Category Archives: Recording

House Sparrow count – Barnehurst to Barnes Cray, and additional Perry Street Farm birds

Posted on 21/01/2016 by Chris Rose

House Sparrows seen or heard (in the latter case counted as 1 if actual number could not be seen)  en route from Grasmere Rd to Maiden Lane on the morning of 20th January were as follows: Grasmere Rd/Merewood Rd: 11 … Continue reading →

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North Heath House Sparrow count

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Chris Rose

I conducted one of my occasional counts of Sparrows in the hedges around Northumberland Heath recreation ground on the afternoon of 28th December, starting a little after 3 p.m. There were about 79 birds, well below the previous record high … Continue reading →

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Wren captures Water Rail

Posted on 20/11/2015 by Chris Rose

Wren Rose has obtained a night-time shot of one of Thames Road Wetland’s elusive Water Rails, in the process of using a motion sensor-triggered Trailcam to try and get film of the site’s equally shy Water Voles. The difficulty we … Continue reading →

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LNHS experts have identified 132 species of invertebrate on Southern Marsh, including several scarcities

Posted on 29/10/2015 by Chris Rose

We have just received the final list of invertebrate species found on the southern part of Crossness at Erith Marshes at the joint meeting with Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve on 4th July, compiled by London Natural History Society experts … Continue reading →

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Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) at Foots Cray – 60 years on ….

Posted on 23/10/2015 by Chris Rose

A small patch of Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) was found by myself on my first ever visit to the churchyard of All Saints on Rectory Lane on October 22nd, with two flowers still open and several empty seed heads. Being right up … Continue reading →

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Observer sees 26 of the 28 butterfly species known from Bexley during 2015 season

Posted on 14/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Mike Robinson reports that he has seen 26 of the Borough’s 28 (possibly 29) known species of Butterfly this year, as the season begins to come to a close. The species he has seen are: Brimstone Brown Argus Clouded Yellow … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly recording app launched

Posted on 13/10/2015 by Chris Rose

The release of the iRecord Dragonfly App allows you to input and upload your dragonfly records in the field. With excellent identification information, the app is easy to use by amateurs and experts alike, say the British Dragonfly Society. Created in … Continue reading →

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Voles the highlight of allotment wildlife survey visit

Posted on 10/10/2015 by Chris Rose

Four Field Voles (Microtus agrestis) were found on Harland Avenue allotments on Friday October 9th, in the course of ongoing wildlife survey work across all of Bexley’s allotment sites that I am doing as the Bexley Federation of Allotment and … Continue reading →

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Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) confirmed in Bexley – King George’s Rec., Lamorbey, Burnt Oak Lane

Posted on 10/10/2015 by Chris Rose

The Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae), identified as a new species as recently as 1993, and new to Britain in 2001  – initially in Dorset and Devon – was found in three locations around Sidcup on October 9th by Chris Rose. … Continue reading →

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Version 3 of Bexley mammal report now available at ‘BW’

Posted on 03/10/2015 by Chris Rose

The PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST AND ACCOUNT OF THE MAMMALS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY has now been updated to version 3. https://app.box.com/shared/static/092kil6b4uy79khnzyl1kc057ixjvko0.doc The revision includes several Hedgehog records for 2015, and Seal records and photographs from this year. There is … Continue reading →

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