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We hope to reschedule in 2026 (Apologies for any inconvenience)
On Sunday 7 September 2025 as Part of InspiralLondon’s Hydracity 2 for Totally Thames 2025
A half day walk with ornithological investigator J D Swann along the River Crane corridor, observing and listening to wildlife and considering the history close to this beautiful Thames tributary. Finding nature growing along the rivers. The route travels south from Hampton on segment 31 of the Inspiral Trail.This walk might be in collaboration with Friends of the River Crane Environment (F.O.R.C.E), a community based voluntary organisation working in the London Boroughs of Richmond and Hounslow – www.force.org.uk – They are developing the Crane Valley Trail as a new walk for West London – see HERE
J D Swann is InspiralLondon’s resident orniphilosopher. He has walked the trail since 2015 and organised a search for the lost river Wogebourne in Plumstead and other walks around Wanstead Flats and Hollow Ponds. He has worked with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park and RSPB Rainham Essex with Kinetika Arts. Since 2019 with communities in Thamesmead, J D has led workshops to find the ultimate Thamesmead bird in Stephen Turner’s Exbury Egg and developed Food For Feathered Friends with Miyuki Kasahara at Cygnet Square and the Thamesmead Festival. He created the radio series Thamesmead’s Best Beaks and Thamesmead Wild Chorus on RTM (Radio Thamesmead) and nature walks with Three Rivers.
Hydracity 2 follows Hydracity the exhibition and event which took place as part of Totally Thames 2021. Since 2021 InspiralLondon has continued to explore the vast interlacing watery commons that weaves togther the unique environment of London’s Thames Delta. For Totally Thames 2025 InspiralLondon offers a set of interlinked walks as events that celebrate the diversity of places, community and inhabitants that make their homes in Thames’ watery landscapes.
Inspiral Re/walks explore, excavate, exchange is supported by tfl Walking Cycling Grant London, part of Totally Thames:
