With both Buzzards and Red Kites having been seen around the Hall Place area in the last few days, Joe Johnson describes the differences.
http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Species-spotlight-Common-buzzard-red-kite-Joe-J.pdf
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Norfolk Hawker dragonfly spotted in Sidcup for the first time
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Eric Brown reports on the rare Norfolk hawker dragonfly reaching Sidcup, marking a significant expansion for one of Britain’s most protected species.
Woodlands Farm meadow flower survey postponed due to heat ....The plant survey set for the afternoon of Thursday 25/6 has been rescheduled for the following Thursday - 2nd July - due to high temperature warnings. It will be at 2pm.
(See 17/6 post for location details).
UPCOMING WOODLANDS FARM WILDLIFE SURVEYSA few more dates for the diaries:
Thursday 25th June, 2pm - Meadow Plants Survey
Wednesday 8th July, 9.30pm - Bat Survey
Friday 10th July, 2pm - Bee Walk
Please let me know if you are able to attend these, especially if coming to the bat
survey.
Thank you.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 020 8319 8900
Danson wildlife walk, 28/6. Pre-booking essential. Not sure if still places left, but may be worth asking if there's a 'substitutes' list if places all nominally taken ....
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I saw a red kite circling above the Clarence Road / Crescent area of Sidcup at about 6.30pm on Wednesday 4 May. I mentioned it to a few people and have heard that kites have also been seen in Bromley. This is the first one I’ve seen in Kent having noticed them seem to move up the M4 and M40 over the past few years.
Thanks for reading. Great sighting, yeah red kites seem to be getting more common in the area recently and I saw my first Kent red kite a couple of days back actually having seen them in many other parts of the country. There stunning birds, I cant wait to see my first Bexley kite.
Joe.
Around 9am this morning I saw a red kite circling over Sidcup in the Old Farm Ave/Halfway St area. Wasn’t sure at first but through the binoculars I could clearly make out the white under-wings and the give away forked tail. It circled for about 5 minutes then headed off west. Great sight.