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April 24 @ 18:30 - 20:00
Free
Join a guided Queer Ecology tour through Paradise Fields to explore the diverse and unusual life cycles of plants and animals.
Did you know that scientists often struggle to find male woodlice, that “male” trees can turn “female”, or that many of London’s birds partner up into same-sex couples?
Queer Ecology” aims to challenge what we think of as being “natural” or “unnatural” and explores the diversity found in nature. You’ll learn how to use a hand lens to identify common species of plants and invertebrates, and gain a new fascination with the natural world.
This gentle tour around Paradise Fields invites all curious minds (aged 16+) interested in meeting others, learning identification skills, and seeing nature from a new perspective.
Connor the Ecologist is a London-based entomologist and tour guide. Over the past 3 years, more than 2,500 people have joined his Queer Ecology walks. He has been surveying London’s dung beetles and enjoys finding insects in the most unusual of places.