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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
Lesnes ant identified as Temnothorax nylanderi
Some very small ants, spotted on July 26th making their way up a stunted Oak tree on the Lesnes Abbey Woods heathland, and collected by Duncan Sivell of the British Museum of Natural History, have been formally confirmed as Temnothorax … Continue reading
LWT begins management at superb Braeburn Park site
London Wildlife Trust has now begun work at the fabulous Braeburn Park (aka Old Orchard/Gun Club) site on the other side of the railway line from Hall Place and Crayford Rough, and just up the road from Crayford railway station. … Continue reading
Shopping in Bexleyheath? – ‘check out’ the wildlife ….
Another couple of Jersey Tiger Moths seen yesterday (July 28th) – one on the footpath between the NHS centre and the railway line by Bursted Woods, and another by the hall next to Christchurch, Bexleyheath. Christchurch cemetery is well worth … Continue reading
Mellow yellow – lutino Ring-necked Parakeet pictured at Crossness
A rare yellow colour form of the familiar Ring-necked Parakeet was photographed at Crossness Nature Reserve on Saturday 26th July, reports Site Manager Karen Sutton. Birding UK says: This is a colour form [of Ring-necked Parakeet] know as ‘lutino’, in … Continue reading
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Rare Shrill Carder Bee continues to covet Crossness
Hot news from Crossness Nature Reserve Site manager Karen Sutton, who reports that the rare ‘poster species’ of ‘Thames Gateway’/brownfield sites, the Shrill Carder bee, has once again been found at the site. This is why every opportunity should be … Continue reading
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East Wickham team slam habitat management error
East Wickham Conservation Volunteers, meeting on 15th July 2014, minuted that they were ‘….. very disappointed that habitat has been destroyed at the Highbanks entrance (to East Wickham Open Space). A few weeks ago it was completely cut down on … Continue reading
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Environment Forum looks at problem areas
The well-attended Bexley Natural Environment Forum meeting on July 23rd looked at a couple of long-running problem areas. These were the Vicarage Road Site of Importance for Nature Conservation in Old Bexley, which has been subjected to repeated bulldozing, and … Continue reading
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Pinnacle of bad planning
Here’s the ugly new Pinnacle Hill development in Bexleyheath, on the land surrounding the new council offices in the former Woolwich Building, courtesy Tesco and builder Bellway. A shining example of how to minimise the homes for nature in new … Continue reading
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Foots Cray Meadows goes equal top for Odonata
Local bird-watchers Ian Stewart and Ralph Todd turned their attentions – and lenses – to Dragonflies and Damselflies at Foots Cray Meadows on Friday (July 18th) with fantastic results. Eleven species were seen, two or three of which are new … Continue reading
Bexley entanglements support RSPCA call on netting
The RSPCA is calling for members of the public to tidy away loose netting, warning that it poses a danger to wildlife. In Bexley, a Grass Snake was found dead in crop protection netting during the ongoing survey of the Borough’s … Continue reading
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