@barbicanwildlife
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.
Join the Pollinating London Together Annual Meeting on 30 March (5:30–8:30 PM) at Tower Suites. Reflect on the past year, explore 2025 survey findings, hear future plans, and connect with others working for a greener London.
Free to attend! More info on the website.
#PollinatingLT
7 spot ladybird sunning itself.
Agree - 7 spot ladybird in the Garden yesterday
Such a loud song for such a small bird!
In March, you'll likely witness #frogspawn in ponds across the UK. A fascinating site which heralds the arrival of #springtime. But frog populations have sadly been in decline.🐸Build it & they will come! No single green space improvement will attract more #wildlife than a #pond
youtu.be/5U2cjuVPadc
So hope the Gardens will be safe from development.
A heron in the Garden
A heron in the Garden.
A heron visiting the meadow pond looking for a tasty snack.
A heron found a tasty snack in the meadow pond.
Hairy footed flower bees are out and about, often one of the first solitary bees you can see in the year. They prefer to forage on long flowers such as lungwort. The females are all black with red hairs on the hind legs, the males are brown with hairy middle legs.
#PollinatingLT
Plane tree with claws!
#thicktrunktuesday plane tree, Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill.
Congratulations @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
7 spot ladybird foraging on blackthorn
Herring gull in the meadow
White lungwort growing in the pollinator bed.
White ribes or flowering currant
In the Garden 7-spot ladybird, herring gull, lungwort, ribes .
Got our copy yesterday. It has such a variety of subjects and will be a fascinating read. Thank you for including your visits to the Garden.
Some of my finds from a walk through the mushroom peak in the West Sussex beechwoods in late October 2025. This was the year I got to know matt bolete, a mushroom that sounds like a footballer.
Ladybird on a green plant
Five things to avoid if you want to help nature:
🐞 Plastic grass
🐞 Peat
🐞 Pesticides
🐞 Weedkiller
🐞 Being too tidy
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wha...
#biodiversity #wildlifegarden
I've taken action for our wild places!
The UK Government is proposing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. Help it work for nature.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/187254/...
First sighting of the year - a peacock butterfly.
Peacock butterfly in the Garden.
In the guardian today asking gardeners to take the tiny hit from a few caterpillars.. Avoid pesticides, use manual removal, physical barriers and pruning. To help restore moth populations. It's not too much to ask.
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chuffed that Wild Pavements is featured today - publication day - on Melissa Harrison's fab Encounter Nature site & app www.encounter-nature.com/features/wil... #urbannature #pavementplants #naturewriting
Great to see marsh marigold flowering in the meadow pond.
First of the year - marsh marigold in the meadow pond.
Dozens of daffodils among gravestones and a box tomb. Day.
Winter begins when you walk back from work and the gates to Bunhill Fields are locked.
Spring begins when you walk back from work and the gates to Bunhill Fields are still open.
#London
One week to go!
Help us to speak up for chalk streams! Use our simple e-action template to submit a response to the National Planning Policy Framework. To have your say, visit the link below👇
https://ow.ly/1J6J50YiLhA
#ChalkStreams #SaveOurChalkStreams #StandUpForNature
The City of London Corporation has approved the planning application for Barbican Renewal Programme, securing the future of Europe’s largest multi-arts centre and safeguarding one of the world’s most significant Brutalist buildings.
www.benjaminmurphy.uk/2026/03/03/c...
The Narcissus bulb fly (Merodon equestris) is a bumblebee mimicking hoverfly that can be a pest of flowers like daffodils. This is as larvae, the adults don’t mess with the bulbs. These fluffy flies have a small triangle on the hind leg as an identifying feature.
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Its great steeple towered over London. Read here about St. Paul's Cathedral in the Middle Ages www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/st-pauls-cat...
Gorgeous pink almond flowers against a turquoise sky with scudding clouds.
Ah! The almond blossom! One of the first trees to flower. This one is by the Thames in Rotherhithe at Surrey Docks Farm. Please support this special place to stay open. They need our help now: Surrey Docks Farm - Online Social Fundraising Donation Platform | Givey share.google/mJRInQlLulkx...
Tree with no name, Hyde Park Corner from 19 bus.
#thicktrunktuesday - from the 19 bus, Hyde Park Corner.
FREE STUFF: Catch a Royal Opera House show for free - plus other bargain events in London this week 🚫💰 londonist.com/london/free-...
A particularly beautiful Hyacinth. Each flower is pink on the outside and pale blue near the stem.
As the world becomes a more dangerous place because of decisions made by corrupt people, my world shrinks to what I can manage and enjoy so today as the sun is shining, I will spend time in my tiny garden.
