Category Archives: Bird watching

Wildlife events at Woodlands Farm

Posted on 07/01/2016 by Chris Rose

Big Farmland Bird Count, vegetation management and litter clearance on the agenda at Woodlands Farm. Education Officer Hannah Forshaw education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org  writes: Hello everyone.  I hope you had a good Christmas and Happy 2016! I have been looking at the diary … Continue reading →

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First chilly snap brings Snipe to Thames Road Wetland

Posted on 01/01/2016 by Chris Rose

Although I didn’t get out til gone 10.30 this morning (January 1st), there was a chill in the air that hasn’t featured so far this ‘winter’. On the way to Thames Road Wetland for a solo work session,  a Song … Continue reading →

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North Heath House Sparrow count

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Chris Rose

I conducted one of my occasional counts of Sparrows in the hedges around Northumberland Heath recreation ground on the afternoon of 28th December, starting a little after 3 p.m. There were about 79 birds, well below the previous record high … Continue reading →

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More counting of Crows

Posted on 26/12/2015 by Chris Rose

One hundred and sixty one Carrion Crows flew into Bursted Woods from the east between 15.36 and 16.24 on December 26th 2015, joining 31 others that were already sat in the trees near the railway bridge, making a total of … Continue reading →

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Save our Skylarks ! String of marshland sites under renewed threat.

Posted on 21/11/2015 by Chris Rose

SAVE OUR SKYLARKS – DON’T LET THE COUNCIL BOOT THEM OUT OF BEXLEY! The future of the Skylark as a breeding bird in Bexley, and the survival of the Corn Bunting both here and in London as a whole – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Bird watching, BNEF, brownfield, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Environment, Erith Marshes, Extinction, Open spaces, Planning, River Thames, SINC, Swanscombe marshes, Swanscombe peninsula, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Wren captures Water Rail

Posted on 20/11/2015 by Chris Rose

Wren Rose has obtained a night-time shot of one of Thames Road Wetland’s elusive Water Rails, in the process of using a motion sensor-triggered Trailcam to try and get film of the site’s equally shy Water Voles. The difficulty we … Continue reading →

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River Shuttle and Bexley Woods bird walk report. 5th November 2015.

Posted on 06/11/2015 by Chris Rose

RSPB Bexley Group Field Trip – River Shuttle/Bexley Park Woods – Thursday 5th November 2015 A dull, drizzly morning but 22 Group members/Friends of the Shuttle joined Brenda and I for a wander along the River Shuttle (or, as we … Continue reading →

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Bird-strikes in Bexleyheath – pictures of Sparrowhawk fatality

Posted on 31/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Tim Briggs has sent these photos of a Sparrowhawk that recently crashed into his window in Bexleyheath, and didn’t live to tell the tale. Shortly after this event John Arnold forwarded this image of the impression left by a bird-strike … Continue reading →

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Crossness winter events diary published – new volunteers welcome!

Posted on 29/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Crossness (on Erith marshes between Abbey Wood and Belvedere) is a Metropolitan Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, recognised as one of the most important sites for wildlife in London, not just Bexley. It retains that status in part thanks … Continue reading →

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Forty-six bird species seen or heard on Bexley RSPB Danson visit

Posted on 21/10/2015 by Chris Rose

21 (including two new) members joined Brenda and I for the latest Bexley Royal Society for the Protection of Birds local walk. First port of call the Old English Garden, now being carefully restored by Friends of the Shuttle (volunteers … Continue reading →

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