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HELP NORTH WEST KENT COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIP MANAGE HEATHLAND AT JOYDENS WOOD AND DARTFORD HEATH THIS AUGUST .................Joydens Wood straddles the Bexley/Dartford border and Dartford Heath is nearby though not in our Borough - but here at 'BW' we just like heathland.
Tuesday 4th - Joydens Wood, Summerhouse Drive, Dartford DA2 7PB
We will be pulling up bracken that is encroaching on the heathland at Joydens Wood.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9:40 if meeting on site at the entrance to Joydens Wood that is next to the bus stop on Summerhouse Drive. There is plenty of parking on the residential roads off from Summerhouse Drive. The heathland area we will be working in is approximately a 15 minute walk from the entrance.
What3words Summerhouse Drive Entrance: ///order.ranch.slug
Tuesday 11th and Tuesday 25th – Dartford Heath
We will be bracken pulling on Dartford Heath, this will help reduce bracken dominance and support the restoration of diverse heathland vegetation. We will be working in the compartment opposite the car park on Heath Lane (maps.app.goo.gl/cCtvcSevJ5WsDg7YA).
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am if meeting at Dartford Heath car park, Heath Lane (Upper), Dartford DA1 2TN maps.app.goo.gl/jw17ArhgFUu24zwz9
Just a quick reminder that any volunteers who plan to meet us on site should let the member of staff leading the task know as soon as possible so that they can pack the correct number of tools and inform them of any task changes/delays that may occur.
If there are any updates or changes with the programme, we will update it regularly on the volunteer page on our website (www.nwkcp.org ). We will also contact the regular volunteers by phone if any last-minute changes to the location of the task happen.
Please remember to bring with you; suitable clothes for the weather conditions, a packed lunch and suitable footwear (we insist working boots with steel toecap and mid sole are worn at all times to comply with health and safety and insurance considerations). We will supply all other equipment, gloves and safety equipment and also hot drinks and biscuits throughout the day.
Each project will be led by a NWKCP member of staff who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you have throughout the day. A health and safety talk will also be given at the beginning of each project. If you are planning to come out on a project for the first time this month then please let us know beforehand which day that will be.
We write a risk assessment for each task day, and a copy of this will be brought to the site and available for you to read if you wish.
Dartford heath car park · Heath Lane (Upper), Dartford DA1 2TN, United Kingdom
maps.app.goo.gl
★★★★☆ · Parking lot
LONDON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY BIRD WALK, FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS. 1st August.Non-members welcome on 'taster' basis.
9:30am - 1:00pm Meet meet at Albany Park Station. Leader:
George Kalli.
Hoping to see Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, woodland birds.
JOIN A WETLAND HABITAT WORK SESSION ......The next Thames21 staff-supported event at Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, will be on Friday 21/8.
We will be clearing cut Reed to retain open pools, selectively removing standing vegetation to improve ditches for Dragonflies and Water Voles and clearing out more of the road run-off trap so that it has plenty of capacity once the autumn rains kick in.
All equipment provided. No sophisticated skills needed. A chance to met new people and get close to wildlife.
To book/ffi: book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9xkzaAmCNTk2TC
WOODLANDS FARM ADDS BUTTERFLY SURVEY TO UPCOMING EVENTSA butterfly survey has been added to the schedule, so that the wildlife events list for the next month is now as follows ...............
Thursday 23rd July - Bat Survey, 9.20pm
Monday 27th July - Butterfly Survey, 1pm
Wednesday 12th August - Bee Survey, 2pm
Wednesday 26th August - Public Bat walk, 8pm.
FFi: Hannah Ricketts
<education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Education Officer
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Category Archives: Braeburn Park
London butterfly project set up to produce new distribution atlas. Bexley butterfly and moth Facebook page launched.
The London Natural History Society is calling on existing and potential new recorders to help produce a new butterfly distribution atlas for Greater London, the results of which will be compared with the last LNHS survey which was in 1980-86. Much has … Continue reading
Now Bexley Council officer recommends building on 10% of Crayford Rough, a wildlife site of regional importance.
The onslaught against the most valuable wildlife sites in Bexley is set to continue this week as the planning committee meets on 14th April to consider an application to redevelop the old Electrobase industrial site between Hall Place and Crayford … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Common Lizard, Consultations, Crayford, Crayford Rough, development threat, Environment, Open spaces, Planning, Plants in Bexley, Reptiles and Amphibians, SINC, Slow Worm, Uncategorized
Tagged BAP, Bee Orchid, Bexley Council, Bexley Council Core Strategy, Bexley Council planning committee, Bexley SINC review, Common Lizard, Crayford Rough, Crayford Strategy and Action Plan Bexley Council July 2005, London Plan, Metropolitan SINC, NPPF, Pyramidal Orchid, Slow Worm, Yellow Vetchling
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Brimstone seen as Braeburn bids to launch butterfly transect counts
Leslie Williams, of the London Natural History Society, who is leading the group’s project to update the mapping of butterflies in London during 2016, came over to Crayford on 12th March to meet London Wildlife Trust’s Braeburn Park Manager, Shaun … Continue reading
Braeburn Park (LWT reserve): report of November 13th workday
Seven volunteers faced a massive task, heavy showers and sunny spells and a huge 50′ x 4′ high pile of brush to burn through; as well as opening up of the south facing sloping banks, to allow in good sunlight … Continue reading
Braeburn Park (London Wildlife Trust reserve) update and workdays
Work continues at the excellent new London Wildlife Trust reserve at Braeburn Park, 5 minutes up the road from Crayford railway station, and opposite Hall Place, on the south side of the railway line. http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserves/braeburn-park Reserve manager Shaun Marriott writes: … Continue reading
Ralph Todd’s Bexley Bird Report for January – June 2015 published
This latest edition of Ralph’s invaluable six monthly Bexley bird reports, covering the period January – June 2015, is now available, having been delayed whilst he works on the massive job – with volunteer assistance – of digitising older Bexley bird … Continue reading
Bexley Council has no management plan for 80% of SINCS it wholly or partly owns, reveals FOI request
80% of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation wholly or partly owned by Bexley Council have no management plan (i.e. only 1 in 5 does), and 3 of the 6 plans that do exist expired more than 7 years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, Bexley Woods, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Bursted Woods, Chalk Wood, coppicing, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Environment, Erith Marshes, Hollyhill open space, Joydens Wood, Lesnes Abbey Woods, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Open spaces, Parish Wood Park, Parks, River Cray, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, Woodlands Farm
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May workdays at Braeburn Park
Work continues apace at the London Wildlife Trust’s new reserve in Crayford, just up the road from the railway station. The following details of sessions in May have been received from Shaun Marriott, Reserves Officer (South), Phone: 020 7252 9186 / … Continue reading