Bat Walk - with Dr Iain Bolton
5th April

The walk is free, no need to book.

Bat detectors will be provided!

Meet at the Pavilion at 7:40 pm

NO DOGS please (except service dogs) You’ll have more luck bat spotting.

Dress for the weather.

This event is subject to a last min cancellation if the weather is very wet and windy. We won’t be able to give notice, as this decision will be taken by Dr Bolton at very short notice.

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes. Each walk will have a different theme.

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and is President of the South London Botanical Institute.

He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and wrap up!

TOOTING COMMON BIO BLITZ!!

In Partnership with The CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2025 and THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Help find and log BIRDS, PLANTS, TREES, BUGS, ANIMALS and FUNGUS ETC.

Event will include an illustration workshop and music from young local musicians.

WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ON THE DAY IF YOU’RE KEEN TO BE INVOLVED!

JUST EMAIL HERE!

On Sunday 27th April between 10am – 1pm we will be running the Big Tooting Common bio blitz across the whole of Tooting Common as part of City Nature Challenge 2025

The event will be based from the Woodfield pavilion but we are hoping to identify trees, plants, birds, fungus, amphibians, mammals etc from across all the Tooting commons from Graveney woods to the Balham Triangle.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to connect children and adults from across the community with our local nature on our very own Tooting Common. We hope to create a baseline of local nature so that we can increase biodiversity for future generations.

We have already started to plan the event but need interested local residents who can help with running the event and any local naturalists who are available to share their passion and expertise on the day! - see the email link above!

We will be using the iNaturalist app so if you have not seen the app before you may want to download it and start using it in preparation

Here’s the links that will be useful:

iNaturalist app - HERE

City Nature Challenge - HERE

Natural History Museum - HERE

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk discussing the folklore and uses of local plants

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk exploring the wild flowers at the north end of Tooting Common

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here

Everything You ever wanted to know about Air Source Heat Pumps but didn’t know who to ask.

Refreshments available.

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk on Tooting Common

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk examining and discussing the origins of ‘weeds’ growing along Abbotswood Road.

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 2pm and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk examining and discussing the origins of ‘weeds’ growing along Abbotswood Road.

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here

The walk starts at the Woodfield Pavilion at 11am and continues around Tooting Commons for 60-90 minutes.

A gentle walk examining and discussing the origins of ‘weeds’ growing along Abbotswood Road.

Booking is unnecessary and its free.

Please wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather

Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London, from 1965-2007; he remains a Scientific Associate at the Museum, and was President of the South London Botanical Institute. He has been collecting and writing about the folklore and traditional uses of plants for many years.

More of Roy’s walks and talks can be found here