Friends of Richmond Park

Seeking photographs for the 2027 Richmond Park Calendar! You can submit up to 4📷 (landscape, flora, fauna) taken in Richmond Park during the last year. Our Calendar helps raise substantial funds for projects in the Park. Closing date: 31/5/202 🔗: frp.org.uk/2027-calendar-…

Friday Nature Notes from Richmond Park- did you know that last year 137 bird species were recorded in the Park, the second highest number in the last decade? 2025 rarities included these Goosander on Pen Pond (📷Nigel Jackman) Bird report 🔗frp.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

#throwbackthursday- the Friends of Richmond Park celebrated 65 years of protecting the Park for nature and Park users on the 27th March. Find out more about the Friends of Richmond Park history in April’s newsletter and the 50th anniversary history, here frp.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

#thicktrunktuesday- April’s Richmond Park Tree of the Month is the Yew- the longest lived of England’s ancient trees, Richmond Park specimens include this Pembroke Lodge Yew, home of a rare Yew specialist Earth Star fungus. More about Yews in the Park 🔗frp.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Easter Holidays? Remember the Friends of Richmond Park Discoverers free event for children and parents/carers is happening this Wednesday, 8th April- details below.

This is an important time for skylarks in Richmond Park as they create territories and breed. The skylark‘s now a red listed species with a dramatic decline in numbers. Find out more about Park skylark protection zones- 📹from FoRP’s patron @clarebalding youtube.com/watch?v=FsG_No…

Happy Easter from Richmond Park! Bluebells, Primroses, Violets and Lesser Celandines are all in flower in the Park, alongside many other Spring flowers- how many species have you spotted in the Park?

An eagle and a rare butterfly once extinct spotted in Richmond Park, the 65th anniversary of the Friends of Richmond Park, calls for your photos for the 2027 Friends Calendar, and more! Check out the April news from the Friends of Richmond Park in the 🔗frp.org.uk/park-news-apri…

Friday Nature Notes from Richmond Park- have you spotted the Easter Bunny in the Park? Rabbits are common across the Park, and you can spot the holes of warrens in many parts of the Park’s rare acid grassland. To see rabbits, visit at dawn or dusk, and wait quietly.

Bluebells carpeting woodland floors are one of the quintessential signs the Richmond Park Spring has arrived. The Park’s Bluebells include both our native species and hybrids, and are indicators of ancient woodlands- slow to establish so 👀don’t pick! 📷Amanda Boardman

Fancy an Easter walk in Richmond Park? The Friends of Richmond Park April free guided walk is this Saturday, 10 am, with a Walk-the-Wall option that is a 7.5 mile (12km) walk taking 3 to 3.5 hours. Starting Sheen Gate car park; more details in 🔗 frp.org.uk/walks/

If you see a Richmond Park Ent on the move, don’t disturb it! They are gentle souls but they can look pretty fierce if they think their ancient paths are being disturbed.

The Richmond Park Ents will be uprooting from their winter hibernation spots and on the move to find their summer rooting grounds soon, an exhausting process after which some like a nice lie down..

Welcome to April! Richmond Park is one of the few remaining London homes of the Ent (quercus formica), which are just starting to wake up and survey their surroundings after a long winter sleep…

Get to know the Park’s butterflies! Richmond Park’s butterfly recorders are recruiting for the coming season, from April. No expertise needed, but must be able to visit the Park every few weeks until October. Find out more- email butterflyrecorders@gmail.com

#thicktrunktuesday and Richmond Park’s ancient Royal Oak is just starting to show new leaf- maybe for the 700th time in its long, long life.

4. She served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service-Attached 490(M) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Artillery Service at Richmond Park; she was an "Ack-Ack girl" stationed at Sheen Gate, Richmond Park and was part of the first operational mixed-gender unit in 1941. #WW2

Planning for your children’s Easter hols? Take them to the Park! Friends of Richmond Park Discoverers is organising a free Spring event for children accompanied by parents or carers on Wednesday 8th April, at Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park. Details below!

Friday Nature notes from Richmond Park: the Park is one of the last London refuges of Skylarks, a wonderful, endangered bird that pours song from the heavens. Ground nesting, Skylarks are vulnerable to disturbance, so respect the signs to keep Larks in the Park! 📷Paula Redmond

#ThrowbackThursday from Richmond Park. White Lodge (📷Mandy Barry-Cades) in the centre of the Park is an 18th century former Royal residence, which has been home to the junior school of the Royal Ballet since 1954. The Royal Ballet celebrates its 100th anniversary this year!