London Natural History Society

Photo of the described owl art. It looks like muddy scratch marks on a mottled brown cave wall. The head is very round with two upright lines for ears and a line in the center for a beak. Numerous parallel lines suggest plumage on the wings.

The oldest known image of an owl:

More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
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A screenshot of the newsletter’s front cover. On it is a lovely photo of a grey squirrel taken by our LBC chair, Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, at Russia Docks.

Our February e-newsletter should be hitting the inboxes of all of our digital subscribers now. Hurrah!!!

If you’re a member and would like to go digital, please contact our membership secretary, Robin, and he will be happy to help (details <at> lnhs <dot> org <dot> uk)

Sparrowhawk - a recent sighting in The Regents Park @theroyalparks.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds

Impressive numbers of Redpoll at the London Wetland Centre this year!
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We are very very pleased to announce that our new president, just elected last Thursday at our AGM, is none other than the fab @tonymadgwick.bsky.social, who also happens to be our bee recorder.

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Uh oh! Does our London Bird Report have competition? 😳😳😳😳😳

Nah! A lovely addition for your bookshelves from the @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

And I love the illustration on the front cover!

I’ve already told him to expect your email and he is the best person to advise you what to do as he is the one who handles memberships and any enquiries relating to them

Ok. So. You’ve not emailed the correct person. You’ve emailed the secretary of the society rather than membership (whose email is listed several times on the joining page that I linked in my original post). I also gave you the membership email above (details@lnhs.org.uk).

I’ve been in touch with the membership secretary. He’s not received any emails from you or anyone else regarding a gift membership. Please email him again, thanks

What your message did was accuse us of things that were incorrect. I am trying to work with you but you have continued to be aggressive and I’m not sure why?

An ant that gives birth to two different species? Yes, it's real. 🐜

Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society

Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!

An ant queen that gives birth to two species? 🐜

Discover xenoparity as Jonathan Romiguier unpacks this boundary-breaking biology at the free 2026 Brad Ashby Lecture. 🧪 🌍

Join: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...

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This is the first time I have seen this query. Weirdly, it did not show up on my notifications and I do apologise.

You can email our membership secretary (details@lnhs.org.uk) for information on how to gift a membership

days for people to respond as we are a volunteer led organisation. Thanks!

Hi there. I’m sorry you’re having issues with the membership process. We are currently revamping our website and once that is down, it will be fully online. We accept membership fees via PayPal, BACS, credit card, all of that information is on the website. When did you email? It might take a few

Macrophotographers! I know I have some following me :)

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#Invertebrates #MacroPhotography

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.

Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...

#NaturalHistory

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