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WOODLANDS FARM ADDS BUTTERFLY SURVEY TO UPCOMING EVENTSA butterfly survey has been added to the schedule, so that the wildlife events list for the next month is now as follows ...............
Thursday 23rd July - Bat Survey, 9.20pm
Monday 27th July - Butterfly Survey, 1pm
Wednesday 12th August - Bee Survey, 2pm
Wednesday 26th August - Public Bat walk, 8pm.
FFi: Hannah Ricketts
<education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Education Officer
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UPCOMING WOODLANDS FARM (Shooters Hill) WILDLIFE SURVEYSWe have had a successful week of surveys this week with a great bat survey on Wednesday with a lot of Pipistrelles heard and our busiest bee survey of the year, especially thanks to some thistles!
So we have some more survey dates for your diaries:
Thursday 23rd July, 9.20pm - Bat Survey
Wednesday 12th August, 2pm - Bee Walk
Wednesday 26th August, 8pm - Public Bat Walk. Volunteers required with bat detectors to mingle with group so everyone can hear bats
The Big Butterfly count is also coming up, between 17th July and 9th August. If you fancy a trip down to the farm to record butterflies anytime between those dates I might try organise a date too for a group of us to do a survey, so if can do that I will let you know. Details here: Big Butterfly Count <https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/>
As usual please let me know if your can attend a survey, especially the bat ones.
Hopefully see you at a survey soon.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
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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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Category Archives: Barnehurst
Bursted Woods – some general views and ground flora photos, spring 2018
Bursted Woods is small area of woodland dominated by old, outgrown Sweet Chestnut coppice, with Oak, and adjoining mown grassland with a more eclectic mix of scattered trees, including several Poplars. It is situated on Erith Road near Barnehurst railway … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barnehurst, Bursted Woods, Climbing Corydalis, Daffodils, Hedge Woundwort, Lesser Celandine, Pignut, Wood Anemone, Wood Sorrel
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Hairy-legged Mining Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) – Bursted decline but second colony found
A nest count for the Hairy-legged Mining Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes), uncommon in London, made by Bursted Woods this year, suggests a decline in numbers. The colony, which has been the only one known in Bexley, appears from an old photograph … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barnehurst, Bursted Woods, Dasypoda hirtipes, Eversley Avenue, Hairy-legged Mining Bee, nest count
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Hive of House Sparrow activity
May 11th: There were some 15-19 House Sparrows along Mill Road, Northumberland Heath. Another 39-42 were counted across Northumberland Close, Bexley Road, Brook Street, Barnehurst Av, Fairford Av/Appledore Av and Coniston Rd. Birds were seen going up under the eaves … Continue reading →
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Swifts back over Barnehurst
There were thirteen or fourteen Swifts back at their usual haunt over Northall Road yesterday evening (May 4th), between Barnehurst railway station and the golf course. This is a known breeding area. The ‘Bexley Wildlife’ team and Bexley Bird Report … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Danson Park, Hall Place, Hall Place North, Recording, Sidcup, Swift
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Butterflies of Bexley checklist, status and distribution. Paper significantly revised and updated. Now with photos of selected species.
A new, January 2016, version of THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY: A CHECKLIST OF SPECIES, STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION REPORT is now available for download via this site: https://app.box.com/shared/static/i1xdnau06q7xgjbocbbed1eivttvopkx.doc and available at the foot of this article. This second publication … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Barnehurst Golf Course, Biodiversity Action Plan, Braeburn Park, Butterflies, Chalk Wood, Crayford Marshes, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Erith Marshes, Foots Cray Meadows, Greenwich, Hollyhill open space, Joydens Wood, Lesnes Abbey Woods, Martens Grove, Recording, River Cray, SINC, Thames Road Wetland
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House Sparrow count – Barnehurst to Barnes Cray, and additional Perry Street Farm birds
House Sparrows seen or heard (in the latter case counted as 1 if actual number could not be seen) en route from Grasmere Rd to Maiden Lane on the morning of 20th January were as follows: Grasmere Rd/Merewood Rd: 11 … Continue reading →
FoXXX-rated activity as friendly female re-appears after 5 week ‘absence’
I hadn’t seen the very confiding female Fox that has frequented my Barnehurst garden, and spent a lot of time lounging round on the lawn during the summer, since 1st December. Though she had looked in very good condition then, … Continue reading →
More counting of Crows
One hundred and sixty one Carrion Crows flew into Bursted Woods from the east between 15.36 and 16.24 on December 26th 2015, joining 31 others that were already sat in the trees near the railway bridge, making a total of … Continue reading →
Counting Crows: a low-key local wildlife spectacle to be seen over Barnehurst
Some 343 Carrion Crows were counted heading into Bursted Woods between 19.03 and 19.59 this evening (8th September), from still light until after dark. Whilst the stories on this website about the Danson Ring-necked Parakeet roost, and various woodland fly-out-to-roost … Continue reading →
Elusive White-letter Hairstreak photographed at Footscray Meadows
Novice Lepidopterist Mike Robinson continues to ‘tick off’ the butterflies of Bexley with his camera. On July 22nd he was lucky enough to spot this White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) feeding on a Creeping Thistle head. This is one of the … Continue reading →