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- Help check river pollution with the Cray/Shuttle Outflow Safari
- Bexley RSPB Group Walk: Crossness Nature Reserve, Tuesday 31st May 2022
- Bexley RSPB – report of March bird/nature walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead former Golf Course and Thames Foreshore
- Report of Bexley RSPB KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir walks, February 15th.
- Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve bird walk report, 22nd November 2021
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Online symposium with The Buzz Club, Thursday 16th May.The Buzz Club is a sceientist-supported citizen science network, working on projects to gather data on what really does (or doesn't) work in improving gardens for wildlife.£1 to attend for non-professionals, though additional donations up to £10 welcome.This one will focus on Hoverflies and on Bees coping with heatwaves.The Buzz Club: Citizen Science Virtual Symposium
Join us for a citizen science knowledge-sharing event using The Buzz Club projects as case studies.5 days ago
Friends of the Cray at Crayford - this Friday 17th MayMeet 10am where Footpath 106 meets Barnes Cray Road (see graphic below).I am hoping we can get a particular section of undergrowth cut down so it you have leather gloves that can withstand brambles it is worth bringing them in case! If we can, we'll also collect some litter near the Barnes Cray entrance to By-way 105. It's only a couple of weeks till the following session & 106 will get priority then.Sarah. ... See MoreSee Less6 days ago
ERITH SWIFTS First visit of year to Stuart Mantle Way, Slade Green/Erith, Swift nesting site, 10th May.Air bricks used for access to lo-rise blocks of flats (circled yellow) including end section of Londonderry Parade of homes/shops, which I'd not seen used before.14 birds, exactly the same number as on my fist 2023 count here, which was made on 7th May.Plenty more apparent access points than pairs of birds, unless quite a few cavities are unsuitable in some way, so on the face of it, something else may be limiting colony size.Buglife's latest car number plate invert spatter count data isn't good news for 'bug' eating species.Chis Rose. ... See MoreSee Less6 days ago
BRAEBURN PARK (London Wildlife Trust), CRAYFORD. **Next work session Thursday 16th May.A variety of tasks are undertaken depending on priorities at the time. Path management and targeted habitat work often feature.Meet 10a.m. at the compound by the industrial estate off the old Rochester Way (see image appended). We usually finish at 3 (but you can come and go as you please). Trained leaders and first aiders will be present. No experience required. Equipment provided. Wear suitable work clothes and sturdy footwear. Tea/coffee and biscuits supplied. Bring any other food and drink you may require.Contact Simon Hawkins <shawkins@wildlondon.org.uk> in advance for more details / to let him know when you're likely to arrive if not by 10 a.m. ... See MoreSee Less1 week ago
WOODLANDS FARM BEE WALK AND SURVEYJust to let you know that our next wildlife survey will be the Bee Walk on Monday 20th May at 2pm. As usual please meet in the farmyard outside the office.If you are able to make it please let me know.Thank you.Hannah Ricketts <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>Education OfficerThe Woodlands Farm Trust331 Shooters HillWellingKentDA16 3RPTel: 0208 3198900Website: <http://www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org> ... See MoreSee LessRecent Comments
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- Bursted Wood Plans on Bursted Woods – some general views and ground flora photos, spring 2018
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Category Archives: BNEF
Environment Forum submits FOI request on wildlife site management
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
SOGS campaign seeks tree info and protection plans for threatened sites
The Save our Green Spaces Campaign group has submitted a Freedom of Information Request to Bexley Council (set out below) , asking for details of the many trees that occur on sites that the Council is considering for sale, and … Continue reading
Open Spaces campaign gathers momentum, now has contact e-mail
Mandy Stevens reports from the April meeting of the Save Our Green Spaces Campaign. The group now has a contact e-mail address which is saveourgreenspaces11@gmail.com * News Shopper had given some coverage to the campaign and signposted the Old Farm Park … Continue reading
Report of BNEF-hosted open spaces campaign meeting
There was a good turnout of around 20 people to the first meeting of the Save Our Green Spaces Campaign last Thursday (March 19th) in Bexley Library, hosted by Bexley Natural Environment Forum (the umbrella group for ‘Friends’ of parks … Continue reading
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Swanscombe marshes threatened by ‘theme park’ bulldozers
Peter Beckenham of Braeburn Park/LWT fame has asked us to put up something about the Swanscombe marshes/peninsula, which we have in fact been meaning to do for some time. What does this have to do with Bexley? Well, the Swanscombe … Continue reading
Environment Forum seeks to get to root causes of poor site management. Request for underlying plans yet to be answered.
Bexley Natural Environment Forum has become increasingly exasperated with the way may open spaces in the Borough have been managed, the lack of biodiversity awareness and joined-up thinking and the obvious potential for enhancing the wildlife value of sites whilst … Continue reading
‘Developer’ Andersons to cram Erith Quarry reptiles into less than half the required space
Under pressure from sharply critical submissions by Bexley Natural Environment Forum and London Wildlife Trust, the Anderson Group, which is seeking permission from Bexley Council to build over 75% of the 22ha Erith Quarry, a Grade 1 Site of Importance … Continue reading
Twenty enjoy Bexley Park Woods wildlife walk in spring sunshine
Eighteen people joined leaders Chris Rose from Bexley Natural Environment Forum and Ralph Todd of Bexley RSPB on yesterday’s (March 12th) wildlife walk around Bexley Park Woods, hosted by Friends of the Shuttle, the river that runs through the northern … Continue reading