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Bexley's only Rookery seems to be slowly expanding. Four nests this year. Close to Thames Road Wetland.
Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK
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Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity
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Bexley RSPB indoor meeting. Friday 13 March 2026 –Rick Bayne - Operation Turtle Dove.
Rick is one of the team who works in the conservation part of the
RSPB and will be sharing with us the story of their work to save and promote the well being of the Turtle Dove.
The species was once an iconic sound of the British summer, but Turtle Dove numbers in the UK plummeted by an estimated 99% between their peak in the late 1960s and 2023.
Ironically, one of the last records of a Turtle Dove in Bexley was at the fabulous Erith Quarry scrubland Site of Importance for Nature Conservation - since substantially trashed by owning Anderson Group with the approval of Bexley Council and the GLA.
The venue is St John Fisher Church Hall, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley DA5 1AP beginning at 7:45p.m. Limited free car parking at the hall and in Thanet Road. The public car park next door now charges from 8am-midnight (£4 for 2-4 hours). Bexley train station is about a five-minute walk away and buses serving Bexley are 132, 229, 269, 492, 601, 669, and B12. Doors usually open at 7.15pm.
As well as enjoying the illustrated talk you may purchase raffle tickets, buy bird food and book coach trips. We also maintain
a small RSPB sales stall.
The atmosphere is friendly and informal with an opportunity to
exchange information and seek advice both before the talk and
during the interval with tea and biscuits.
Admission Charges:
RSPB Member - £4.00
Non-Member - £5.00
Friends of the Cray at Crayford, Friday 6th March.Clearing litter along the river, downstream of Crayford town centre, before the vegetation gets going again and hides it in the undergrowth.
Meet junction of Barnes Cray Rd and Footpath 106, 10 a.m.
Wear work clothes and bring any refreshments required.
Category Archives: Bexley
Swanscombe marshes threatened by ‘theme park’ bulldozers
Peter Beckenham of Braeburn Park/LWT fame has asked us to put up something about the Swanscombe marshes/peninsula, which we have in fact been meaning to do for some time. What does this have to do with Bexley? Well, the Swanscombe … Continue reading
Great Crested Grebe courtship display was highlight of 33 species Danson bird walk
Report by Ralph and Brenda Todd. It was a cold wind that blew across the Stables car park on Tuesday morning (24th Feb) but it didn’t deter the 15 members of RSPB Bexley Group accompanied by Friends of the Shuttle, … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bird watching, Danson Park, Friends of the Shuttle, Open spaces, Parks, RSPB
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Provisional checklist and account of Bexley mammals published at ‘Bexley Wildlife’ website
Mammals as a group are poorly recorded in London and their distribution is not well understood, partly because many species are small and largely nocturnal. Information about the status of mammal species in Bexley is limited and widely scattered. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Biodiversity Action Plan, Bursted Woods, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Erith Marshes, Erith Quarry, Extinction, Foots Cray Meadows, Friends of the Shuttle, Gardens, Hall Place, Harvest Mouse, London Wildlife Trust, Mammals, Martens Grove, Recording, River Cray, River Shuttle, River Thames, Ruxley Gravel Pits, Thamesmead, Woodlands Farm, Wyncham Stream
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Woodlands Farm announces Big Farmland Bird Count results
Hannah Forshaw, Education Officer at the The Woodlands Farm Trust on Shooters Hill, which straddles the Bexley/Greenwich border, reports that the count was conducted on 2 days in case weather stopped things. However, the team managed to get a range … Continue reading
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Marsh Harrier drops in for Crossness briefing
Crossness showed with impeccable timing, just what makes it one of the very best wildlife sites in Bexley today, as Karen Sutton – recently promoted to Biodiversity Team Manager for Thames Water – showed two new members of her team … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bird watching, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Erith Marshes, Raptors, Reedbeds
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Open spaces sell-off protest photocall – Sunday 8th Feb, Danson
Open Spaces sell-off: News Shopper PHOTOCALL – AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WANTED! – Sunday 8th Feb., 10 a.m. Danson Park boathouse. Please ‘share’ with your local contacts. The News Shopper is now picking up on this story and is … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Consultations, Environment, Land sales, Open spaces, Parks, vegetation management
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FotS Danson clear-up garners headlines
Last Thursday’s (Jan 29th) very well supported, and clearly much-needed, clean up in and around Danson lake, organised by the Friends of the Shuttle, has been reported by the News Shopper: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bexley/11770062.Litter_pickers_collect_68_bags_of_rubbish_from_Danson_Lake/ This event has shown, as did the one … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Friends of the Shuttle, Litter, Parks, River Shuttle, Volunteering
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Thames road bridges opposition group to meet in Bexley on 5th Feb.
A meeting is being held in Bexley Community Library, Bourne Rd, Bexley village, on Thursday 5th February at 12 noon, to begin building opposition in our Borough to Transport for London’s plans for 2 bridges that would generate more road traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Environment, River Thames, Sustainability, Thames bridges, Traffic
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Bexleyheath Pied Wagtail roost pictured
Following a discussion with Martin Petchey at Crossness today about the technical difficulties of getting a decent picture of the Pied Wagtails roosting on the non-native Oak outside Carpetright – near the clocktower on Bexleyheath Broadway – he has unexpectedly … Continue reading
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