Pollinating London Together (PLT) is a charity dedicated to protecting London’s pollinators and promoting biodiversity. Founded in 2020 by the Worshipful Companies of Wax Chandlers and Gardeners, PLT began as a livery collaboration and has since grown into a vibrant...
Access to reliable ecological data is essential for understanding, protecting and improving London’s natural spaces, for the benefit of both wildlife and people. Yet too often this information remains scattered or underused. This new article series explores how...
London, particularly south London, is lucky to host the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) as a resident invertebrate. It is surprising that Britain’s (and one of Europe’s) largest terrestrial beetle calls the capital its home and seeing your first male stag clumsily careen...
National Insect Week is approaching! Running from 23rd – 29th June, it brings a perfect opportunity to celebrate the incredible ecology and importance of these six-legged invertebrates. Organised by the Royal Entomological Society (RES), the week highlights the...
“What they’re doing isn’t gardening. What they’re doing is custodianship. They are doing the really simple things, which is working out what lives here and what might live here and what you can do to help. And that’s a really simple principle which is at the...
