How do you care for 170,000 trees across 5,000 acres of Royal Parks land? Well, you employ Arboricultural Officer’s like Matt Steinman 🌳 This #NationalTreeWeek he tells us what it takes to look after trees in some of the world’s most iconic parks 🔽 royalparks.org.uk/whats-on/blog/…

Every hour is golden hour across Greenwich Park at the moment as the oaks, chestnuts, hornbeams, and our beautiful ginkgos, cling on to the last remnants of their autumn colour #nationaltreeweek 🍂

If you didn’t realize earwigs have wings, or you haven’t seen them unfold and flap in super slow motion: please enjoy this next 38sec of your life

Very excited to come across this great white egret at Regent’s Park this afternoon - two previous records of them in flight here, but it would seem this is the first on the ground (or… lake cage) for the site #londonbirds

A few more of yesterday’s shots from Regent’s Park; a robin, herring gull, and heron seem a bit blasé alongside the great white egret. Sadly no sign of it on site today #londonbirds

One of the few benefits of a 6.45am start to the working day - beautiful Regent’s Park at dawn 😍

Really great to spend this morning chatting to Barry Caffrey & BBC Radio London about The Royal Parks exciting launch of the Volunteer Ranger service in The Regent’s Park - if you’re friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic, we want to hear from you! 🔗 royalparks.org.uk/rangers

Boys will be boys

What better way to celebrate #WorldFrogDay than with tens of thousands of not-quite-yet frogs in the Greenwich Park viewpoint pond 🐸

They’ve set a limit to the amount of plasma testosterone may be naturally occurring in a woman’s body in order for her to compete. The limit bans Caster Semenya, Christine Mboma, and Francine Niyonsaba from future competition (all previous cisgender champions).

Once a manicured golf course but reclaimed by nature over the past 3 years, Fairlop Waters is currently an ocean of yellow 💛 #NoMowMay #InternationalDayoftheDandelion #WildFlowerHour #DandelionChallenge BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife wildflowerhour

Hey Amphibian and Reptile Conservation team, discovered this guy in our bottle traps this morning (east London) - feathery toes, throat spots, and tail flash says male smooth, but that sort of tail filament has raised a palmate hybrid query, any thoughts? Thanks 😊

Having scoured the nettles for weeks to no avail, the banks of the River Roding always provide - a welcome return to our constellation bedazzled little peacock friends 🐛🦋 #insectweek

On of our resident foxes enjoying the wildflowers in Greenwich Park 🦊

The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree was an unfathomable act of cruelty, so glad I had the chance to visit earlier this month. And in the same week a damning State of Nature Report is released & Biodiversity Net Gain is delayed - our relationship with nature feels beyond broken.

To celebrate the UK cinema release of #RagingGrace I'm giving away an extremely limited signed poster of original art I painted called Burn The House Down (only 10 printed). Just RT this post and I'll announce a winner on Monday 🔥❤️

February sees LGBT+ History Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ being marked 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ On 1 July 1972, a crowd of people marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square, making a stand for gay people everywhere. Discover more about this landmark event by reading our blog below 🔽 #LGBTplusHM royalparks.org.uk/news-blogs-pre…

Formula 1 is the latest sport to show that they are incapable of handling allegations of sexual harassment. At the centre of this all is a victim who alleges she was the subject of sexual harassment by her boss, CEO, & team principal of Redbull racing, Christian Horner. 1/12