Wildife and Bird Watching in London
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Recent Greater London news
- Mockingbirds, not finches, set Darwin on the road to evolution. - New exhibition at the Natural History museum
- Natural History Museum acquires huge Hawkmoth collection – potential new species
- World’s longest insect discovered in Borneo
- New legislation to halt the spread of concrete across front gardens.
- Aquatic warbler visits east London
- Grey seal takes up residence in London
- Essex man pleads guilty to selling CITES listed Arowana fish
- Damselfly attacking or mating with dragonfly? Photos.
- Unknown insect found in Natural History Museum garden
- Kent man caught with 24 elephant tusks
- Very rare and elusive moth re-discovered by accident in the Scottish Highlands.
- Rare dual sex moth emerges at the Natural History Museum
- Seahorse Colony Found in the Thames
- Tower of London Lions Were From North Africa
- Little egrets breed in London for the first time.
More Greater London news
- London’s Wildlife Crime Unit Saved from the Axe
- Mitcham wetlands being prepared for water vole re-introduction.
- Whales, dolphins and seals returning to the Thames.
- 'Extinct' dove breeds at London Zoo.
- River Quaggy flows again, in Greenwich.
- Wildlife Crime Unit seize fur coats in London
- London a hotspot for wildlife crime
- Endangered water voles released in London
- Peregrines set up base on the Tate Modern.
- London fur trader convicted of trading in endangered species
- First bittern of the season lands in London
- Rare Waders Successfully Breed in London
- Rare and endangered Stag beetle thriving in London
- New exotic pests colonising South West London
- Squacco heron in London
'Extinct' dove breeds at London Zoo.A Socorro dove, extinct in the wild for 30 years, has bred for the first time at London Zoo.
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Little egrets breed in London for the first time.A pair of little egrets has successfully raised 4 chicks on Thames Water's Walthamstow Reservoirs.
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Rare Waders Successfully Breed in LondonFour rare Avocet chicks hatched on Saturday 17 June 2006 at the WWT London Wetland Centre .in Barnes, South West London – the closest breeding location to central London since records began.
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Squacco heron in LondonA Squacco heron, a very unusual sight in the UK, has taken up residence in London.
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