Category Archives: Wildlife and Nature

Thankyou for the trees!

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

John Ashwell recently put out a plea for funding to replace some of the trees that he’s stolidly fundraised for in the past. As a result of John’s work the King’s Cross community has paid for the majority of the … Continue reading →

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Please help with trees…

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Apologies for the repost, but I think this got lost in our switch from typepad to wordpress…. John Ashwell has had a great response to the plea for help with replacing fallen trees on Wharfdale Road. The collection is coming along well, and thank … Continue reading →

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Help to replace fallen trees

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

John Ashwell has had a great response to the plea for help with replacing fallen trees on Wharfdale Road. The collection is coming along well, and thank you for the generosity of residents thus far. John's hopeful that one of … Continue reading →

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Plea for help with the trees

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

You may remember that local resident John Ashwell spearheaded two massive fundraising rounds a few years ago to pay for planting the vast majority of trees we now see in the north east quarter of King's Cross (from Euston/Pentonville Road … Continue reading →

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And the green flag awards go to…

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Massive congratulations go two two local community gardens on gaining their green flag awards – Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens and Culpeper Gardens. Given that KX suffers from such a dearth of open spaces, it's heartening to see all the hard … Continue reading →

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Calthorpe Project threatened

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

The wonderful Calthorpe Project on the Gray's Inn Road has been threatened with a complete funding cut by LB Camden. If you've not popped into the lovely gardens at the Calthorpe Project yet, I highly recommend you do… you'll find … Continue reading →

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Two local sights

Posted on June 14, 2011 by William Perrin

There are excellent pictures of the gasholder being dismantled at the King's Cross Development Forum site. In a more rural, but almost equally close, location there are the sights and sounds of the birds in Barnsbury Wood at the Thornhill Square … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross springwatch – baby robin on the Cally Road

Posted on May 21, 2011 by William Perrin

Tony Rees spotted this very cute baby robin in his garden on the Cally Road.  Note pigeon for scale.  

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