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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
FoTS leads way in rescuing Danson froglets
Friends of the Shuttle Committee member Mandy Stevens has been quick off the mark to start rescuing newly-metamorphosed Froglets from the formal Old English Garden pond at Danson Park, as they are unable to exit the waterbody due to the … Continue reading
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Danson Black Bryony find is only second for Bexley in last decade
A young Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis) plant, found growing just outside the main entrance to the English Garden in Danson Park by Chris Rose on June 3rd, is only the second record in Bexley in the last decade. All told … Continue reading
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Bexley flight of the (Tree) Bumblebee sets Beekeepers’ phones buzzing
David Rea, Chairman, Sidcup Beekeepers. The second half of May 2014 has seen a spectacular explosion of activity by the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) in southern England. This strikingly pretty bee is common in Europe but is a new arrival … Continue reading
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LOCAL RESERVE MANAGERS VISIT RAINHAM
Local Nature Reserve Managers Karen Sutton (Crossness) and Chris Rose (Thames Road Wetland, Vice-Chair Bexley Natural Environment Forum) went over to the ‘dark side’ today (aka Essex) to discuss with staff at RSPB Rainham Marshes the measures that might be taken … Continue reading
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Environment Forum looks to grow influence
Bexley Natural Environment Forum (the umbrella body for Friends of Parks and Open Spaces groups, local wildlife experts and conservationists and sustainability campaigners in the Borough) has decided to put relatively more effort into growing the membership and activity of … Continue reading
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‘Urban Birder’ helps celebrate new Crossness bird hide opening
The new two-storey bird hide at Crossness Nature Reserve was officially opened on Friday 16th May at an event attended by over 50 officers from Thames Water, Bexley Council, Thamesmead organisations, the builders and national and local nature conservation groups. … Continue reading
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Mammal Watch South East England project launching
The Mammal Society is launching the Mammal Watch South East (MaWSE) project at Wildwood Trust in Kent this coming Saturday (17th May), and has confirmed to Bexley Natural Environment Forum that the geographical scope includes 10k grid squares TQ57 and … Continue reading
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NOT QUITE THE SERENGETI, BUT HIGH DRAMA NEVERTHELESS
These days we’re all used to seeing the drama of the life-or-death struggles between large mammalian predators and their prey, all in high definition, and from the comfort of our own living rooms. But if you’re very lucky, similar spectacles … Continue reading
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Marks and Spencers staff finish off fly-tipping
On April 29th, More than 20 staff from various local Marks and Spencers outlets helped Thames21 volunteers clear old and new fly-tipping and general litter from along the River Cray on By-way 105, and the sewer pipe embankment around Thames … Continue reading
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