Category Archives: Recording

Crossness makes belated claim to ‘first’ Bexley Marbled White

Posted on 02/08/2015 by Chris Rose

The date of the first Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) record we know of in Bexley has just been pushed back five years, following this week’s discovery that one was seen by John Archer on 7th July 2010, on the … Continue reading →

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More Crossness butterfly and moth marvels from Mike …….

Posted on 21/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Clouded Yellow, Painted Lady pictured at Crossness Mike Robinson has been out and about photographing butterflies and day-flying moths across the Borough lately, but spends much of his time at Crossness on Erith Marshes. Here are a selection of his … Continue reading →

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Barnehurst Golf Course butterfly bonanza

Posted on 18/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Barnehurst Golf course has a good variety of habitats, and thus a good list of butterflies, which is one of the reasons why London Wildlife Trust have recommended that it be promoted from a ‘Local’ to a ‘Grade 2’ Site … Continue reading →

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Sun shines (intermittently) on Crossness butterfly event

Posted on 18/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Karen Sutton, Biodiversity Team Manager at Crossness Nature Reserve on Erith Marshes, reports on the Wednesday 15th July butterfly identification event. We held a butterfly identification walk on Crossness Nature Reserve just before the launch of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count … 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 →

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Silver-washed Fritillary pictured at Joyden’s Woods

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Ralph and Brenda Todd were out in Joyden’s Woods yesterday (4th July) and Ralph captured these images of a Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) . Ffi see: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=paphia The Fritillary, and another White Admiral seen in the same place as … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Danson: lack of algal mats hits Red Eyes

Posted on 01/07/2015 by Chris Rose

There was an almost complete lack of floating algal mats at Danson lake on 29th June. I had gone to check on Himalayan Balsam eradication efforts, but also to see if both  species of Red Eyed Damselfly were now on … Continue reading →

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Lamorbey Odonata list gets longer

Posted on 01/07/2015 by Chris Rose

The list of Dragonflies and Damselflies at Lamorbey lake has been suspiciously short, but has already been increased this season by three to a total of eight. Ian Stewart has been out and about round Lamorbey in the last week, … Continue reading →

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