Category Archives: Environment

Crossness – latest newsletter highlights massive importance of this jewel in Bexley’s wildlife crown

Posted on 07/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Karen Sutton, Nature Reserve Manager and Thames Water Biodiversity Team Leader says …. I am pleased to make available our latest Friends of Crossness newsletter, packed full of great wildlife information and photos from the site  – at the foot … Continue reading →

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Bexley RSPB see wealth of birdlife at threatened Swanscombe marshes

Posted on 04/05/2015 by Chris Rose

RSPB Bexley Group, Field trip to Swanscombe Marshes. Report by Ralph and Brenda Todd Saturday 2nd May 2015. Yet another dull, cool, windy morning but that didn’t deter 15 members joining Brenda and I and our relief guide Andy Lawson … Continue reading →

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CROSSNESS – exciting range of educational wildlife events announced for the summer

Posted on 27/04/2015 by Chris Rose

From Karen Sutton – Biodiversity Team Manager, Thames Water Crossness Nature Reserve. I have arranged a diverse series of events through to September, both to showcase the fabulous range of wildlife on the site, and to provide an introduction to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bats, Bird watching, Butterflies, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Education, Environment, Erith Marshes, Invertebrates, LHNS, London Wildlife Trust, Mammals | 2 Comments

FoTS @ Danson – Old English Garden event photos and future plans

Posted on 25/04/2015 by Chris Rose

From our correspondent Mandy Stevens : On Thursday 23rd April, Friends of the Shuttle held their first gardening event in the Old English Garden in Danson Park.  Ten volunteers removed dead material and weeds from the formal flowerbeds and trimmed the borders. FoTS … Continue reading →

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FoTS launches expanded programme of events: group to fill environment/wildlife action void at Danson and take on maintenance of the Old English Garden

Posted on 15/04/2015 by Chris Rose

Committee member Mandy Stevens writes:  Following our successful litter picks in and around Danson Park lake (which drains into the River Shuttle) earlier this year and last summer, we have been discussing with Bexley Council whether we could run other conservation … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Danson Park, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Environment, Friends of the Shuttle, Gardening for wildlife, Gardens, Litter, Open spaces, Parks, River Shuttle, Volunteering | 1 Comment

Conserving some of Bexley’s rare plants

Posted on 06/04/2015 by Chris Rose

The latest e-mail from the Kent Botanical Recording Group, which is producing a comprehensive register of rare plants in the county (which in this case includes that part of west Kent that is now in Greater London) called for information … Continue reading →

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LACV announces packed programme for rest of year

Posted on 28/03/2015 by Chris Rose

Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers, which does habitat management work in Lesnes Woods, has published a list of events for the rest of 2015. Events are free and run 12 – 3.30pm. No particular skills or great levels of fitness are … Continue reading →

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Woodlands Farm – Mayors inaugurate dipping pond

Posted on 22/03/2015 by Chris Rose

From our correspondent Mandy Stevens (Woodlands Farm board member): The Mayors of Bexley and Greenwich attended the formal opening of Woodland farm’s new Dipping Pond on 20th March, together with HSBC which provided the funding. The farm straddles the boundary … Continue reading →

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Swanscombe marshes threatened by ‘theme park’ bulldozers

Posted on 22/03/2015 by Chris Rose

Peter Beckenham of Braeburn Park/LWT fame has asked us to put up something about the Swanscombe marshes/peninsula, which we have in fact been meaning to do for some time. What does this have to do with Bexley? Well, the Swanscombe … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, BNEF, brownfield, Crayford Marshes, Crossness, Environment, Erith Marshes, Greater Thames Marshes NIA, Open spaces, River Thames, Sustainability, Swanscombe peninsula | 1 Comment

Environment Forum seeks to get to root causes of poor site management. Request for underlying plans yet to be answered.

Posted on 21/03/2015 by Chris Rose

Bexley Natural Environment Forum has become increasingly exasperated with the way may open spaces in the Borough have been managed, the lack of biodiversity awareness and joined-up thinking and the obvious potential for enhancing the wildlife value of sites whilst … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Environment, Hollyoak Wood Park, Open spaces, Parks, River Shuttle, SINC, vegetation management, Wyncham Stream | Leave a comment