Category Archives: Open spaces

Bexley Council has no management plan for 80% of SINCS it wholly or partly owns, reveals FOI request

Posted on 11/07/2015 by Chris Rose

80% of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation wholly or partly owned by Bexley Council have no management plan (i.e. only 1 in 5 does), and 3 of the 6 plans that do exist expired more than 7 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Birder gets on his bike to study other species

Posted on 07/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Plants, Odonata and fish photographed. From Bexley Bird Report author, Ralph Todd. Mid June-Mid July are relatively quiet times for active birdwatchers so I often pursue other avenues of natural history but keep with the flying beasties as much as possible but … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Bird watching, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Fish, Foots Cray Meadows, Invertebrates, Open spaces, Plants in Bexley, Recording, River Cray, Rivers | Leave a comment

Crossness pulls level with FCM on 15 species of Odonata as Small Red-eyed Damselfly joins the list

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Small Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) was found at Crossness Southern Marsh (part of the remnant of Erith Marshes) on yesterday’s LNHS invertebrate meeting, a new site record, taking the Odonata species total here to 15 (though no one seems to … Continue reading →

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East Wickham Open Space – recent plant survey results

Posted on 02/07/2015 by Chris Rose

East Wickham Open Space, north of Welling town centre, is a large site with extensive wildflower meadows, which we presume were sown at some time in the past. A good array of species persists, and the site is well worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, East Wickham Open Space, Open spaces, Plants in Bexley, Recording | 1 Comment

Bexley Council will still have your concerns at heart after you’re no longer with us ………

Posted on 26/06/2015 by Chris Rose

It’s good to know Bexley Council will continue to studiously pay attention to our interests once we’re no longer alive, as implied by this banner at Erith Cemetery, but ‘listening to you, working for you’ is, perhaps, somewhat beyond even … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, development threat, Environment, Erith Quarry, Housing targets, Land sales, Open spaces, Planning, SINC | 1 Comment

For the sake of Slow Worms, be careful with your compost heap!

Posted on 26/06/2015 by Chris Rose

For some years now there have been Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis) in my Barnehurst garden , and at some point one or more (the most was 5 at once) turn up in one of the compost heaps. Indeed there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotments, Barnehurst, Bexley, Biodiversity Action Plan, Common Lizard, Gardening for wildlife, Gardens, Open spaces, Recording, Reptiles and Amphibians, Slow Worm | 2 Comments

Crossness photos highlight Brown Argus vz Common Blue butterfly ID features

Posted on 20/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Here are two great photos by Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve’s Mike Robinson,  taken on Erith Marshes at Crossness recently, showing a male Brown Argus butterfly in excellent detail. It can be hard to tell the Brown Argus apart from … Continue reading →

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Environment Forum submits FOI request on wildlife site management

Posted on 07/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Request for basic information unanswered after 3 months. Group resorts to FOI request so it can talk to Councillors about ongoing management problems in relation to wildlife.    Those readers who have been involved in Bexley Natural Environment Forum, or … Continue reading →

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

Swooping Swifts and dancing Damselflies at Crossness

Posted on 21/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Despite yesterday’s (May 20th) changeable weather, there were some periods of warm sun following the well attended botany meeting (report of that to follow) and 9 Swifts were zooming around over the Southern Marsh wader scrape at just above head … Continue reading →

Posted in Crossness Nature Reserve, development threat, Environment, Erith Marshes, Open spaces | 1 Comment

SOGS campaign seeks tree info and protection plans for threatened sites

Posted on 09/05/2015 by Chris Rose

The Save our Green Spaces Campaign group has submitted a Freedom of Information Request to Bexley Council (set out below) , asking for details of the many trees that occur on sites that the Council is considering for sale, and … Continue reading →

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