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Restore Nature Now march in London next weekend. Has fortuitously fallen within the general election campaign period, so may have more impact than might otherwise be the case.If you fancy travelling to central London with the Save Crossness Nature Reserve campaign team, then meet on Saturday 22 June 11.20am at Abbey Wood Station - ground level not on the flyover main entrance, outside the Elizabeth Line entrance. We will travel together to the march around 11.30am. Look out for J D Swann and the long rolled-up Save Crossness banner!
We'll take a direct Elizabeth Line train to Bond Street then a 10min walk to the Hyde Park/Marble Arch starting point where we will be joining the Air / Land section. The Save Crossness banner will be unfurled at the starting area by Hyde Park and the march starts at 1pm.
There will be many thousands from all around the country and it ends in a rally at Parliament Square at 2.30pm-3pm, if you come bring water / snacks and appropriate foot / weather wear. You can of course make your own way there and if so look out for Save Crossness Nature Reserve! team.
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HELP SAVE CROSSNESS NATURE RESERVE** INITIAL £8K FUNDRAISING TARGET MET - over £10K now raised thanks to 385 donors so far.
**** NOW WE NEED AS MANY INDIVIDUAL LETTERS OF OBJECTION AS POSSIBLE in support of the main campaign team's case - REMINDER - DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY 15/6. GUIDANCE BELOW .......
Thanks to many genrous donors, the baseline funding target has been met, which means that the Save Crossness campaign team will get the money to pay for the legal team required to go head-to-head with those in the pay of Cory. Sadly, it's not just about who has the best arguments as there are legal considerations to deal with as well. You can still donate here, which will fund even more back-up: :
www.crowdjustice.com/case/scnr/
NOW we need as many more written objections as possible. These carry more weight than petitions, so if you've signed the petition, thanks, but please also submit a personal objection on Sunday, by midmight. It doesn't have to be long or cover a multitude of points. Just make a couple that particularly matter to you. If you visit the site, do say so.
GO TO:
national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010128/register/registe...
PLEASE NOTE that you WILL NOT have to attend the inquiry and present your arguments in person unless you want to.
Some suggested points to make are here:
www.savecrossnessnaturereserve.org/factsandsuggestedwording
Just to recap, Cory's incinerator operation wants to build on over 10% of the Crossness Nature Reserve, for the purposes of unproven technology which they want to install to clear up their own environmental (carbon emissions) mess. Do its spin doctors grasp the irony? Probably, as the company has sought to mislead by claiming that it will be making the reserve bigger in the process. In reality they will simply be re-labelling an adjoining wildlife-rich piece of land as part of the reserve, whilst reducing the total amount of open land for nature across the wider Erith Marshes Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, which is one of the capital's best wildlife sites. This disreputable behaviour is an insult to the intelligence of local people. They should not be allowed to get away with it.
The East Paddock, Stable Paddocks, West Paddock, and Sea Wall Field will all have huge industrial infrastructure on them if Cory does get planning permission for its proposed Decarbonisation Plant.
In addition to the nature reserve areas, the build will continue on the Cory Fields and all the plots along Norman Road, changing the visual landscape forever. Crossness will never look the same again! It will look like an industrial estate with components between 25-50m in height, and 116m high stacks.
There will be irreversible damage to habitats (which Cory admits) and biodiversity. The nature reserve supports incredibly rare and endangered species such as Water Vole - the UK’s fastest declining mammal, Shrill Carder Bee - the UK’s rarest bumblebee, a pair of resident breeding Barn Owls - a Schedule 1 protected species, Frog Rush - a plant previously thought to be extinct in Kent and Linnet and breeding Skylark - GB red list species
There will be loss of historic grazing land used by the traveller community.
Much of the land Cory want to grab was made a Nature Reserve in 1994 as a trade-off (mitigation) for Thames Water building their sewage sludge incinerator. Thames Water has a legal duty (under a Section 106 agreement) to manage and enhance the marshland until 2093. Public and private money has been used to enhance the nature reserve to date, including the stable block which will be demolished by Cory.
We need your help to #SaveCrossnessNR! Listen to Andy and then donate if you can and share widely so others can support to. Thank you very much! crowdjustice.com/case/scnr/
WOODLANDS FARM WILDLIFE SURVEYSThursday 20th June at 1pm - Meadow survey - This is our annual survey of the meadow plants. Dai has said they are looking great now, so hopefully they will still be in good form for next week!
Monday 1st July at 9.30pm - Bat Survey. The first of our annual surveys for the Bat Conservation Trust. Please bring a torch and if you have one a bat detector. (This is a provisional date provided there are some people able to do the survey with me)
Please let me know if you are able to attend either of these, especially the bat survey.
Thank you.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer, <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 0208 3198900
Website: www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org
Category Archives: Crossness Nature Reserve
Little wind in the Willows as Crossness team stem reedbed tree encroachment
There was a good turnout at Crossness today (Jan 23rd) on a frosty, but sunny and largely wind-chill-free morning, in order to take some willows out of the protected area scrape reedbed, so as to prevent it becoming Willow carr. … Continue reading
Danson Parakeet roost count exceeds 2,000 birds
The Ring-necked Parakeet (Bexley) ‘study group’ or RNPB for short (well, I just made that title up) organised the first multi-person Parakeet count at the new Danson overnight roost this evening, in a bid to get a more accurate figure … Continue reading
Crossness reed bed work exhibits ‘green gym’ credentials
Seven volunteers worked up a sweat on one of the Crossness Nature Reserve Reed beds today, helping to rake up and burn mountains of reed, including Manager Karen Sutton’s regular team of Reg and Roger who had previously done all the … Continue reading
26 Crossness and Bexley RSPB members enjoy winter bird walk at Erith Marshes
Saturday 6th December 2014 Led and reported by Ralph and Brenda Todd. On a frosty but sunny morning, a peregrine falcon watched from the Thames Water incinerator chimney as 16 Friends of Crossness, joined by 10 Bexley RSPB members gathered … Continue reading
Crossness Harvest Mouse hunt draws a blank
The Harvest Mouse nest hunts at Crossness on 12th and 26th November have failed to find unequivocal evidence that Britain’s smallest rodent was present either on the northern part of the site, or southern marsh. Both had an example of … Continue reading
More joy for Karen as Crossness listed in 100 things to do in London by lastminute.com
Hot on the heels of Karen Sutton’s elevation to the role of Biodiversity Team Manager at Thames Water, comes the news that Crossness has been listed on: 100 Things in London, which has ‘intriguing stories and little known facts about London’s … Continue reading
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Crossness records preview: April – June 2014
The next Friends of Crossness newsletter is imminent, but a preview of the April to June wildlife records that will be published therein has been circulated by Site Manager Karen Sutton. Karen does a massive job collating all the data … Continue reading
Posted in Crossness Nature Reserve, Recording, SINC, Volunteering
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Winter programme of events at Crossness
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FoCNR pressure improves Norman Road outlook – but major battles lie ahead
We have previously provided a partial report on the result of the Norman Road planning application. The following update has been written for the upcoming Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve newsletter, and contains the news that the developer has now … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, BNEF, Crossness Nature Reserve, Planning
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