The newt has a new hair cut....

Issac has a new hairstyle.....come visit him soon!

Butterflies

Today's Guardian newspaper has an interesting feature on the decline of Britain's butterflies.

We have lots of butterflies visiting us at the Regent's Park Wildlife Garden largely due to the plants we select to attract them. We also leave an area of nettles that attracts tortoiseshell and red admirals.

If you have a garden, you can do your bit by planting buddleia, ice-plant and michaelmas daisy. If you only have a window-box, try lavender.

You can read the Guardian article here: http://tiny.cc/W5ZJg

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/

Spring continues!

The Wildlife Garden is blooming marvellous at the moment! The blossom looks gorgeous, the bog is flowering and attracting lots of bees and the frog spawn has hatched and tadpoles have been spotted enjoying the pond.

There is plenty of bird activity too. A woodpecker can be heard all day long...the tapping must be giving him a headache! There are plenty of finches and tits (blue, long-tail and great) to be seen as well and the herons pop in from time to time.

The Garden is open to all during day-light hours and offers peace and quiet from the madness of our great city, so pop in and enjoy it soon.

Soundbench

The wildlife garden has an interesting new addition...an interactive soundbench!

Take a seat to hear the following tales from the local community on how our parks are such special places

Hey, this is what we did

You don't have to be in the country

Here and in my country

Nothing beautiful left

Our Royal Parks

Listen out for special guest Theo Walcott!

Wild in the Parks would like to thank the following people for their wonderful contributions to the projects community wildlife garden soundbench: St. Augustine's CE High School, Uxendon Manor School, Brent Asian Women’s Resource Centre, Theo Walcott, Louise Clark, Jacqueline Weir, Anna Chrempinska, Odonelle, Nadia Penn, Mahmoud Elhaj, Lindy Leonce, Rebecca and Alison, Rachel Fancy, Catriona Corfield, Patrick Nicholson and The British Library.
Also a big thank you to RSPB and The Royal Parks for making it all possible and of course everyone else who participated and helping to make the project such a success