Category Archives: Bexley Woods

FotS elects to clean up Bexley Park Woods

Posted on 13/05/2015 by Chris Rose

May 7th event report: As an antidote to the general election there’s nothing better than pulling on a pair of chest waders and heading off into the river and a dozen people did just that last Thursday at Friends of the Shuttle’s … Continue reading →

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Conserving some of Bexley’s rare plants

Posted on 06/04/2015 by Chris Rose

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 →

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Shuttle corridor is Mistletoe magnet and Small Tortoiseshell sanctuary

Posted on 13/03/2015 by Chris Rose

On my way to the Bexley Park Woods event meeting point yesterday (March 12th) there was a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on the Shuttle riverbank just to the west of the tree line. Afterwards another was seen by the river at … Continue reading →

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Twenty enjoy Bexley Park Woods wildlife walk in spring sunshine

Posted on 13/03/2015 by Chris Rose

Eighteen people joined leaders Chris Rose from Bexley Natural Environment Forum and Ralph Todd of Bexley RSPB on yesterday’s (March 12th) wildlife walk around Bexley Park Woods, hosted by Friends of the Shuttle, the river that runs through the northern … Continue reading →

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Danson is new Ring-neck roost destination

Posted on 23/12/2014 by Chris Rose

One of the great, albeit ‘exotic’, wildlife spectacles in Bexley in recent years has been the sight and sound of Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) flying in successive groups out of various sites in Bexley towards their final night time roost … Continue reading →

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Bexley Park Woods – nest-box scheme success

Posted on 24/10/2014 by Chris Rose

By Ralph Todd Local conservation volunteer, Duncan Devine, was joined on Wednesday 15th October by colleagues from the Friends of the Shuttle to inspect and clean the 16 nest-boxes he had built and put up with the help of local … Continue reading →

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Shuttle team in Bexley Woods clean-up

Posted on 23/10/2014 by Chris Rose

A beautiful Autumn morning in Bexley Woods was the setting for Friends of the Shuttle’s latest river clean.  We managed to clear several significant in-stream blockages, mostly caused by large fallen tree branches trapping smaller twigs, leaves and rubbish.  The … Continue reading →

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