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Bexley's only Rookery seems to be slowly expanding. Four nests this year. Close to Thames Road Wetland.
Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK
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Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity
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Bexley RSPB indoor meeting. Friday 13 March 2026 –Rick Bayne - Operation Turtle Dove.
Rick is one of the team who works in the conservation part of the
RSPB and will be sharing with us the story of their work to save and promote the well being of the Turtle Dove.
The species was once an iconic sound of the British summer, but Turtle Dove numbers in the UK plummeted by an estimated 99% between their peak in the late 1960s and 2023.
Ironically, one of the last records of a Turtle Dove in Bexley was at the fabulous Erith Quarry scrubland Site of Importance for Nature Conservation - since substantially trashed by owning Anderson Group with the approval of Bexley Council and the GLA.
The venue is St John Fisher Church Hall, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley DA5 1AP beginning at 7:45p.m. Limited free car parking at the hall and in Thanet Road. The public car park next door now charges from 8am-midnight (£4 for 2-4 hours). Bexley train station is about a five-minute walk away and buses serving Bexley are 132, 229, 269, 492, 601, 669, and B12. Doors usually open at 7.15pm.
As well as enjoying the illustrated talk you may purchase raffle tickets, buy bird food and book coach trips. We also maintain
a small RSPB sales stall.
The atmosphere is friendly and informal with an opportunity to
exchange information and seek advice both before the talk and
during the interval with tea and biscuits.
Admission Charges:
RSPB Member - £4.00
Non-Member - £5.00
Friends of the Cray at Crayford, Friday 6th March.Clearing litter along the river, downstream of Crayford town centre, before the vegetation gets going again and hides it in the undergrowth.
Meet junction of Barnes Cray Rd and Footpath 106, 10 a.m.
Wear work clothes and bring any refreshments required.
Category Archives: Barnehurst
Barnehurst Golf Course butterfly bonanza
Barnehurst Golf course has a good variety of habitats, and thus a good list of butterflies, which is one of the reasons why London Wildlife Trust have recommended that it be promoted from a ‘Local’ to a ‘Grade 2’ Site … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Bexley, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Open spaces, Recording, SINC
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For the sake of Slow Worms, be careful with your compost heap!
For some years now there have been Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis) in my Barnehurst garden , and at some point one or more (the most was 5 at once) turn up in one of the compost heaps. Indeed there were … Continue reading →
Bursted Bluebells – removal of Spanish hybrids continues
The Bexley Council-approved volunteer project to remove Spanish-native hybrid Bluebells in Bursted Woods, Barnehurst, is now in its third spring. Neighbour and Bexley Wildlife Facebook follower John Holland helped me today and we had taken out a largish sack full … Continue reading →
Conserving some of Bexley’s rare plants
The latest e-mail from the Kent Botanical Recording Group, which is producing a comprehensive register of rare plants in the county (which in this case includes that part of west Kent that is now in Greater London) called for information … Continue reading →
Posted in Allotments, Barnehurst, Bexley, Bexley Woods, Bexleyheath, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Bursted Woods, Christchurch Bexleyheath cemetery, coppicing, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Environment, Foots Cray Meadows, Hall Place, Heathland, Kent, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Mistletoe, Plants in Bexley, Recording, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, vegetation management
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Environment Forum to host 19th March meeting for open space sell-off opponents
On behalf of Bexley Natural Environment Forum (the umbrella group for Friends of parks and open spaces and wildlife campaigners in the Borough), we are inviting campaigners to a meeting at Bexley (Village) Library next Thursday 19th at 3pm to … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Friends of the Shuttle, Land sales, Open spaces, Parks, Uncategorized
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Barnehurst Conservatives won’t campaign to save park but will “push the case for a replacement”.
Local residents are receiving a letter from their local Conservative Councillors. As with their local Conservative MP, no commitment to campaign to save the park, but some ‘pushing for a replacement’. This response from a local resident says it all … Continue reading →
‘Consultation’ on Manor Way sell-off.
Just posted on the Save Old Manor Way Playground Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/saveoldmanorwayplayground **** Some of you may have already seen this, but I will post it just to make sure word is spread to everyone! This is a message sent … Continue reading →