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Monday 10th August - mini-beasts and plants at Lesnes.Minibeast Hunting (1 1/4 hour family workshop)
£3 per child (accompanying adults come free!)
Come join us at Lesnes Abbey as we explore the vegetation and flowers around the park looking for minibeasts. Learn how to use a sweep net along with other equipment such as 2 way microscopes and discover the amazing insects, spiders and other smaller creatures that call Lesnes home.
Times: 10-11:15, 11:30-12:45, 1:00-2:15
These workshops have been subsidised by a grant from National Lottery Heritage Fund
Meet outside the lodge by the chestnut kiosk (booking is essential)
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HALL PLACE DUSK BAT WALK 26/8.Bat walks in the Borough are very popular, and advance booking is essential - www.hallplace.org.uk/event/family-bat-walk/
[20/8 - adults only - SOLD OUT]
26/8 - family
Adults £15.50
Children (10-16 years) £10.50
Followed by tea and cake.
Hall Place and Gardens - One of the South East’s best-kept secrets
www.hallplace.org.uk
Welcome to Hall Place and Gardens One of the South East's best-kept secrets. This historic house and garden, rich in fascinating history, welcomes visitors all year round with a range of exhibitions a...
Not seen this many Aphid (Eriosoma lanuginosum)-induced bladder-like galls on Elm before. Nor has the London Natural History Society gall recorder Tommy Root. The aphids cause these distorted leaf growths, which they then live inside. WhitehallLane, Slade Green, near railway station footbridge. 19th June.
Chris Rose.
BEXLEY RSPB LOCAL BUTTERFLY WALK - EAST WICKHAM OPEN SPACE. 18/7/2026.Prior booking essential. Contact Ralph Todd - by email (preferable) Ralph on rbtodd@btinternet.com or phone/text on 07838 352393 and please give a contact phone number in case of late changes to arrangements. Please also advise if you have booked and need to cancel as there may be a waiting list. Ralph will usually send out
a reminder to those booked two or three days prior to the date to confirm arrangements and any changes.
Time: 10:30-12:30
Meet at the entrance to the Open Space in Camdale Road SE18 2DR. Our annual visit for this popular butterfly walk. We are returning to our original July date which seems to be the prime month for butterflies. As always, we hope to find a variety of skippers, Marbled White and Brown Argus and other more common species. No facilities. Leader Nicky Wilson.
HOW ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT 2026 ?Butterfly Conservation's important annual citizen science project, helping measure the status of butterfly populations, gets underway on 1st July, with counting due to take place between 17th of July and 9th of August.
Simply count butterflies for 15 minutes during bright (preferably sunny) weather during the Big Butterfly Count. We have chosen this time of year because most butterflies are at the adult stage of their lifecycle, so more likely to be seen. Records are welcome from anywhere: from parks, school grounds and gardens, to fields and forests.
You can do more than one count - different dates and/or different places if you want to.
ID guide available for less experienced observers.
Ffi and registration go to:
bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Be part of this nationwide survey and help take the pulse of nature. Butterfly declines reveal the poor health of the environment. We need your sightings.
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Bexley RSPB Group Walk: Crossness Nature Reserve, Tuesday 31st May 2022
Report by leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Crossness-May-2022.pdf
Bexley RSPB – report of March bird/nature walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead former Golf Course and Thames Foreshore
Report courtesy Ralph and Brenda Todd: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Southmere-Lake-and-Thamesmead-golf-course-March-22.pdf
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Report of Bexley RSPB KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir walks, February 15th.
Thanks to Leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd for the following report: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Sevenoak-Wildlife-Reserve-February-2022.pdf
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Tagged Bexkley RSPB, Bough Beech Reservoir, Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
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Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve bird walk report, 22nd November 2021
Report of November’s bird walk at Crossness, courtesy Ralph and Brenda Todd and Site Manager Karen Sutton: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bird-walk-Friends-of-Crossness-November-2021.pdf
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KAREN CALLS FOR CROSSNESS PHOTOS
Thames Water is looking to promote and celebrate the wildlife sites, such as Crossness, that it manages within its estate. Site Manager Karen Sutton says: ‘Many of you send us your beautiful photos from around Crossness Nature Reserve and Southern Marsh, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crossness, Karen Sutton, photography, Thames Water
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Birds of Bexley publication – comments sought on early draft
Bexley RSPB stalwart Ralph Todd is hard at work on a book entitled ‘Birds of Bexley’, covering the birds recorded in the Borough primarily during the period from 1935 to the present. Indeed he ceased production of his six-monthly, then … Continue reading
New count at Danson Parakeet roost
The news that Ring-necked Parakeets in Bexley had switched from flying out to roost sites at Hither Green Cemetery, Sutcliffe Park or Brockwell Park, to spending the night in Poplars by the lake at Danson Park, was reported on ‘Bexley … Continue reading
Bexley RSPB walk at Lamorbey Park on 18th February
Ralph and Brenda Todd have provided this report of Bexley RSPB’s local birdwatching walk at Lamorbey and the Glade on 18th February. Peregrine Falcon, Nuthatch, Goldcrest and Redwing were amongst the species encountered. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Lamorbey-Park-February-2020.pdf
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Bexley RSPB Hall Place/Crayford Rough 16th January birdwatching walk report.
Buzzard and Stonechats were highlights of this Hall Place/Crayford Rough walk. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Hall-Place-and-Crayford-Rough-January-2020.pdf
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Tagged Buzzard, Crayford Rough, Greenfinch, Hall Place, Stonechat
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Report of Bexley RSPB trip to Rainham Marshes reserve on 14/12/2019
Group sees 50 bird species at Rainham, despite some unfavourable weather. Report by Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RSPB-Bexley-Group-walk-Rainham-Marshes-RSPB-Reserve-Saturday-December-14th-2019.pdf