Category Archives: River Shuttle

Erith fish show pervasiveness of plastics problem

Posted on 03/11/2015 by Chris Rose

International explorer Paul Rose and campaign partners joined environment charity Thames21’s foreshore clean up recently and called on Londoners to “do the right” thing and make sure their rubbish goes in the bin, not in the River Thames. The campaign aims to … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Shuttle – expanded and altered programme of events

Posted on 27/09/2015 by Chris Rose

Friends of the Shuttle, the hands-on environmental group working along the River Shuttle, Wyncham Stream and in Danson Park, has announced changed and additional dates in its increasingly busy schedule. Note that the previously touted date for the big Danson … Continue reading →

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River Cray project work for October – new volunteers welcome!

Posted on 26/09/2015 by Chris Rose

The Thames21 London waterways charity’s River Cray project officer Michael Heath has announced the following public events for October. Tuesday 6th October 2015 Chalk Stream River Cray Habitat Enhancements at Foots Cray Meadows. Some of the riverbank restoration work needs … Continue reading →

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Bexley RSPB: programme of local bird walks

Posted on 26/09/2015 by Chris Rose

The Bexley group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is by far and away the largest wildlife/nature group in the Borough, so encouraging its members and other local residents to take a keener interest in the value … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Bexley Woods, Bird watching, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Danson Park, Foots Cray Meadows, Migration, River Cray, River Shuttle, RSPB | Leave a comment

26 enjoy first ‘Bexley Wildlife’ social event

Posted on 19/08/2015 by Chris Rose

Twenty six people from a wide variety of conservation groups across Bexley (and beyond) came to our first social event at Bexley library last night (August 18th). Whilst something of an experiment, with the aim of mixing a ‘networking’ opportunity … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Himalyan Balsam

Posted on 27/07/2015 by jonathanrooks1@outlook.com

Himalayan Balsam is an invasive introduced plant that needs to be removed from our waterways. It has explosive seed pods so unfortunately, even removing it can help it spread. Locally, groups such as Friends of The Shuttle do extensive work to remove … Continue reading →

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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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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

Some Shuttle wildlife observations, June 4th – another Hairy Dragonfly range expansion?

Posted on 06/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Call it a bit mercenary, but I helped out on the BETHs stretch clean-up so I could cover a part of the river I’d not done before for the Water Vole survey I’m leading, without having to make special arrangements … Continue reading →

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Shuttle team clean BETHS stretch

Posted on 06/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Thursday’s (June 4th) Friends of the Shuttle’s clean-up, from the BETHS school footbridge down towards the slip-road bridge near the Holiday Inn in Bexley, attracted 8 participants. This stretch of the river looks quite idyllic as one looks downstream from … Continue reading →

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