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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: Crossness
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
Tagged Bexley Natural Environment Forum, Cory 'Environmental', Cory 'Environmental'? Pull the Plover one!, Donna Zimmer, Little-ringed Plover, open mosaic habitat, Ringed Plover, Skylark
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Campaigners hand in objections to Cory ‘Environmental’ and Roxhill’s damaging plans for red-listed birds on Bexley’s marshes
The campaigns in favour of protecting vital breeding habitat for Skylarks and Ringed Plovers in Bexley, red-listed birds in serious decline nationally, and the only breeding site for Little-ringed Plover in the Borough continued today (29th April). Campaigners from Friends … Continue reading
Posted in Crayford Marshes, Crossness, development threat, Environment, Erith Marshes
Tagged Bexley Natural Environment Forum, Chris Rose, Cory 'Environmental', Crayford Marshes, Crossness Nature Reserve, Donna Zimmer, Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, Little-ringed Plover, red-listed, Ringed Plover, Roxhill, Save our Skylarks, Skylark, Steve Carter
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Updated checklist and account of Bexley Dragonflies and Damselflies published as season gets underway
‘Bexley Wildlife’s’ guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies in the Borough, and where to see them, has been updated to mark the start of the flight season – during which the adult insects metamorphose from their unobtrusive aquatic larval stage, take … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Crossness, Danson Park, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Erith Marshes, Recording
Tagged checklist, Crossness, Damselflies, Danson Park, Dragonflies, Erith Marshes, Lamorbey, Odonata
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Spring migration at Crossness and birdwalk 24th April
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Book early for Crossness spring bird walk!
With the Spring migration getting underway there will be a Bird Walk at Crossness at 9am on Sunday 24th April. PLACES ARE LIMITED, SO BOOK NOW! Ralph and Brenda Todd will be leading the walk for us, and we are proposing … Continue reading
Spring migration underway at Crossness, one of London’s top bird sites
Spring migration is underway at the Erith Marshes Crossness Nature Reserve site, with Sunday 3rd April seeing some early migrants. Our first, and earliest, Sedge Warbler, was captured as part of the Dartford Ringing Group’s bird monitoring activities for the national BTO scheme. … Continue reading
Second Bexley site for Musk Stork’s-bill, another location for Rue-leaved Saxifrage and photos of White Ramping Fumitory at Crossness
A second population of Musk Stork’s-bill (Erodium moschatum) has been found in Bexley, with 5 plants in the grass verge on the west side of Perry Street roundabout, and at least one other round the corner in Parkside Avenue. I … Continue reading
Save our Skylarks! More than 50 protest at Cory plan to kick birds in conservation danger off Erith marshes and out of Bexley
Forty-six adults and eight children turned out for today’s ‘Save our Skylarks’ demonstration at Erith marshes, organised by members of Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, at which our new campaign banner was unveiled and kites were flown with cut-out Skylarks … Continue reading
Posted in Bird watching, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Demonstration, development threat, Erith Marshes, Planning
Tagged Bexley Council, Cory 'Environmental', Crossness Nature Reserve, demo, Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, Little-ringed Plover, planning policy, protest, Ringed Plover, Skylark
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Skylark and Corn Bunting spotlight – species in serious UK decline are now under threat in Bexley
Skylarks and Corn Buntings are both farmland bird species of the highest UK conservation concern due to major declines in recent decades. Current planning applications in Bexley threaten to make this worse. According to the RSPB the Skylark population halved during … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bird watching, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, development threat
Tagged Corn Bunting, Ecology Solutions, London Wildlife Trust, railfreight, red-listed, Roxhill, Skylark
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