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UPCOMING WOODLANDS FARM WILDLIFE SURVEYSA few more dates for the diaries:
Thursday 25th June, 2pm - Meadow Plants Survey
Wednesday 8th July, 9.30pm - Bat Survey
Friday 10th July, 2pm - Bee Walk
Please let me know if you are able to attend these, especially if coming to the bat
survey.
Thank you.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 020 8319 8900
Danson wildlife walk, 28/6. Pre-booking essential. Not sure if still places left, but may be worth asking if there's a 'substitutes' list if places all nominally taken ....
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FRIENDS OF FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS - LITTER PICK, SATURDAY 6th JUNE.FFCM run a litter clearance session on the meadows on the first Saturday of each month. The next one is on 6th June starting at 10a.m.
For details see:
Community litter pick on the meadows | Foots Cray Meadows
www.footscraymeadows.org
Being the first Saturday of the month, on 6 June the Information Centre will be open from 10.00 until about 13.00 during which time we plan to do a litter pick on the meadows. Volunteers are welcome a...
WOODLANDS FARM - BEE SURVEY WALK POSTPONEDWith the weather being rather wet and unpredictable I have decided to cancel the bee walk tomorrow (4th June).
It has been rescheduled to Wednesday 17th June.
Hopefully see you then.
Hannah Ricketts <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Author Archives: Chris Rose
Old Farm Park group eyes biodiversity improvements, as it emerges Council’s 12m strip won’t protect SINC area
Save Old Farm Park campaigners announced some time ago that they would be looking to increase the park’s wildlife value whether the sell-off of the eastern half by Bexley Council went ahead or not. We can report that some initial … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, development threat, Old Farm Park, Open spaces, Parks, Planning
Tagged Bexley Council, Cllr. Peter Craske, copses, London Wildlife Trust, planning, SINC, UKIP
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Out of Africa – Reed Warblers back at Thames Road Wetland
The welcome chuntering of Reed Warblers could be heard once again at Thames Road Wetland on 18th April, my first visit since March 30th. There is obviously an advantage in making the effort to come all the way back to … Continue reading
Updated checklist and account of Bexley Dragonflies and Damselflies published as season gets underway
‘Bexley Wildlife’s’ guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies in the Borough, and where to see them, has been updated to mark the start of the flight season – during which the adult insects metamorphose from their unobtrusive aquatic larval stage, take … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Crossness, Danson Park, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Erith Marshes, Recording
Tagged checklist, Crossness, Damselflies, Danson Park, Dragonflies, Erith Marshes, Lamorbey, Odonata
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Wildlife surveys at Woodlands Farm
Woodlands Farm has announced a further series of wildlife survey events as follows: Pond Survey – Friday 29th April, 11am Bumblebee Survey – Fri 13th May, 2pm Pond Survey – Wed 18th May, 3pm Pond Survey – Thurs 26th May, … Continue reading
Crayford Rough – still time for a quick objection. Suggested text provided …
The good old internet means there is still time for lots of the people reading this to make a quick and easy objection to the proposal to build on wildlife land of London importance at Crayford Rough, since Bexley Council … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, Crayford Rough, development threat
Tagged Bexley Council, Crayford Rough, MSINC, planning application
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Now Bexley Council officer recommends building on 10% of Crayford Rough, a wildlife site of regional importance.
The onslaught against the most valuable wildlife sites in Bexley is set to continue this week as the planning committee meets on 14th April to consider an application to redevelop the old Electrobase industrial site between Hall Place and Crayford … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Common Lizard, Consultations, Crayford, Crayford Rough, development threat, Environment, Open spaces, Planning, Plants in Bexley, Reptiles and Amphibians, SINC, Slow Worm, Uncategorized
Tagged BAP, Bee Orchid, Bexley Council, Bexley Council Core Strategy, Bexley Council planning committee, Bexley SINC review, Common Lizard, Crayford Rough, Crayford Strategy and Action Plan Bexley Council July 2005, London Plan, Metropolitan SINC, NPPF, Pyramidal Orchid, Slow Worm, Yellow Vetchling
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Book early for Crossness spring bird walk!
With the Spring migration getting underway there will be a Bird Walk at Crossness at 9am on Sunday 24th April. PLACES ARE LIMITED, SO BOOK NOW! Ralph and Brenda Todd will be leading the walk for us, and we are proposing … Continue reading
Spring migration underway at Crossness, one of London’s top bird sites
Spring migration is underway at the Erith Marshes Crossness Nature Reserve site, with Sunday 3rd April seeing some early migrants. Our first, and earliest, Sedge Warbler, was captured as part of the Dartford Ringing Group’s bird monitoring activities for the national BTO scheme. … Continue reading
Newts in the spotlight: Smooth (or Common), Palmate and Great Crested in Bexley
All three native species of Newt can be found in Bexley. Only the Smooth (or Common) is widespread and likely to turn up in an average garden pond. The Palmate and Great Crested have restricted distributions in the Borough. Joe … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Reptiles and Amphibians
Tagged amphibians, Great Crested Newt, Palmate Newt, Smooth Newt
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder – Little Egret shows up at Thames Road Wetland
The first Little Egret ‘on the deck’ at Thames Road Wetland since winter 2014/15 was seen in the ‘west pool’ on the 30th March. This apparent absence (though for much of the time the site is unmonitored) is perplexing given … Continue reading