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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 Monday 20th May 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: <http://www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
FREE ONLINE MAMMAL EVENTS ...HEDGEHOGS:
An Evening with Hedgehog Street: National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme special – Tuesday 7th May 2024. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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WATER VOLES
Watching Water Voles Webinar – Wednesday 22nd May 2024. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Water Vole Ecology and Field Signs Training – Thursday 23rd May 2024. 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Upcoming Events – People's Trust for Endangered Species
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We’re excited to bring you a 1-hour webinar, focusing on our favourite element of our popular Water Vole Ecology and Field Signs course – the identification of water voles and their field signs...
URBAN TREE WEEK EVENTS AT LESNES.Saturday 18th of May - 11:30am - 13:00pm FREE. Tour of the Lesnes Abbey Arboretum. In this walk we will focus on the area known as the arboretum which was specifically planted with a selection of rare native trees as well as globally sourced exotics.
urbantreefestival.org/lesnes-abbey-tour
Saturday 18th May - 13:30pm - 14:30pm. £6. Join the Friends of Lesnes Abbey and Woods for a guided walk through our ancient woodlands. A circular route with some steady climbs on well-trodden paths takes us on a journey of discovery.
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Lesnes Abbey Tour — Urban Tree Festival
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In this walk we will focus on the area known as the arboretum which was specifically planted with a selection of rare native trees as well as globally sourced exotics
Guided Bat walk, Danson Park. 10/5/24.www.facebook.com/FriendsofDansonPark/posts/pfbid02ry29xhKQNrwbjv8mrLjYzpY99N4L61446BrL5nsF6vnAR1e...Please note that due to very high demand there are no more places available for next weeks Bat Walk. If you received an email or message to confirm your place on the waiting list and if places become available you will be contacted by one of the committee members. Unfortunately we are unable to add any more names to the waiting list.
Our next guided bat walk is open for bookings
Friday 10 May at 8 pm at Danson Stables carpark
Adults £5
Accompanied children free
These are normally oversubscribed, so please email friendsofdansonpark@gmail.com or text 07596 657763 to book your place.
RECYCLING FOR CHARITY EVENTby Wasteless Market.
Wednesday 15th May, 13.00-15.00
Bexleyheath Library, Townley Road, Bexleyheath
We will be collecting hard-to recycle packaging in aid of charity as part of the Eco-Library tour - a monthly drop-in session where you can discuss and get ideas for sustainable living.
Please check the list of acceptable items below, as these do change. All packaging must be flat, empty and sorted into the categories shown.
For every kg collected £1 is donated to charity (apart from the blister packs). Charities supported are: Kent & London Air Ambulance; Pathfinder Guide Dogs; Against Breast Cancer and Mind in Bexley.
Biscuit, cake & cracker packets
Bras - any condition
Bread & bakery product wrappers - only plastic
Cheese packets - clean & dry please
Dishwasher tablet pouches & household wipe packaging (no other types of wipe please)
Broken Food storage boxes & reusable plastic drinking bottles
Laundry pod pouches
Medicine blister packs
Plastic Milk bottle tops (washed and dried please)
Used postage stamps
Pringles tubes - no lids - squashed flat please
Printer cartridges (inkjet only)
Medicine blister pack recycling incurs a cost for us - if you would like to support us with the cost of this scheme, or to make a donation towards our work, please visit our localgiving page at localgiving.org/charity/Wasteless-market/
Thank you!
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Tag Archives: Broom
Braeburn Park (LWT) update
Reserve Manager Shaun Marriott reports on developments at London Wildlife Trust’s Braeburn Park site in Crayford, and the sighting of a Red Kite there: We’re continuing the Weds and Thurs workday slots over the next weeks, mainly working on both of … Continue reading
Posted in Braeburn Park, London Wildlife Trust
Tagged acid grassland, Braeburn Park, Broom, butterfly survey, Gorse, habitat management
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Golf course second haven for Heather in Bexley
Bexleyheath Golf Course, running downhill from Mount Road to the A2, is a Borough Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, almost certainly on account of harbouring the only Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in Bexley outside of Lesnes Abbey Woods, … Continue reading
Posted in Bexleyheath, Heathland, Open spaces, Recording, SINC
Tagged Bexleyheath Golf Course, Broom, Green Woodpecker, Harebell, Heather, Wood Sage
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