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FREE Eco-MarketSaturday May 3rd 12-4p.m.
Christchurch, Bexleyheath Broadway, Bexleyheath
A variety of stallholders with a passion for their craft and protecting the planet, with a range of upcycled, natural and zero-waste products. Campbells Chutneys are joining us for the first time with not only delicious chutneys and pickles but also jam, marmalade, and chilli jam, hand made in Kent.
We'll have our Refills and Wasteless Essentials stall where you can fill up your own containers with household and personal care products.
Bring your hard to recycle packaging to recycle for charity - such as plastic wrappers, plasic bread bags, metal-ended Pringles tubes, inkjet cartridges and empty medicinal blister packs. Full
details at
wastelessmarket.com
CHARITABLE RECYCLING STATION Our Recycling Station is a drop off point for your hard to recycle items. We're diverting waste away from the incinerator and raising money for charity Recycling for chari...
UPCOMING LESNES HABITAT MANAGEMENT SESSIONS ......The first SUNDAY of each month 10am to 1pm. Meet outside CHESTNUT'S COFFEE KIOSK at 10:00 am. The group then collects tools and equipment from the yard that is opposite the toilets.
Next Sunday session will be 4th May.
Also every WEDNESDAY 10am to 1pm. Meet at the north side of the Lodge by the yard entrance.
Note: these events tend to involve fairly active work and may require walking with tools to remote parts of the woods, so a reasonable level of fitness is required.
All tools and materials provided.
Ffi: www.friendsoflesnesabbeyandwoods.com/get-involved/conservation
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EARLIEST RECORDED RETURN DATE FOR BARNEHURST SWIFT NESTING ZONE.There were 3 Swifts circling over the northern half of Hillingdon Road this evening (29/4), the same place as the first ones I saw in this area in 2024. This was my first check of the year, so they could have got back even earlier.
Previous 'first dates' for this 'site' are as follows:
2024 - 1/5. None seen in an hour of circuits on 30/4
2023 - 2/5. My first check of the year so they may have arrived earlier. One reported at Crossness 28/4
2022 -8/5 (checked from 28/4)
2021 - 6/5 (had last checked 3/5)
2020 - 2/5 (first date checked)
2019 - didn't monitor
2018 - 7/5 (had checked every evening starting 1/5)
2017 - 4/5 (no prior daily checks)
2016 - 4/5 (no prior daily checks)
2015 - 6/5 (no prior daily checks)
The earliest Swifts in London this year were one at Rainham on April 14th, and another on the same date at Staines Reservoir.
Chris Rose
HELP CLEAN UP THE LOWER RIVER CRAY !Join FRIENDS OF THE CRAY AT CRAYFORD on FRIDAY 2nd May
to tackle litter along the banks of the lower Cray,
Meet 10 a.m. at the junction of Footpath 106 and Barnes Cray Road (see graphic below).
The plan is to go downriver along By-way 105 this week before the undergrowth gets too dense.
All welcome, no particular skills needed.
Equipment will be provided. Wear appropriate clothing for being out in the open and avoiding stings from Nettles and scratches from Brambles, and bring something to drink.
Best wishes
Sarah
Author Archives: Chris Rose
Mayor of London tells ministers to block second Cory and other new incinerators in London
A public inquiry into a second waste incinerator on Erith Marshes in Belvedere is imminent. GLA PRESS RELEASE 21/5/19 ‘Stop allowing new toxic waste incinerators in London’ Mayor tells ministers · Sadiq: Another polluting plant ‘the last thing we need’ … Continue reading
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Crossness news – incinerator, Water Voles, birds, butterflies, bees, bugs and upcoming events …..
Karen Sutton provides an update from Crossness LNR at Erith Marshes about the latest issues, wildlife and public events at the site …….. Crayford Marshes success, and Cory’s plans that will impact Crossness Nature Reserve: Back in 2016, many of … Continue reading
Bexley RSPB – report of Hall Place North to Shenstone Park bird walk, 9th May 2019.
The Hall Place North to Shenstone Park bird walk on 9th May 2019 covered new ground for a Bexley RSPB group meeting. Twenty five species were seen, including a number of over-flying Swifts. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Local-Walk-Hall-Place-North-May-2019.pdf
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Lesnes Spider ID day a success
Fourteen people attended the Field Studies Council spider identification workshop led by Edward Milner at Lesnes Abbey Woods back on 24th April. 30 species from 18 families of spider were found, including 7 new site records. The lists of records … Continue reading
Bexley RSPB Joydens Wood bird walk report for 27/4/19.
Blackcaps dominate a chilly morning at Joydens Wood as Bexley RSPB continues to celebrate 40th anniversary. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Local-Walk-Joydens-Wood-April-2019.pdf
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RSPB Bexley Group Walk – Crossness Nature Reserve and River Thames Thursday 18th April 2019
Report of RSPB Bexley Group Walk – Crossness Nature Reserve and River Thames Thursday 18th April 2019. Highlights for the 23 people present included Mediterranean Gull and Wheatear. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Crossness-April-2019.pdf
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Bexley RSPB 21st March visit to KWT’s Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
Report of Bexley RSPB’s walk round KWT’s Sevenoaks wildlife reserve on March 21st, and the birds seen, by Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Sevenoak-Wildlife-Reserve-March-2019.pdf
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Bexley RSPB 7th February Lamorbey bird walk report
Ralph and Brenda Todd report on the 26 species of bird seen during Bexley’s RSPB’s Lamorbey meeting this week, which was attended by 19 people, and reflect on some of the changes in local bird life that have taken place … Continue reading
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Tagged Bexley, Bexley RSPB, Egyptian Goose, Goldcrest, Lamorbey, Nuthatch, Peregrine
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BEXLEY RSPB – 40th ANNIVERSARY YEAR – PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Now is a good time to join the RSPB, one of the UK’s foremost conservation organisations, and to get involved with the Bexley local group (the Borough’s largest wildlife conservation organisation) the first field meeting of which was in the … Continue reading
The Bexley Lepidopterist, August 2018
First 2018 sighting dates for all species of butterfly recorded in Bexley. Doing a butterfly transect. Lesnes Abbey Woods moth-trapping session report. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Bexley-Lepidopterist-August-2018pdfversion.pdf
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Tagged Bexley Lepidopterist, butterfly transect, Lesnes Abbey Woods
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