A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden

A former horticultural nursery in Regent’s Park has been transformed into a diverse mix of habitats, with a wide range of species already spotted ahead of its opening to the public on April 27 When the Queen Elizabeth II garden opens in Regent’s Park this month, the first people to visit the Royal Parks’ £5m biodiversity project will quickly discover they are not, in fact, the first visitors. That honour belongs to a hairy-footed flower bee, a breeding pair of geese, some dragonfly nymphs, a ...

By Donna Ferguson