Aurora Borealis Live:2b from Essex UK on 20th January 2026. Following X Class Solar Flare on 18/1/26

Описание: A bit of a change from birdwatching. Here is live footage of the northern lights as seen over Essex tonight (20/1/26).

I started recording the skies tonight privately, as I thought that there might be an aurora but shared it as a public livestream when I saw it was capturing the aurora.

Unfortunately, it is a cloudy and wet night tonight, so you cant see the auroras as well as last night (https://www.youtube.com/live/lFHct5-3...) but I will keep streaming in case the clouds clear.

Happy birdwatching guys!


I hope that everyone gets to enjoy nature everyday, as it's good for health and wellbeing, even if you can't get out into it, watching it can still help, as research suggests that viewing nature scenes (or being out in nature) can have up to 13 beneficial effects on our health and wellbeing, such as helping us to relax, reducing depression, quicker healing, bolstering the immune system, lowering stress levels and increasing lifespan (https://www.happybrainscience.com/blo...)

So I hope this livestream helps to bring a sense of peace and wellbeing to you and all that watch it.

Please like and subscribe if you would like me to keep streaming and thank you for watching!

Visitors to the Growing Is Great garden:
These are the birds we have seen since September 2025:
Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit - Parus major
Coal Tit - Periparus ater
European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella
Magpie - Pica pica
Thrush - Turdidae
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
Chiff Chaff (Warbler)

You can see a handy guide about identifying some UK birds here: https://bestatticroom.com/most-common...

Happy birdwatching guys!

I hope that everyone gets to enjoy some nature everyday, as it's good for health and wellbeing, even if you can't get out into it, watching it can still help, as research suggests that viewing nature scenes (or being out in nature) can have up to 13 beneficial effects on our health and wellbeing, such as helping us to relax, reducing depression, quicker healing, bolstering the immune system, lowering stress levels and increasing lifespan ((https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles.... and https://www.happybrainscience.com/blo...)

So I hope this livestream helps to bring a sense of peace and wellbeing to you and all that watch it.

Please like and subscribe if you would like me to keep streaming and thank you for watching!


I hope that everyone gets to enjoy nature everyday, as it's good for health and wellbeing, even if you can't get out into it, watching it can still help, as research suggests that viewing nature scenes (or being out in nature) can have up to 13 beneficial effects on our health and wellbeing, such as helping us to relax, reducing depression, quicker healing, bolstering the immune system, lowering stress levels and increasing lifespan (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles.... and https://www.happybrainscience.com/blo...)


So I hope this livestream helps to bring a sense of peace and wellbeing to you and all that watch it.

Please like and subscribe if you would like me to keep streaming and thank you for watching!