Improvement✅
On to Stage 2 Woodbury Hollow and Staples Hill
🌳Restoring ancient grassland
🌳Regenerating wood pasture
🌳Revealing shaded veteran pollards
Scheduled to finish:🗓️23/08/2024
For more info👉storymaps.com/stories/0e7fbb…
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💚Love Wanstead Flats? 💚
Mark September 01 in your diary☀️
Take a stroll and visit the #EppingForest, @wrenwildlife and @RSPBNELondonGrp info stands to support your local wildlife, learn about skylarks and enjoy family-friendly activities🎉🪽
#SkylarkSendOff #Wanstead
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Spot the gorse orb weaver spider, elegantly blending into a wild carrot umbel left standing overwinter.
By managing Patmore's Field as a wild meadow since 2021, #EppingForest has created crucial habitat and increased atmospheric carbon capture: youtube.com/watch?v=K05Xo8Po…
the number one best thing I did in the slug wars was put a pond in. With my army of newts, frogs and toads I finally stood a chance. This combined with beer traps, a healthy appreciation of leopard slugs and a willingness to commit infanticide by crushing snail and slug eggs.
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In woodland glades across #EppingForest, green longhorn moths dance in shafts of spring sunshine.
Look for the iridescent glinting of metallic wings that earn them the moniker #fairy #moths.
Love this Placename Mapper from @sciremotesense
Another potentially revealing search is 'gate' and 'hatch.' These suffixes referred to controlled forest exit points used to manage free grazing cattle.
These placenames can reveal the shrinkage of forests due to enclosure.
Is there a name for the clumps of bubbles formed by a glorious writhing mass of #tadpoles?
Frogth? Ranaroil? Spawnsuds?
@froglifers #amphibeans #frogs
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Yesterday this blackcap sang in #EppingForest.
Take a moment to listen to the rich trills and quavers that earn him the nickname 'northern nightingale'.
#ukbirds #birdtwitter #EppingForestSpring24 #warblers #nature #BirdsOfTwitter
Roaming in the gloaming to enjoy the frog chorus and celebrate a bumper crop of spawn.
#pond #frog #frogspawn #spring
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Slugs and kisses xoxo
💚🌳Happy Valentine's from #EppingForest🌳💚
#LoveNature #ValentinesDay #valentinesday2024
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Happy #WorldWetlandDay!
Today we celebrate the ponds, lakes, bogs, rivers & streams in #EppingForest. Our wetlands are vital ecosystems contributing to the overall biodiverse mosaic of habitats that can be found in this ancient woodland. Here's Butler's Retreat Pond today! 🐟🐸
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An interesting article: bit.ly/3SlVcFd
Preserving our remaining ancient forests has never been more vital.
The City of London Corporation @cityoflondon successfully fought a ground-breaking legal battle to conserve #EppingForest with the Epping Forest Act of 1878.
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For anyone unconvinced that rural land use makes a difference to runoff and pollution issues, heres the confluence of the Dulas Brook and River Dore at Pontrilas after 5mm of rain last night.
