Tag: clapton pond

March 15, 2026

Happy Mothers Day

Wishing all mothers in our community a very Happy Mothers Day. Thanking you for everything you provide, for your families and beyond, every day of the year!! Also, wishing all non-mothers in our community a very Happy Mothers Day.

Categories Uncategorized/Wildlife

March 15, 2026

Routemasters at the Pond

This last Saturday, there was an event, preceded by a bus announcement that’s about 100 years old (and late as usual, on here!!!). The event was a Route 38 heritage day, and No 38 heritage buses, from the 1930s, were being run on the usual 38 route (as well the usual modern buses), terminating as usual, at Clapton Pond. Photographs...

Categories Clapton Pond/Local news

February 16, 2026

Spring??

Still chilly and damp…. keeping those beaks warm, waiting for Spring!!

Categories Clapton Pond/Spring/Wildlife

February 5, 2026

Christmas and cold!!!

There is a tree by the Pond which we understand was planted in memory of someone. This gets decorated at Christmas, as far as we know, by one of the relatives. These decorations frame our picture of the Pond and the bridge perfectly!!! Not everyone celebrates Christmas and not everyone, understandably, wants to celebrate it,. As we said, “In these...

Categories Christmas/Clapton Pond/Wildlife

February 5, 2026

Autumn continued…..

More art connected to Clapton pond. Firstly, in September, the band Tankus (yup, we’d not heard of them – showing our age!!!) released their song Clapton Pond. https://youtu.be/w9mwsPrUpnc?si=hZgqer6vmhblyhaL Then, in October, local band Rudimental used the Pond, and swimming car, for their album cover, provoking comments such as: “The award for the best album cover goes to….” “They’re mining our...

Categories Art/Clapton Pond/Local news

February 4, 2026

A new species?

September kept providing interest…. We had new wildlife visitors (albeit, no doubt, transient) to the Pond!!!

Categories About/Clapton Pond/Local news/Wildlife

February 4, 2026

Homage to everything Clapton Pond

September continued apace…. One of the Pond’s neighbouring streets had its annual street party one weekend in September and this stunning creation, courtesy of Helen, Ben and family, won the cake contest in the face of some stiff competition. We do love the historical detail – the car on one side and the tree trunk on crushed railings on the...

Categories Clapton Pond/Local news

February 4, 2026

We’ve become all arty!!

Further to the tree coming down, a reference appeared from 2009, showing that we had our own version of a BBC Two award winner, and it was being put to community use!!!! In 2009 a four-part BBC TV series called School of Saatchi was broadcast. Young artists competed against each other, showcasing their talents, for a chance to be chosen by famous...

Categories Art/Clapton Pond/Local news

February 4, 2026

A place of serenity, beauty and quiet contemplation??

Early September continued….. as we said: Ahhhh, Clapton Pond! A place of serenity and beauty, and even for quiet contemplation (when there’s no traffic coming past), except…… …. just occasionally we have our little periodic dramas! In March 2025, a car went for a swim and took out part of the railings on the West side of the Pond. On...

Categories Clapton Pond/Local news

February 4, 2026

AGM ’25 – a quick review!

Back in May last year, Gerry Tissier of the charity ecoACTIVE, and project manager of the Hackney Buzzline, encouraging wildlife diversity, gave an inspiring talk at the recent CPNAG annual general meeting. It was agreed for CPNAG – *To explore linking up with the Buzzline – pinning the pond on the ecoACTIVE Community Map and encouraging people to volunteer and...

Categories About/Clapton Pond/Hackney Buzzline/Wildlife