Category Archives: Crossness Nature Reserve

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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KAREN CALLS FOR CROSSNESS PHOTOS

Thames Water is looking to promote and celebrate the wildlife sites, such as Crossness, that it manages within its estate. Site Manager Karen Sutton says: ‘Many of you send us your beautiful photos from around Crossness Nature Reserve and Southern Marsh, … Continue reading

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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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Crossness latest – new survey shows scarce invertebrates survived pollution incident

Crossness site manager Karen Sutton reports on events, wildlife, upcoming site maintenance activity and impending disruption to the Thames path arising from Environment Agency works. Events: Crossness hosted the ‘BEXLEY GREEN DRINKS’ on 11th Sept, which is the social and networking … Continue reading

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FRIENDS OF CROSSNESS NATURE RESERVE BIRD WALK, 19th SEPTEMBER 2019.

Report and selected photos from the Friends of Crosness Nature reserve bird walk on September 19th follow. There was a good turnout of 17 people, but little sign of the migrant species that had been hoped for. Nevertheless Hobbies, Peregrines, … Continue reading

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Crossness news – incinerator, Water Voles, birds, butterflies, bees, bugs and upcoming events …..

Karen Sutton provides an update from Crossness LNR at Erith Marshes about the latest issues, wildlife and public events at the site …….. Crayford Marshes success, and Cory’s plans that will impact Crossness Nature Reserve: Back in 2016, many of … Continue reading

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Crossness Wildlife Records for 2018

Crossness sightings for last year. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q1_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q2_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q3_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q4_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q1_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf   http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q2_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q3_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf     http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q4_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf

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Crossness Nature Reserve – Kids Go Wild (Round one …)

We ran the first of two family events titled ‘Kids Go Wild’ on Saturday 15th July. Children and grandchildren got to try their hand at pond-dipping, where there was some friendly competition going on as to who could get the … Continue reading

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Karen welcomes student visitors to Crossness Nature Reserve

I entertained some very enthusiastic (despite the rain) young naturalists at Crossness Nature Reserve last week. Students from Hertfordshire’s Simon Balle Academy came all the way over to south-east London when they heard about our Slow Worms. Two very clever … Continue reading

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Cory/Borax fields found to be of regional, possibly national, importance for invertebrates (post outline planning permission …..). Campaigner pressure appears to be paying dividends.

Further wildlife survey work, required by Bexley Council as part of its granting of outline planning permission for the building by Cory of large data centres on open fields next to Crossness Nature Reserve, has revealed them to be of … Continue reading

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