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UPCOMING WOODLANDS FARM WILDLIFE SURVEYSA few more dates for the diaries:
Thursday 25th June, 2pm - Meadow Plants Survey
Wednesday 8th July, 9.30pm - Bat Survey
Friday 10th July, 2pm - Bee Walk
Please let me know if you are able to attend these, especially if coming to the bat
survey.
Thank you.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 020 8319 8900
Danson wildlife walk, 28/6. Pre-booking essential. Not sure if still places left, but may be worth asking if there's a 'substitutes' list if places all nominally taken ....
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FRIENDS OF FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS - LITTER PICK, SATURDAY 6th JUNE.FFCM run a litter clearance session on the meadows on the first Saturday of each month. The next one is on 6th June starting at 10a.m.
For details see:
Community litter pick on the meadows | Foots Cray Meadows
www.footscraymeadows.org
Being the first Saturday of the month, on 6 June the Information Centre will be open from 10.00 until about 13.00 during which time we plan to do a litter pick on the meadows. Volunteers are welcome a...
WOODLANDS FARM - BEE SURVEY WALK POSTPONEDWith the weather being rather wet and unpredictable I have decided to cancel the bee walk tomorrow (4th June).
It has been rescheduled to Wednesday 17th June.
Hopefully see you then.
Hannah Ricketts <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Category Archives: Bird watching
Bexley RSPB Crayford Marshes bird walk, 23rd September 2014
Ralph and Brenda Todd write: Twelve members joined us for a 3 hour walk in glorious sunshine and warm conditions. We met in Moat Lane then walked past Howbury Manor and moat where 4 male Chaffinches were busy feeding. Twelve … Continue reading
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National House Martin Survey in 2015 – could you help locally?
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) will be conducting a national survey of House Martin nests next year in a bid to help understand their national decline. The BTO say “Volunteers have helped us to collect information about breeding House Martins on their … Continue reading
Posted in Bird watching, Recording, Volunteering
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Support required! Critical test case for protection of key wildlife sites from ‘development’.
Last Thursday evening Medway Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously to approve the notorious Lodge Hill development on a SSSI, despite having received over 400 objections from local residents, conservation groups and the Government’s own environmental advisors, Natural England. Please ask … Continue reading
Posted in Bird watching, Planning
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August records from Danson Park
Augusts’s records of wildlife sightings in Danson Park from John Turner. We are always pleased to receive records of observations. Email to JonathanRooks@virginmedia.com. We keep copies of reports in a cloud folder at https://app.box.com/s/b9fbraryiqo4h4wblbf6 Danson Park August 2014 01/08/2014 07/08/2014 18/08/2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Bird watching, Dragonflies and Damselflies
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Danson Park July records
Last month’s records of wildlife sightings in Danson Park from John Turner. We are always pleased to receive records of observations. Email to JonathanRooks@virginmedia.com. We keep copies of reports in a cloud folder at https://app.box.com/s/b9fbraryiqo4h4wblbf6 04/07/2014 07/07/2014 15/07/2014 21/07/2014 a.m. … Continue reading
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Danson Park wildlife reports June 2014
Latest records from regular Danson Park visitor, John Turner. We are always interested in receiving reports if you are regularly visiting a particular site. 06/06/2014 17/06/2014 26/27/06/14 a.m. a.m. a.m. Great-crested Grebe 2+2juv 2+2juv 2+2juv Little Grebe 1 1 … Continue reading
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Mellow yellow – lutino Ring-necked Parakeet pictured at Crossness
A rare yellow colour form of the familiar Ring-necked Parakeet was photographed at Crossness Nature Reserve on Saturday 26th July, reports Site Manager Karen Sutton. Birding UK says: This is a colour form [of Ring-necked Parakeet] know as ‘lutino’, in … Continue reading
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Birds in Sidcup report January to June 2014
Bird sightings in the Sidcup area in the last six months collected by Ian Stewart available now at: https://app.box.com/s/phhkwhx6y408fhwyzh1j
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Bexley Bird Report – January- June 2014
The new report of birds recorded in Bexley is available on our Birds in Bexley page. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/bird-watching-bexley/
Posted in Bird watching, Recording
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