Category Archives: Bird watching

Bexley RSPB Group Walk: Crossness Nature Reserve, Tuesday 31st May 2022

Report by leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Crossness-May-2022.pdf

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Report of Bexley RSPB KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir walks, February 15th.

Thanks to Leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd for the following report: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Sevenoak-Wildlife-Reserve-February-2022.pdf    

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Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve bird walk report, 22nd November 2021

Report of November’s bird walk at Crossness, courtesy Ralph and Brenda Todd and Site Manager Karen Sutton: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bird-walk-Friends-of-Crossness-November-2021.pdf  

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Birds of Bexley publication – comments sought on early draft

Bexley RSPB stalwart Ralph Todd is hard at work on a book entitled ‘Birds of Bexley’, covering the birds recorded in the Borough primarily during the period from 1935 to the present. Indeed he ceased production of his six-monthly, then … Continue reading

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New count at Danson Parakeet roost

The news that Ring-necked Parakeets in Bexley had switched from flying out to roost sites at Hither Green Cemetery, Sutcliffe Park or Brockwell Park, to spending the night in Poplars by the lake at Danson Park, was reported on ‘Bexley … Continue reading

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Bexley RSPB Hall Place/Crayford Rough 16th January birdwatching walk report.

Buzzard and Stonechats were highlights of this Hall Place/Crayford Rough walk. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Hall-Place-and-Crayford-Rough-January-2020.pdf  

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Report of Bexley RSPB trip to Rainham Marshes reserve on 14/12/2019

Group sees 50 bird species at Rainham, despite some unfavourable weather. Report by Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RSPB-Bexley-Group-walk-Rainham-Marshes-RSPB-Reserve-Saturday-December-14th-2019.pdf

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CROSSNESS UPDATE, DECEMBER 2019. From Karen Sutton, Reserve Manager.

CROSSNESS UPDATE, DECEMBER 2019. From Karen Sutton, Reserve Manager . Dear Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, I hope you have enjoyed all that autumn offers at Crossness, and are now getting ready for those crisp, frosty, winter mornings, which can … Continue reading

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Bexley RSPB members brave inclement weather to see Siskins, Teal and Kingfisher at Danson

Report from Ralph and Brenda Todd of the October 24th Bexley RSPB walk at Danson Park, of which the highlights were three Siskins a Teal and a Kingfisher. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Danson-Park-October-2019.pdf

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RSPB Bexley Group Walk – Foots Cray Meadows, Thursday 26th September 2019

Good turnout of members enjoy 32 species of birds at Foots Cray Meadows, including a top quality view of a pair of Kestrels. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Foots-Cray-Meadows-September-2019.pdf  

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