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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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FRIENDS OF THE CRAY AT CRAYFORD - NEXT CLEAN-UP FRIDAY 5th APRILClearing the environment along the lower River Cray of accumulated litter. Equipment is provided. Wear work clothes and sturdy footwear.The meeting place is the Barnes Cray Road entrance to Footpath 106 (by the garages on the bend of Barnes Cray Rd, south of Crayford Way - see whatthreewords graphic appended) at 10.00. Hope to see you on the 5th.Best wishes, Sarah1 day ago
DANSON PARK FUNDRAISERS. NEXT EVENT SUNDAY 14th APRIL ......www.facebook.com/FriendsofDansonPark/posts/pfbid0jHkaHb6gPUj6zvRNbdwB9oJnwWR7gzgEa5TcfRKVJD4P3C5a...Just a reminder that our shop will be open tomorrow- Sunday 24th March. ... See MoreSee Less2 days ago
FURTHER REED SUPRESSION WORK AT THAMES ROAD WETLANDFive volunteers on 22nd March put in twenty-two and a half person hours of effort.The focus was on cutting back new Reed growth in a previously cut area, raking the debris and silt into piles for future removal. Most people just won't be aware of just how fast this stuff grows - some patches had shot up between 1 and 2 feet in a fortnight, a rate of growth that will only increase as temperatures rise, so we're really going to have to attempt to keep it in check this year to try and weaken/kill off some areas in order to maintain open water and a mix of vegetation types.We were surprised by the apparent lack of macro invertebrates in the raked up material. On the several piles I created, there were only 2 Water Lice, 1 Spider, 1 one centimetre long black Water Beetle, 1 Water Scorpion and a Pond Skater.Bramble work and litter removal were also carried out.The first spore-bearing cones of Great Horsetail were now visible, looking somewhat like an unopened fungus fruiting body. A largish plant of Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) was in flower adjacent to the wetland. Somehow having gone unnoticed previously, there was a longish run of flowering Danish Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia danica) along the Thames Road pavement side of the TRW fence - along with the unwelcome sight of large amounts of fragmented litter. This coastal plant has spread inland along salted roadways. A Chiffchaff singing was another herald of spring. There were at least 2 or 3 Cetti's Warblers and 3, maybe 4, Water Rails. Proceedings were enlivened by the sight of a couple of technicians scaling the pylon to the south. Not seen this here before, or anywhere else for that matter - except on TV. Rather them than me, though they could have got us some nice aerial photos of the wetland ....... Going past the site on a train on the 23rd, I caught a brief glimpse of a Corvid with a diamond-shaped tail, flying just south of the site, which could well have been a Raven.[Photos by: Ray, Pamela and Chris]Chris Rose, Volunteer Site Manager ... See MoreSee Less1 week ago
Bexley RSPB local bird walk. Crossness/Thamesmead area. Booking essential. Please click link for detailswww.facebook.com/events/384651147841240?ref=newsfeed ... See MoreSee LessThis content isn't available at the moment
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Planting hedgerows and hedgerow maintenance - info sessionCPRE London is organising an online hedgerow info and Q&A event with a hedgerow expert, Megan Gimber from PTES. It'll be a great opportunity to find out more about planting hedgerows and hedgerow maintenance, to ensure your hedgerows have a long and healthy life. We're very lucky to have her as she's an expert in the field and she'll be able to answer a lot of your questions!It will be at 1-2pm on Friday 22nd March via Zoom. If you know anyone else who'd benefit from this talk, then please feel free to invite them. We want as many people as possible to benefit from this meeting!Booking here: ... See MoreSee LessCPRE Hedgerow Info Session and Q&A - CPRE London - Tickets
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Category Archives: Mammals
Updated ‘PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST AND ACCOUNT OF THE MAMMALS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY’ (Edition 4) published
The guide to the mammals of Bexley, compiled by Chris Rose with contributions from a number of local wildlife observers, has been significantly updated to include a number of new Hedgehog records, additional information about Harvest Mice in the Borough, … Continue reading
Harvest Mice – first images of this London rarity in Bexley
Nests of of Harvest Mice (Micronomys minutus) , the UK’s smallest rodent, were first found at Thames Road Wetland in 2014, when 7 were discovered in the course of vegetation management work. None were located in 2015, but another three … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Biodiversity Action Plan, Harvest Mouse, Mammals, Raptors, Recording, Reedbeds, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, Thames21
Tagged Bexley, Biodiversity Action Plan, Brown Rat, Harvest Mouse, Micronomys minutus, Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, Thames Road Wetland, Thames21, trail camera, Wood Mouse
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Cory ‘Environmental’ doesn’t believe its own propaganda
Cory ‘Environmental’, the company that has submitted to Bexley Council – in the name of its Belvedere incinerator arm – a plan for two four-storey buildings to cover most of the former Borax fields next to Crossness Nature Reserve, has not … Continue reading
Posted in Belvedere, Bexley Council, BNEF, Crossness Nature Reserve, development threat, Erith Marshes, Grass Snake, Mammals, Planning, Reptiles and Amphibians, Uncategorized
Tagged Belvedere incinerator, Bexley Council, Cory 'Environmental', Crossness Nature Reserve, ecological survey, Erith Marshes, Great Crested Newt, reptiles, Water Shrew
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Version 3 of Bexley mammal report now available at ‘BW’
The PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST AND ACCOUNT OF THE MAMMALS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY has now been updated to version 3. https://app.box.com/shared/static/092kil6b4uy79khnzyl1kc057ixjvko0.doc The revision includes several Hedgehog records for 2015, and Seal records and photographs from this year. There is … Continue reading
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Seals take shine to Bexley foreshore
Repeated observations hint at rise in numbers on our ‘coast’. Ralph Todd writes: Occasional sightings of seals are reported from the Thames, though I haven’t seen much sign until recently. One of my local birding walks is Crayford Marshes and … Continue reading
Posted in Crayford Marshes, Mammals, Recording, River Thames, Rivers
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Small mammal survey trapping at Woodlands Farm
Mammal surveys start this month. Last year we managed to survey every week throughout September and October, would be good to try this again although is a lot of work. Anyway here are some dates for the first few weeks and we … Continue reading
Posted in Mammals, Recording, Woodlands Farm
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More research shows lighting negatively impacts Bats – BNEF says Bexley’s proposed budget-driven lighting cuts present an opportunity to tackle the problem
New research has shown that the Common Pipistrelle Bat, often found in urban areas, has its foraging and thus feeding activity disrupted and constrained by artificial lighting, especially where there are larger gaps in tree cover: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3111115/Bats-disappearing-cities-Artificial-lights-creating-ecological-dead-zones.html Bexley Natural Environment … Continue reading
Posted in Andersons Group, Bats, Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Bursted Woods, Consultations, Environment, Erith Quarry, Light pollution, Mammals, SINC
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More Bexley mammal news – Weasels and Hedgehog latest
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
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CROSSNESS – exciting range of educational wildlife events announced for the summer
From Karen Sutton – Biodiversity Team Manager, Thames Water Crossness Nature Reserve. I have arranged a diverse series of events through to September, both to showcase the fabulous range of wildlife on the site, and to provide an introduction to … Continue reading