Urban Wildlife

Birdwatchers

Global Bird Weekend: when it is, and how to take part

Peacock butterfly in a garden. © Jack Perks/FLPA/Getty

Join in with a global citizen science project this weekend

A great crested grebe at the Highgate ponds catches and stuns a red swamp crayfish before swallowing it whole. © Matthew Maran.

Wildlife of Hampstead Heath

The female returns to the nest where her two-week-old chicks beg for food. © Luke Massey.

Peregrine falcons nesting on a Chicago skyscraper

Idyllic View Of Rainbow Over Cityscape Against Cloudy Sky Seen From Chancery Place

Great places to see wildlife in Manchester

City Nature Challenge 2019 is bigger than ever

A wild elephant negotiates a busy highway, Sri Lanka. © BBC/Joana Kruse

When is Cities: Nature’s New Wild on TV?

Pigeons in a London park.

Feral pigeon: flying rat or urban hero?

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Global wildlife challenge reveals amazing results

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How billions of ants have been re-designing a London park

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Willow tit likely to be extinct in London

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Hedgehog joins commuters on London Underground platform

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Learn more about London’s hedgehogs

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‘Shazam’ for bats as smart technology is used in London park

Small heath butterfly. Credit: John Murray/Butterfly Conservation

Butterflies face a sharp decline in urban areas