Category Archives: Danson Park

FotS: third Danson Lake clean-up to take place on November 14th

Posted on 21/10/2015 by Chris Rose

On November 14th Friends of the Shuttle will be running their third big Danson Park lake clean-up. Danson lake drains into the River Shuttle in Bexley Park woods. Despite two previous such events which removed a large amount of rubbish, … Continue reading →

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Loring Parakeets take new direction. 302 birds leave Bursted Woods.

Posted on 16/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Ring-necked Parakeets gathering in trees by Loring Hall at the north end of Foots Cray Meadows have switched fly-out-to-roost direction from south-(south)-west to north-west, which will now take them to Danson Park, a new overnight roost site from late in … Continue reading →

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Nearly 350 Parakeets heading for Danson in Bexley Park Woods area

Posted on 10/10/2015 by Chris Rose

It’s that time of year when Ring-necked Parakeet counting comes to the fore again. On the way home from Sidcup on 9th October I got to Bexley Park Wood at 18.08. Some 349 birds were counted heading north-west towards the … Continue reading →

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81 bird species recorded in Bexley on October 2nd

Posted on 02/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Sightings by Ian Stewart and Eric Brown, noted on the London Bird Club wiki, reveal a wealth of avifauna across the Borough’s open spaces as a one-day total of 81 bird species is achieved. How much higher might the 24 … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Shuttle – expanded and altered programme of events

Posted on 27/09/2015 by Chris Rose

Friends of the Shuttle, the hands-on environmental group working along the River Shuttle, Wyncham Stream and in Danson Park, has announced changed and additional dates in its increasingly busy schedule. Note that the previously touted date for the big Danson … Continue reading →

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Bexley RSPB: programme of local bird walks

Posted on 26/09/2015 by Chris Rose

The Bexley group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is by far and away the largest wildlife/nature group in the Borough, so encouraging its members and other local residents to take a keener interest in the value … Continue reading →

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Dr. Livingstone moment at Danson as early Shoveler plays tricks on the mind

Posted on 19/09/2015 by Chris Rose

Yesterday’s trip to Danson Park (Sept 18th) was prompted both by news of baby Newts trying to exit the Old English Garden pond (see separate post) and also Ian Stewart’s London Bird Club wiki report of a pair of Gadwall … Continue reading →

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Newt rescue at Danson Park

Posted on 19/09/2015 by Chris Rose

Thanks to an alert from John Arnold, I was able to rescue 50 baby – almost certainly Smooth (and not Palmate) –  newts from the pond in the Danson Park Old English Garden yesterday (Sept 18th). I have looked for … Continue reading →

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Counting Crows: a low-key local wildlife spectacle to be seen over Barnehurst

Posted on 08/09/2015 by Chris Rose

Some 343 Carrion Crows were counted heading into Bursted Woods between 19.03 and 19.59 this evening (8th September), from still light until after dark. Whilst the stories on this website about the Danson Ring-necked Parakeet roost, and various woodland fly-out-to-roost … Continue reading →

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Ralph Todd’s Bexley Bird Report for January – June 2015 published

Posted on 26/08/2015 by Chris Rose

This latest edition of Ralph’s invaluable six monthly Bexley bird reports, covering the period January – June 2015, is now available, having been delayed whilst he works on the massive job – with volunteer assistance – of digitising older Bexley bird … Continue reading →

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