Possibility of an Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights?: Live from Essex UK on 23rd January 2026

Описание: A bit of a change from birdwatching. Here is live footage of the sky, in case there is another showing of the northern lights, as seen over Essex tonight (23/1/26).

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.

Other Recordings of Aurora's:
19/1/26: https://youtube.com/live/lFHct5-3Clo
3/12/25:    • Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights As Seen D...  
Playlist of recordings of the sky:
https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/P...


You can track space weather, to see when solar flares occur: https://spaceweather.com/
You can sign up for alerts when Auroras should be visible in the UK here: https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/alerts/


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!