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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)
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<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...
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 May
7th June
5th July
Our 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 wishes
Sarah
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 - 26/4/24
book.plinth.org.uk/e/m2F8e62NkwUwurdy4diJ 2nd event - 03/5/24
book.plinth.org.uk/e/i0JY9SORp1q0JstoVRTF 3rd event - 24//5/24
book.plinth.org.uk/e/gpVVKbNti5oxiuP8lmZg 4th event - 31/5/24
book.plinth.org.uk/e/S1vEqb7sJoztovKqWxvg 5th event (London River Week) 21/6/24
book.plinth.org.uk/e/04q3NEldqncXlKLf5H1K 6th event - 5/7/24
www.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) London
Rivers Week
www.thames21.org.uk/event/cray-river-balsam-blitz-4/
( 6th Event)
Kind regards
Michael O'Neill
Engagement Officer
M +44 (0)7597584363| W www.thames21.org.uk
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 Officer
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 0208 3198900
Website:
www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org
As 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...
Category Archives: Thames Road Wetland
Thames Road Wetland – general views and plant photos, 26/4/18
On a generally sunny afternoon there was birdsong aplenty at Thames Road Wetland, with the sound of Reed Warblers, a male Reed Bunting, 2 Cetti’s Warblers, 2 Song Thrushes, a Greenfinch and several Goldfinches prominent. Two juvenile Common Lizards were … Continue reading
Thames21 team tackles two fly-tipping incidents by Thames Road Wetland
Local Thames21 staff and volunteers have recently been tackling two ugly fly-tipping incidents adjacent to Thames Road Wetland, with a third yet to be sorted out. The second, and largest, of these might have been avoided had Bexley Council acted … Continue reading
Contrasting Composites at Thames Road Wetland
Some of the composites (Daisy and Dandelion family – now known as Asteraceae) currently in flower at Thames Road Wetland are pictured below. Contrary to the site’s name, there are a variety of conditions, including reed-swamp and hot, south-facing dry … Continue reading
Reed Warblers back at Thames Road Wetland as Green Hairstreak shows up for 2nd year and first Damselfly seen.
As reported from other sites, Reed Warbler is back in Bexley from its African wintering grounds, and a few could be heard chuntering from out in the reedswamp at Thames Road Wetland on April 12th. A Cetti’s Warbler was present … Continue reading
Lizards and butterflies herald spring at Thames Road Wetland
So warm and sunny was it on March 15th at Thames Road Wetland that although it felt like the kind of day the Lizards would start to come out in force, they didn’t begin to show on the old tyre … Continue reading
Posted in Butterflies, Reptiles and Amphibians, Thames Road Wetland
Tagged Comma, Lizard, Small Tortoiseshell, Snipe, Thames Road Wetland, Water Rail
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Thames21 and St. Paul’s Academy make Great British Spring Clean impact
Thames Road Wetland, the River Wansunt and the Cray along By-way 105 benefitted from the efforts of Thames21 and St. Paul’s Academy in Greenwich on March 5th, as 19 bags of rubbish (including separated recyclables), wooden pallets, items of clothing, electrical equipment … Continue reading
Thames Road Wetland Mistletoe destroyed by (probable) firewood thieves?
Some time during the first week of February two of the horizontal Poplar trunks at Thames Road Wetland were sawn up and almost completely removed from the site. Unfortunately one of these had had our only remaining Mistletoe on it, … Continue reading
Updated CHECKLIST AND ACCOUNT OF THE ODONATA (DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES) OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY (6th edition) published
This updated guide to the 19 species of Dragonflies and Damselflies of the London Borough of Bexley, compiled by Chris Rose with additional records and photographs from Ralph Todd, Ian Stewart, Karen Sutton, Martin Petchey and Wren Rose, provides information … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Danson Park, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Recording, River Cray, River Shuttle, Thames Road Wetland
Tagged Chalcolestes viridis, Crossness, Damselflies, Danson Park, Dragonflies, Dragonflies and damselflies of Bexley, Foots Cray Meadows, Lamorbey lake, London Borough of Bexley, Odonata, Odonata of Bexley, River Cray, River Shuttle, Thames Road Wetland, Willow Emerald Damselfly
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Bexley butterfly highlights of 2016
A round-up of key butterfly observations in the London Borough of Bexley during 2016 Principal contributors – Steve Carter, Joe Johnson, Mike Robinson, Chris Rose and Purnendu Roy. Summary: As envisaged in the 2015 report, White Admiral was confirmed as a Bexley … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Butterflies, Crayford, Crayford Marshes, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, East Wickham Open Space, Erith Marshes, Hall Place, Hollyhill open space, Invertebrates, Joydens Wood, Lesnes Abbey Woods, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Parish Wood Park, Recording, River Cray, Thames Road Wetland, Uncategorized
Tagged Bexley butterflies, Bexley Butterfly and Moth Group, Brown Argus, Clouded Yellow, East Wickham Open Space, Green Hairstreak, Marbled White, Painted Lady, Ringlet, Silver-washed Fritillary, Small Copper, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, White Admiral
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