My neighbour took this photo of the polling station on our estate yesterday, and I’m wondering whether our votes have gone into the food waste or the recycling 🤔 #LocalElection

Now’s the perfect time to think about wildlife friendly gardening, so here’s a piece I wrote for RSPB about what we’ve been doing in our very urban garden.

Also includes the chance to win a signed copy of my new paperback, Wild City!

rspb.org.uk/helping-nature…

1 year ago TODAY my swift brick petition closed with 110k signatures leading to a proposal supported by experts.
WHY no action?

'Apparently Rishi Sunak doesn’t like the idea&has blocked it.' - Zac Goldsmith

Our PM doesn't want to save our icons of summer from extinction.

DANDELIONS! Determined bursts of sunshine on a cloudy day. If you must mow, mow around them. We could learn a few things from our children, who instinctively see the beauty in them! (Also, delighted that the The Royal Parks are leaving them to flourish in Regent’s Park). #wildcity

may have also lost self control and bought a few books recently - Florence Wilkinson Peter Ross Lev Parikian Ajay Tegala Hannah Stitfall David Nicholls Right to Roam 🫣

To celebrate the launch of my paperback, I wrote for The Wildlife Trusts about experiencing our wild city through my toddler’s eyes, and the joys of introducing him to urban nature.

wildlifetrusts.org/blog/guest/wil…

Thank you so much Dermot O'Leary 🙏

My brand new Wild City paperback in the window of Hatchards St Pancras Hatchards 💫🦊🐸🦇🦎🦟🐦

Have you ever thought about what it's like to be a peregrine falcon? 🦅

Well, you have with today's TBT! Coming just after #EarthDay , we're looking back to our S4 ep with Florence Wilkinson, who talks about the imaginary boundaries we create between city and countryside 🌳

#WildCity takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species. What we might see - if we only take the time to look...

Publishing today in stunning paperback with Orion Spring, buy Florence Wilkinson's captivating manifesto for city wildlife today!

Happy paperback publication day to WILD CITY by Florence Wilkinson!

#WildCity invites us to celebrate the natural world, while also offering a clear-eyed glimpse into the challenges faced by urban plants & animals as cities grow & sprawl 🍃

Out now in paperback: geni.us/WildCityPB

If anyone wants Ben’s JustGiving link it’s justgiving.com/page/ben-nunn-…!

While parents grapple with huge bills and staff struggle to survive on the minimum wage, childcare is a “hot market” according to Private Equity 🙄 inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl… - my latest for i newspaper with thanks to Joseph Rowntree Foundation.