Category Archives: Bursted Woods

SINCs fly-tipping shame

Posted on 26/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Fly-tipping anywhere is lamentable, but here are some current examples from Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation in Bexley …. All photos by Chris Rose.

Posted in Bexley, Bursted Woods, Cray Riverkeepers, Crayford, Environment, Fly-tipping, River Cray, River Wansunt, Rivers, Thames Road Wetland | Leave a comment

Bursted Bluebells – removal of Spanish hybrids continues

Posted on 22/05/2015 by Chris Rose

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 →

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More Bexley mammal news – Weasels and Hedgehog latest

Posted on 12/05/2015 by Chris Rose

At last night’s Allotments Site Representatives meeting two people reported seeing a Weasel on their patch – Nigel O’Nions down at Love Lane by the River Shuttle in Old Bexley, a couple of weeks ago, and a lady from Stable Meadows … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotments, Bats, Bursted Woods, Foots Cray Meadows, Hall Place, Hedgehog, Mammals, River Shuttle, Weasel | Leave a comment

Conserving some of Bexley’s rare plants

Posted on 06/04/2015 by Chris Rose

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 | Leave a comment

Provisional checklist and account of Bexley mammals published at ‘Bexley Wildlife’ website

Posted on 24/02/2015 by Chris Rose

Mammals as a group are poorly recorded in London and their distribution is not well understood, partly because many species are small and largely nocturnal. Information about the status of mammal species in Bexley is limited and widely scattered. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Biodiversity Action Plan, Bursted Woods, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Erith Marshes, Erith Quarry, Extinction, Foots Cray Meadows, Friends of the Shuttle, Gardens, Hall Place, Harvest Mouse, London Wildlife Trust, Mammals, Martens Grove, Recording, River Cray, River Shuttle, River Thames, Ruxley Gravel Pits, Thamesmead, Woodlands Farm, Wyncham Stream | Leave a comment

Danson Parakeet roost count exceeds 2,000 birds

Posted on 22/01/2015 by Chris Rose

The Ring-necked Parakeet (Bexley) ‘study group’ or RNPB for short (well, I just made that title up) organised the first multi-person Parakeet count at the new Danson overnight roost this evening, in a bid to get a more accurate figure … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Bird watching, Bursted Woods, Crossness Nature Reserve, East Wickham Open Space, Foots Cray Meadows, Martens Grove, Parks, Recording, Ring-necked Parakeet, roost site | 1 Comment

Danson is new Ring-neck roost destination

Posted on 23/12/2014 by Chris Rose

One of the great, albeit ‘exotic’, wildlife spectacles in Bexley in recent years has been the sight and sound of Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) flying in successive groups out of various sites in Bexley towards their final night time roost … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Bexley Woods, Bird watching, Bursted Woods, Foots Cray Meadows, Ring-necked Parakeet, roost site, Trees | Leave a comment

Bursted Woods school under fire over proposed ‘prison camp’ fence by popular open space, and threats to Sparrow habitat

Posted on 24/08/2014 by Chris Rose

Local residents are strongly objecting  to plans by Bursted Woods school to erect a long 2.1 metre (7′) tall metal fence along the access road at the western end of this well-used open space and Site of Importance for Nature … Continue reading →

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Bee aware of Hairy-legged Miners and Barnehurst Beewolfs

Posted on 14/07/2014 by Chris Rose

Ever wondered about those hundreds of little piles of sand that appear along the Erith Road margin of Bursted Woods, by the bus stop, every summer? Well, they’re back once again, and they’re the uncommon London species Hairy-legged Mining Bee … Continue reading →

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