Category Archives: Recording

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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Shuttle corridor is Mistletoe magnet and Small Tortoiseshell sanctuary

Posted on 13/03/2015 by Chris Rose

On my way to the Bexley Park Woods event meeting point yesterday (March 12th) there was a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on the Shuttle riverbank just to the west of the tree line. Afterwards another was seen by the river at … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Woods, Butterflies, Mistletoe, Open spaces, Parks, Plants in Bexley, Recording, River Shuttle, Trees | Leave a comment

Provisional checklist and account of Bexley mammals published at ‘Bexley Wildlife’ website

Posted on 24/02/2015 by Chris Rose

Mammals as a group are poorly recorded in London and their distribution is not well understood, partly because many species are small and largely nocturnal. Information about the status of mammal species in Bexley is limited and widely scattered. In … Continue reading →

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Lamorbey Ring-necked Parakeet fly-out numbers suggest roost switch

Posted on 23/01/2015 by Chris Rose

Further work on trying to unravel what Ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in Bexley are getting up to, especially since the formation of the Danson Park night-time roost (see yesterdays’ post), took me to Lamorbey late this afternoon – previously the … Continue reading →

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Danson Parakeet roost count exceeds 2,000 birds

Posted on 22/01/2015 by Chris Rose

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 →

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Danson Parakeet roost rockets to 1,500 birds

Posted on 11/01/2015 by Chris Rose

The news that Ring-necked parakeets have now set up an overnight roost at Danson Park, rather than flying to Hither Green Cemetery or one of the other roost sites in south-east London, was reported here on 23rd December. At that … Continue reading →

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Bexley Bird Report for July – December 2014 published at ‘BW’

Posted on 10/01/2015 by Chris Rose

Ralph Todd’s July – December 2014 Bexley Bird Report, a compilation of the important bird records made by a number of recorders around the Borough over the last 6 months, has been published on our ‘Bexley Wildlife’ page http://www.bexleywildlife.org/bird-watching-bexley/ where there … Continue reading →

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Urban Birding Challenge – Londoners challenged to take on major cities worldwide

Posted on 10/01/2015 by Chris Rose

The gauntlet has been thrown down. Binoculars have been draped around necks and telescopes slung over shoulders. The call to compete in The Urban Birding Challenge has been issued! The birders of London have been invited to compete in a … Continue reading →

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Crossness Harvest Mouse hunt draws a blank

Posted on 27/11/2014 by Chris Rose

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 →

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East Wickham Open Space species records for 2014

Posted on 12/10/2014 by Chris Rose

Moira Scottow of East Wickham Conservation Volunteers has circulated a list of species recorded at the site this year, compiled by team member Del. There is an array of trees, scrub and seed-bearing plants, so a good list of birds … Continue reading →

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