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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
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All welcome at Thames21 Wetland Discovery event, Gallions Lake, Thamesmead. 25th April.Booking and more details at:book.plinth.org.uk/e/JYiK5o1EZLcHRsZef1be?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2VOcdNkoirlIYi9D_rnqDRw9n9ED...Gallions Lake Wetland Discovery (Nature Forum)
<p><br></p><p>🌿 Join Thames21 for an unforgettable evening of discovery at Gallions Lake! 🌊</p><p><br></p><p>📅 Date: April 25th</p><p>🕒 Time: 17:30 - 18:45</p><p><br></p><p>Meet off Whinch...1 day ago
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER CRAY AT CRAYFORD - UPCOMING SESSIONS.Below is the schedule for our next few dates, which involve litter removal and sometimes vegetation management. All sessions are Fridays and run from 10am to around 12.30 (may be 1pm with packing up). The meeting point is where Barnes Cray Road in Crayford meets Footpath 106 (graphic attached).3rd May7th June5th JulyOur next session is going to involve undergrowth cutting so long sleeves needed!2nd August - this session will be on the St Paul's Cray/ Sidcup border, at Ruxley Gravel Pits Nature Reserve, near Foots Cray Tesco's. We will be joining the North West Kent Countryside Partnership for a litter pick on a beautiful site with 3 lakes.This site is not usually open to the public so it is a fantastic opportunity to see it. We hope to remove all litter from the site, a task started by volunteers in the winter but with water levels too high to finish it. I am happy to walk you round any of the site you have not seen whilst litter picking. NWKCP is likely to offer lifts from Hall Place - details to follow. Best wishesSarah ... See MoreSee Less2 days ago
THAMES21 LAUNCHES CONTINUATION OF TARGETED HIMALAYAN BALSAM ERADICATION PROGRAMME ON RIVER CRAY.Past attempts to tackle the plentiful Himalayan Balsam on the Cray have jumped around from one location to another, with no sustained effort working from upstream downward. Consequently, plants removed from lower down the river can simply be replaced by seed washed down from further up. Balsam seed only remains viable for a couple of years, so a more disciplined approach could start to clear the river of it.Micahel O'Neill will be leading 6 events in total over this spring and summer period, 3 on the upper stretch of the affected Cray, 3 on the next stretch down.The upper stretch being from Water Lane off North Cray Road, down to Old Bexley Village, the lower stretch being from Old Bexley Village to the confluence of the river Shuttle, next to Dartfordians Rugby Club.Dates and links are given below for both the Thames21 website (which carries background details) and for the Plinth event sign up pages.Please send these dates on to your contacts if you think they would be interested in getting involved, either as a volunteer or to coordinate control works on the Cray river.Any questions, please do let me know.Here are the links:book.plinth.org.uk/e/y60VP19JxW7up2gnWQOP 1st event - 26/4/24book.plinth.org.uk/e/m2F8e62NkwUwurdy4diJ 2nd event - 03/5/24book.plinth.org.uk/e/i0JY9SORp1q0JstoVRTF 3rd event - 24//5/24book.plinth.org.uk/e/gpVVKbNti5oxiuP8lmZg 4th event - 31/5/24book.plinth.org.uk/e/S1vEqb7sJoztovKqWxvg 5th event (London River Week) 21/6/24book.plinth.org.uk/e/04q3NEldqncXlKLf5H1K 6th event - 5/7/24www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz/ ( 1st Event)www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-2/ (2nd Event)www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-3/ ( 3rd Event)www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-5/ ( 4th Event)www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-6/ ( 5th Event) LondonRivers Weekwww.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-4/ ( 6th Event)Kind regardsMichael O'NeillEngagement OfficerM +44 (0)7597584363| W www.thames21.org.uk ... See MoreSee Less2 days ago
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WOODLANDS FARM BEE WALK AND SURVEYJust to let you know that our next wildlife survey will be the Bee Walk on Thursday 25th April 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: ... See MoreSee LessAs a charity Woodlands Farm is run as a conservation and education project, which provides an opportunity to find out about farming life and farm animals as well as a chance to experience the countrys...Recent Comments
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Category Archives: brownfield
Clouded Yellow, and once-extinct-in-UK moth, found on doomed Crayford Town centre site
A Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias croceus), primarily an immigrant species, originating from northern Africa and southern Europe, was seen on the former Electrobase site in Crayford this afternoon (11th September). More usually a very occasional sight in our ‘coastal’ areas of … Continue reading
Another important Bexley Wildlife site to be built on.
Disapointed but not surprised by Bexley’s Conservatives giving planning permission on yet another important wildlife site. Below Ralph Todd’s verbal presentation. Visual presentation they convinced me… 3. The letter sent to those of us who wrote to oppose the application. Jonathan Rooks … Continue reading
Battle of Borax fields – Save our Plovers (and Skylarks)
The red-listed Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), a species of the highest national conservation concern, is again breeding on the Borax fields next to Crossness Nature Reserve. Skylark, also red-listed, is thought to be doing likewise, and Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, Bird watching, BNEF, brownfield, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, development threat, Erith Marshes
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Save our Skylarks ! String of marshland sites under renewed threat.
SAVE OUR SKYLARKS – DON’T LET THE COUNCIL BOOT THEM OUT OF BEXLEY! The future of the Skylark as a breeding bird in Bexley, and the survival of the Corn Bunting both here and in London as a whole – … Continue reading
Abbey Wood ‘eyesore’ provides a home and food for declining House Sparrows and a recovering Moth species
Tiny brownfield site is oasis for nature The site of the long-demolished ‘Harrow’ pub at the junction of Knee Hill and Abbey Road, labelled in the local media as a dangerous and untidy eyesore by some, was on the sunny … Continue reading
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
New Housing Zone on Thamesmead ‘brownfield site’
More homes in Bexley. There’s ‘brownfield’ and ‘brownfield’. Some brownfield sites are important wildlife areas. What’s on the site at the moment? Do you think Public Open Space will be incorporated into the development at the same time as Bexley … Continue reading
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Braeburn Park bird walks provide valuable introduction to the site
The London Wildlife Trust’s new Braeburn Park reserve in Crayford is better known by neighbours and other Bexley residents, including existing wildlife enthusiasts, thanks to two walks led by LWT staffer Peter Beckenham. Sixteen people has come along on January … 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