urban wildlife tagged articles
urban wildlife description:
| Contents |
| Greenfinch arrives |
| London Overground |
| Brimstone Moth – Opisthograptis luteolata |
Greenfinch arrives
I just spotted a greenfinch, which is a common enough British bird, but it’s the first one I’ve seen in my East London garden. The number of species now visiting has at least doubled since I moved in here, last century.
greenfinch pic by Neil Phillips
What I’ve come to realise is that even though we are in an inner city type borough the actual location is right at the tip of a thin wedge of more or less continuous green space which acts as a funnel from Epping Forest. Having a few large trees around makes it a last refuge for non-urban wildlife.
London Overground
London Overground train, originally uploaded by Andyrob.
Railway lines act as corridors for wildlife in the urban environment.
Brimstone Moth – Opisthograptis luteolata
Moths and butterflies abound in my little urban garden. As well as this Brimstone Moth, there was a blue butterfly in the garden earlier today, and a red damselfly. The frogs will probably catch that one in the end.
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