Category Archives: Wildlife and Nature

Pair of Cormorants on Battlebridge Basin On Tuesday 22 April Jean James spotted a pair of Cormorants, one sitting on the nesting platforms towards the south western end, the other on the prow of a narrow boat on the north … Continue reading →

Spotted by Lisa Tang on the Regent’s Canal these Pochards (male left and female right). The Pochard is endangered, having the RSPB’s Amber status. There are only an estimated 472 breeding pairs in the whole country so it’s lovely to … Continue reading →

This young heron was spotted just last week on Battlebridge Basin, behind Wharfdale Road. We think it’s just a year or two old… Very many thanks to Jean James for this fab photo. If you have photos of wildlife in … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s very nearly Bill Oddie Springwatch time again… So far I’ve noticed a coot carrying a twig three times it’s size in an attempt to build a nest near St Pancras Lock, a pair of Great Tits picking up … Continue reading →

Property developers Blackstone caused a big row last year when they stupidly cut down some lovely mature London Planes in front of the occasionally troubled Nido development (amusing Facebook group here).  Locals and Councillors were outraged.  Zsusanna though has spotted … Continue reading →

Val and Tony Rees sent me this wonderful sight of a Greater Spotted Woodpecker in their garden on the Cally Road in November (click pic to make it bigger).  It’s great to see birds like this in the Kings Cross … Continue reading →

Sighted by Jean James this afternoon at Battlebridge Basin a Kingfisher – it’s probably the same one that has visited the basin in previous years. British Waterways national ecology manager Mark Robinson said only yesterday: "As well as being a … Continue reading →