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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
CROSSNESS LATEST - PROTECTED AREA WILL REMAIN CLOSED OVER EASTER WEEKENDA brief update to advise that the Protected Area will remain closed over the Easter period - really sorry about this. As hard as we've tried, we can't get a new locking mechanism on the gate before next week, so it is currently padlocked shut so as to not leave us vulnerable over Easter.
I am taking advantage of the upcoming bank holidays to squeeze in some annual leave, so you will not get a notification from me about re-opening, however please assume that the Protected Area is likely to be re-opened by the following weekend.
Karen Sutton
Crossness Nature Reserve Manager
Free webinar on improving Bee 'hotel' design with Prof Dave Gouslon.Tuesday, April 22 · 1 - 2pm
Improving Bee Hotel Design: The Big Bee Hotel Experiment
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Join Prof Dave Gouslon to hear about how the Buzz Club are investigating the effectiveness of different bee hotels for UK bees.
Category Archives: Barnehurst
Barnehurst Golf Course butterfly bonanza
Barnehurst Golf course has a good variety of habitats, and thus a good list of butterflies, which is one of the reasons why London Wildlife Trust have recommended that it be promoted from a ‘Local’ to a ‘Grade 2’ Site … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Bexley, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Open spaces, Recording, SINC
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For the sake of Slow Worms, be careful with your compost heap!
For some years now there have been Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis) in my Barnehurst garden , and at some point one or more (the most was 5 at once) turn up in one of the compost heaps. Indeed there were … Continue reading →
Bursted Bluebells – removal of Spanish hybrids continues
The Bexley Council-approved volunteer project to remove Spanish-native hybrid Bluebells in Bursted Woods, Barnehurst, is now in its third spring. Neighbour and Bexley Wildlife Facebook follower John Holland helped me today and we had taken out a largish sack full … Continue reading →
Conserving some of Bexley’s rare plants
The latest e-mail from the Kent Botanical Recording Group, which is producing a comprehensive register of rare plants in the county (which in this case includes that part of west Kent that is now in Greater London) called for information … Continue reading →
Posted in Allotments, Barnehurst, Bexley, Bexley Woods, Bexleyheath, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Bursted Woods, Christchurch Bexleyheath cemetery, coppicing, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Environment, Foots Cray Meadows, Hall Place, Heathland, Kent, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Mistletoe, Plants in Bexley, Recording, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, vegetation management
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Environment Forum to host 19th March meeting for open space sell-off opponents
On behalf of Bexley Natural Environment Forum (the umbrella group for Friends of parks and open spaces and wildlife campaigners in the Borough), we are inviting campaigners to a meeting at Bexley (Village) Library next Thursday 19th at 3pm to … Continue reading →
Posted in Barnehurst, Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Friends of the Shuttle, Land sales, Open spaces, Parks, Uncategorized
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Barnehurst Conservatives won’t campaign to save park but will “push the case for a replacement”.
Local residents are receiving a letter from their local Conservative Councillors. As with their local Conservative MP, no commitment to campaign to save the park, but some ‘pushing for a replacement’. This response from a local resident says it all … Continue reading →
‘Consultation’ on Manor Way sell-off.
Just posted on the Save Old Manor Way Playground Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/saveoldmanorwayplayground **** Some of you may have already seen this, but I will post it just to make sure word is spread to everyone! This is a message sent … Continue reading →