Category Archives: River Cray

Eighteen enjoy Hall Place/Crayford Rough bird walk in sunny interlude

Posted on 13/01/2015 by Chris Rose

RSPB Bexley Local Group Walk – Hall Place South and Crayford Rough Tuesday 13th January 2014 – Leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd Ninety minutes before our walk began the skies were thick grey and heavy rain had just ceased, within … Continue reading →

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Foots Cray Meadows bird walk report. October 28th 2014.

Posted on 29/10/2014 by Chris Rose

This RSPB Bexley Group event was led by Ralph and Brenda Todd, who have provided this report and photos. Not one but two kingfishers called and flew up river behind Michael Heath (Chair of Friends of Foots Cray Meadows and … Continue reading →

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Cray crew tackle mini madness and sofa shame

Posted on 22/10/2014 by Chris Rose

The six Cray Riverkeepers out on Tuesday (October 21st), led by Michael Heath, were confronted by the horrendous sight of a large section of cut-up mini sat on the riverbed along footpath 106, and a sofa trapped in a large … Continue reading →

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Michael Heath starts Cray Project blog

Posted on 15/10/2014 by Chris Rose

Cray Project Officer Michael Heath has started a blog about the Cray River-keeper team’s work. The blog is hosted on the website of Thames21, the organisation he is employed by to help manage the volunteer effort to clean up the … Continue reading →

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Thames 21 river conservation events October – December 2014

Posted on 11/10/2014 by jonathanrooks1@outlook.com

Events River Cray Catchment Thames 21 – October to December 2014. Here are the autumn early winter events for Thames21 on the Cray. We have now fully started the Veolia Environmental Trust funded project for the River Cray at Foots … Continue reading →

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Cray team tackles multiplicity of tasks, looks for Oct 2nd volunteers

Posted on 26/09/2014 by Chris Rose

Michael Heath writes: This last week had the team of regular Volunteer River Keepers on the Lower Cray at the Thames21 yard, sorting out the kit in the van, which was woefully untidy (even to by my standards), following a … Continue reading →

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Cray project maintains momentum as sun shines

Posted on 20/09/2014 by Chris Rose

Michael Heath writes: The river Cray project continued to bask in the autumn sunshine this week with two clean up events for the lower Cray on Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th September. They involved a number of officer workers enjoying … Continue reading →

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Galling afternoon adds new species to Cray and TRW lists

Posted on 10/09/2014 by Chris Rose

The Alder Tongue Gall, which I found on the cones of an Alder along By-way 105 on the lower Cray yesterday (September 9th) may be a new Bexley record. The fact that ‘Britain’s Plant Galls, a photographic guide’ by Michael … Continue reading →

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Cray Riverkeeper team deliver 14.5 hours of litter removal and habitat management

Posted on 29/08/2014 by Chris Rose

Five volunteer Thames21 Riverkeepers spent a total of nine person-hours today (29th August) removing 4 sacks of recyclable rubbish, and 9 sacks of non-recyclable material from the banks of the River Cray along Footpath 106, downstream of Crayford town centre … Continue reading →

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