Barbican Wildlife Group
@barbicanwildlife.bsky.social
Volunteers dedicated to the encouragement of wildlife and biodiversity in Barbican Wildlife Garden, Fann Street, City of London EC2Y 8BR. Facebook/Instagram - barbicanwildlifegarden - barbicanwildlifegarden.org.
In the Garden - a well camouflaged frog.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In the Garden - a well camouflaged frog.
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Great! Because of course, everyone needs more films and no-one needs nature.
James Cameron-backed Marlow Studios secures UK approval! 🎬✨ The £750M project with 18 soundstages and a skills academy will rise despite green‑belt objections, aiming to boost the UK film industry and attract global productions.
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James Cameron-backed Marlow Studios wins UK approval despite green belt controversy and council objections
The £750 million project west of London will host 18 soundstages and a skills academy training filmmakers with AI and new tech.
www.easterneye.biz
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Great! Because of course, everyone needs more films and no-one needs nature.
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Not all pollinators can be seen flying around during the day! Some visit flowers in the dark, like some species of moth. These fluffy ones can be more effective pollinators than bees for some species of plant!
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Not all pollinators can be seen flying around during the day! Some visit flowers in the dark, like some species of moth. These fluffy ones can be more effective pollinators than bees for some species of plant!
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
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Following his conquest of England, William of Normany told the people of London they could continue as before. But he also defended against them by surrounding the town with fortresses. Read here about London during the Norman period www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/london-and-w...
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Following his conquest of England, William of Normany told the people of London they could continue as before. But he also defended against them by surrounding the town with fortresses. Read here about London during the Norman period www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/london-and-w...
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We might approaching the end of peak fungi season, but there's still lots of interesting things to find in an inner London woodland after a rainy night. the-urban-naturalist.com/2025/11/24/h... #fungi #urbanfungi
Hunting for fungi in an Inner London woodland
It’s November so it would be extremely rude not to go and look for interesting urban fungi, at least once. I’m a beginner when it comes to identifying fungi species, but I’m hopin…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We might approaching the end of peak fungi season, but there's still lots of interesting things to find in an inner London woodland after a rainy night. the-urban-naturalist.com/2025/11/24/h... #fungi #urbanfungi
#thicktrunktuesday plane tree in the southern enclosure in Bunhill Burial Ground, London, EC1.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#thicktrunktuesday plane tree in the southern enclosure in Bunhill Burial Ground, London, EC1.
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Cannon Street stretches from St. Paul's Churchyard to the junction of King William Street. Candle-makers were located there during the medieval period, and it became known as Candlewright Street, eventually corrupted to its modern name.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Cannon Street stretches from St. Paul's Churchyard to the junction of King William Street. Candle-makers were located there during the medieval period, and it became known as Candlewright Street, eventually corrupted to its modern name.
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The right trees in the right place can do wonders for butterflies and moths! 🌳
Why not try adding one of these tree-mendous trees or shrubs to your Wild Space? Learn more 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/idea/plant-a-butterfly-friendly-tree-or-shrub/
#NationalTreeWeek #WildSpaces
Why not try adding one of these tree-mendous trees or shrubs to your Wild Space? Learn more 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/idea/plant-a-butterfly-friendly-tree-or-shrub/
#NationalTreeWeek #WildSpaces
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The right trees in the right place can do wonders for butterflies and moths! 🌳
Why not try adding one of these tree-mendous trees or shrubs to your Wild Space? Learn more 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/idea/plant-a-butterfly-friendly-tree-or-shrub/
#NationalTreeWeek #WildSpaces
Why not try adding one of these tree-mendous trees or shrubs to your Wild Space? Learn more 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/idea/plant-a-butterfly-friendly-tree-or-shrub/
#NationalTreeWeek #WildSpaces
Garden volunteer Val is singing in the Christmas Concert at St Andrew Holborn, one of the City of London’s many Grade 1 churches.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Garden volunteer Val is singing in the Christmas Concert at St Andrew Holborn, one of the City of London’s many Grade 1 churches.
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It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted
More than half the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Did u know? For the small souls in your garden, the very cold weather can be as dry as very hot weather,so always provide daily fresh water. To slow freezing rates, put balls, sticks & other objects into your ponds/birdbaths etc. It'll leave tiny areas underneath that are ice-free for longer. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐦⬛🌍
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Did u know? For the small souls in your garden, the very cold weather can be as dry as very hot weather,so always provide daily fresh water. To slow freezing rates, put balls, sticks & other objects into your ponds/birdbaths etc. It'll leave tiny areas underneath that are ice-free for longer. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐦⬛🌍
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'Ні everyone ☺️👋 I’m raising money for charity by selling prints and cards of my artwork. They look exactly like my paintings! If you have a chance to look that would mean a lot, every card really makes a difference ❤️
Please share 🙏🥰 benjaminfallow.etsy.com
Please share 🙏🥰 benjaminfallow.etsy.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
'Ні everyone ☺️👋 I’m raising money for charity by selling prints and cards of my artwork. They look exactly like my paintings! If you have a chance to look that would mean a lot, every card really makes a difference ❤️
Please share 🙏🥰 benjaminfallow.etsy.com
Please share 🙏🥰 benjaminfallow.etsy.com
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Just say no to Peat. Bloody ridiculous that we are using it for our mostly imported ornamental plants (amongst other things)
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just say no to Peat. Bloody ridiculous that we are using it for our mostly imported ornamental plants (amongst other things)
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Some people choose to clean their bee hotels and collect the cocoons, others leave them bee. What do you do with yours?
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Some people choose to clean their bee hotels and collect the cocoons, others leave them bee. What do you do with yours?
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
This doesn’t often happen in November but the meadow pond is frozen.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This doesn’t often happen in November but the meadow pond is frozen.
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Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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How to help wild birds survive in winter:
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How to help wild birds survive in winter:
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
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😀The government is expected to sign a ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes into law today. Thames21’s Liz Gyekye made an excellent appearance on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning talking about the great news.⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
😀The government is expected to sign a ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes into law today. Thames21’s Liz Gyekye made an excellent appearance on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning talking about the great news.⬇️
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The countdown to my 1st book being published is almost unbearably exciting, & there's been so much to learn. I've kept a #1stBookDiary along the way, & here's diary ch 1. #naturewriting #creativewriting #urbannature #publishing #non-fiction freelancenaturewriter.com/2025/11/13/c...
Chapter 1 – the proposal
One chilly Thursday in December 2023, I was volunteering in my local nature reserve, Sydenham Hill Wood. Over lunch round folding tables, I confessed to my friend Chris, fellow volunteer and writer…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The countdown to my 1st book being published is almost unbearably exciting, & there's been so much to learn. I've kept a #1stBookDiary along the way, & here's diary ch 1. #naturewriting #creativewriting #urbannature #publishing #non-fiction freelancenaturewriter.com/2025/11/13/c...
#thicktrunktuesday- plane tree in Sycamore Street, London, EC1
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#thicktrunktuesday- plane tree in Sycamore Street, London, EC1
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The garden design world has been working toward making water retention planting areas happen over the last 20 yrs or so and it is taking off now. There are schemes in most cities in the UK, most councils are up for the idea as they see them work. Native and mixed planting.
What if cities redirected rainwater into long pits of native plants that could use the water to improve growth, sequestering carbon from the atmosphere; increasing biodiversity, and creating habitats for wildlife, instead of flooding people’s homes down river and creating more pollution.
Finally got the chance to see this sustainable drainage channel in Bristol doing its thing during some heavy rain
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The garden design world has been working toward making water retention planting areas happen over the last 20 yrs or so and it is taking off now. There are schemes in most cities in the UK, most councils are up for the idea as they see them work. Native and mixed planting.
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Follow this link to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the central London tidal Thames.
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
If you would like to explore my site, see: thetidalthames.com/about/ and scroll down to the 'search' box. It works quite well and I use it too...
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
If you would like to explore my site, see: thetidalthames.com/about/ and scroll down to the 'search' box. It works quite well and I use it too...
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Follow this link to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the central London tidal Thames.
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
If you would like to explore my site, see: thetidalthames.com/about/ and scroll down to the 'search' box. It works quite well and I use it too...
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
If you would like to explore my site, see: thetidalthames.com/about/ and scroll down to the 'search' box. It works quite well and I use it too...
Still flowering and attracting pollinators - Euryops. #SundayYellow
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Still flowering and attracting pollinators - Euryops. #SundayYellow
#insectThursday - buff-tailed bumblebee foraging in the meadow.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#insectThursday - buff-tailed bumblebee foraging in the meadow.
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'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚