Author Archives: Chris Rose

BNEF asks Council: ‘When will 16 month overdue SINC review approval happen?

Posted on 08/06/2015 by Chris Rose

It is now about 1 year and 4 months since the deadline for comments on what was supposed to be the final draft of Bexley’s Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) review document. Quite apart from the fact that BNEF … Continue reading →

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More research shows lighting negatively impacts Bats – BNEF says Bexley’s proposed budget-driven lighting cuts present an opportunity to tackle the problem

Posted on 07/06/2015 by Chris Rose

New research has shown that the Common Pipistrelle Bat, often found in urban areas, has its foraging and thus feeding activity disrupted and constrained by artificial lighting, especially where there are larger gaps in tree cover: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3111115/Bats-disappearing-cities-Artificial-lights-creating-ecological-dead-zones.html Bexley Natural Environment … Continue reading →

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Environment Forum submits FOI request on wildlife site management

Posted on 07/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Request for basic information unanswered after 3 months. Group resorts to FOI request so it can talk to Councillors about ongoing management problems in relation to wildlife.    Those readers who have been involved in Bexley Natural Environment Forum, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Budget, Environment, Hollyoak Wood Park, Open spaces, River Shuttle, vegetation management, Wyncham Stream | Leave a comment

Some Shuttle wildlife observations, June 4th – another Hairy Dragonfly range expansion?

Posted on 06/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Call it a bit mercenary, but I helped out on the BETHs stretch clean-up so I could cover a part of the river I’d not done before for the Water Vole survey I’m leading, without having to make special arrangements … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Bexley Woods, Bird watching, Butterflies, Crossness, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Friends of the Shuttle, Hollyoak Wood Park, Lamorbey, Marlborough Park, Parish Wood Park, Parks, Plants in Bexley, Raptors, Recording, Reptiles and Amphibians, River Shuttle, Rivers, Sidcup Golf Course, Uncategorized, vegetation management | Leave a comment

Shuttle team clean BETHS stretch

Posted on 06/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Thursday’s (June 4th) Friends of the Shuttle’s clean-up, from the BETHS school footbridge down towards the slip-road bridge near the Holiday Inn in Bexley, attracted 8 participants. This stretch of the river looks quite idyllic as one looks downstream from … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Shuttle takes another step forward

Posted on 31/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Friends of the Shuttle was set up on the 9 May 2013 to protect and enhance the ecology and biodiversity of the River Shuttle.  This was made possible thanks to very generous financial help from Thames 21 which enabled the group to buy … Continue reading →

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Woodlands Farm summer wildlife events announced

Posted on 30/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Woodlands Farm on Shooter’s Hill is running a number of wildlife survey events this summer. Ffi/to get involved please contact:   “Hannah Forshaw – Education Officer” <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org> Sunday 7th June – Pollinator survey.  This will be done before, during and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bats, Bees, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Education, Plants in Bexley, Recording, Reptiles and Amphibians, Welling, Woodlands Farm | Leave a comment

First Red-eyed Damselfly of year, whilst ‘BBC’ puts Danson in third place

Posted on 28/05/2015 by Chris Rose

A single male Red Eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas), my first of the year for Bexley, was seen on algal mats on the south side of Danson Park lake this afternoon, May 28th. This adults of this species precede those of … Continue reading →

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FotS Danson wildlife walk

Posted on 28/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Six members plus a friend joined me as leader on this late spring wildlife walk organised by Friends of the Shuttle, the wildlife/environment action group in the park, looking primarily at plants, damselflies and birds. Some of the plants of … Continue reading →

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Thames Road Wetland work on a grey May day

Posted on 26/05/2015 by Chris Rose

It was a grey day at Thames Road Wetland yesterday (May 25th). Whilst there were a lot of Azure Damselflies, and some Blue-tails, they were all perched on grasses or nettles and not flying. There wasn’t a lot of avian … Continue reading →

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