The Wren practical work team - most of it, at least - after a hot session on Wanstead Flats managing our important area of heather. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Heronry Lake, Wanstead Park, at its early-spring loveliest. In a fortnight it will look very different as bud-burst brings an explosion of green. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

A fine Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) moth in my Wanstead garden this morning. This is the earliest date I’ve ever seen this species.

Part of the 18-strong Wren Group practical work team which scythed, raked and prepared the ground for a wildflower meadow in Wanstead’s old sewage works this morning. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Heronry Lake in Wanstead Park looking especially lovely in the January sun this morning, with a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby, an early herald of spring. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

The Wren practical work team after a good session cutting broom and bramble, which are out-competing heather (Calluna vulgaris) in the Wanstead Flats SSSI. @wrenwildlife.bsky.social

This has to be one of the most beautiful insects I’ve ever seen: a Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis) from
my recent trip to the Andaman Islands. #dragonflies

Wren Group members again hard at work on Wanstead Flats, maintaining habitat for ants, Green Woodpeckers and Skylarks - to name just a few.

An Andaman Scops-Owl from my recent trip to South Andaman.

The Wren scything team out on Wanstead Flats this morning, helping to conserve Yellow Meadow Ant hills and conserve Skylark habitat. #grasslandhabitats

A unit of floating reedbed set to be installed in Wanstead Park’s Heronry Lake. By the weekend, 80 of these will be in place. In time they’ll help boost the park’s population of aquatic invertebrates and - hopefully- its Reed Warblers.

This Andaman Nightjar posed beautifully for us in South Andaman.