Speed dating in London

31 July 2009 to March 2010

London's a dynamic city packed with lots of places to visit and things to do, but it's also home to an ever-changing kaleidoscope of nature hidden around every corner.

To keep up with the hectic pace and excitment of London life, we are running a series of mini-dates to introduce you to this wildlife. We think of this as speed dating with nature.

Spend a few days marvelling majestic rutting red deer in Richmond, enjoy a long weekend with cheeky cockney sparrows at the Tower of London, watch fluffy tawny owlets in Kensington, or maybe hunting kingfishers on Hampstead Heath is more your thing.

Come speed dating with us - you never know what you might find when you take time out from normal London to explore natural London.

When can you see us?

We'll be out and about in London.

To find out where we'll be, check out the full details of our travelling Date with Nature events below.

Get even more from your experience and join one of the many events planned throughout this project

How to find us

We'll be out and about at a range of venues. Click the links above to find out exactly where.

Still got some questions?

Telephone: London Events team on 020 7808 1260
E-mail: london@rspb.org.uk

These dates are brought to you with the help of Royal Parks, City of London (Hampstead Heath), Historic Royal Palaces (Tower of London), and London Borough of Wandsworth (Battersea Park).

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London is full of life and greener than many think.

Friday, 20 November 2009 14.32

It's not deer.. It's FREE

Posted by Tim Webb

Cor blimey missus, look at the antlers on that!

Bushy Park in west London is where my partners Gran courted, and rumour has it, may well have conceived my Mother-in-law.. don't anyone tell her I mentioned it else Christmas dinner will be a frosty affair.

Bushy's in Richmond, just a stone's throw geographically speaking from Central London. For me, living in east London, it seems a long way these days, taking at least an hour to get there by train. But it's well worth the visit. It's an amazing park. They have more than 300 red and fallow deer. These are big, BIG mammals. They look powerful but delicate at the same time.

Thankfully it's not rutting season, so the males are happy to watch us, watching them without flexing their muscles and waggling those aforementioned antlers... each antler on a red deer can weigh up to 3 kilograms, that's equal to three bags of sugar. Heavy enough to do serious damage.

I'm in Bushy Park off the Chestnut Walk on Monday but our London Team, ably supported by volunteers, are there all week, waiting to help you discover the deer and other wildlife that live in Bushy Park.. but rest assured, my gran will not be putting in an appearance in the bushes. God rest Mary Brumpton.

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