Category Archives: SINC

Support Old Farm Park / anti sell-offs campaign at Weds 15th Council meeting

Posted on 14/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Petition to halt Old Farm Park sell-off plan goes to full Council meeting on July 15th. Please show your support!  The campaign to save open spaces from sell-off by the Council continues. Old Farm Park is ‘the big one’, in … 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 →

Posted in Bexley Council, Bexley Woods, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Bursted Woods, Chalk Wood, coppicing, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Environment, Erith Marshes, Hollyhill open space, Joydens Wood, Lesnes Abbey Woods, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Open spaces, Parish Wood Park, Parks, River Cray, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, Woodlands Farm | 2 Comments

Some people pictures from last Saturday’s Crossness invertebrates event

Posted on 09/07/2015 by Chris Rose

As previously reported there was an excellent turnout of 27 – mainly locals – for last weekend’s (July 4th) London Natural History Society-led event at Crossness Southern Marsh on Erith Marshes, looking at lesser-known invertebrates. The area is part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Erith Marshes, Invertebrates, SINC | Leave a comment

Bexley Council will still have your concerns at heart after you’re no longer with us ………

Posted on 26/06/2015 by Chris Rose

It’s good to know Bexley Council will continue to studiously pay attention to our interests once we’re no longer alive, as implied by this banner at Erith Cemetery, but ‘listening to you, working for you’ is, perhaps, somewhat beyond even … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, development threat, Environment, Erith Quarry, Housing targets, Land sales, Open spaces, Planning, SINC | 1 Comment

Home straight for Bexley SINC review?

Posted on 21/06/2015 by Chris Rose

The deadline for comments on the final draft of the 2013 Bexley Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation review document was about 16 months ago, so Bexley Natural Environment Forum recently wrote to Bexley Council asking when we could expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Andersons Group, Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Consultations, Environment, Erith Quarry, London Wildlife Trust, SINC | Leave a comment

BNEF asks Council: ‘When will 16 month overdue SINC review approval happen?

Posted on 08/06/2015 by Chris Rose

It is now about 1 year and 4 months since the deadline for comments on what was supposed to be the final draft of Bexley’s Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) review document. Quite apart from the fact that BNEF … Continue reading →

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More research shows lighting negatively impacts Bats – BNEF says Bexley’s proposed budget-driven lighting cuts present an opportunity to tackle the problem

Posted on 07/06/2015 by Chris Rose

New research has shown that the Common Pipistrelle Bat, often found in urban areas, has its foraging and thus feeding activity disrupted and constrained by artificial lighting, especially where there are larger gaps in tree cover: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3111115/Bats-disappearing-cities-Artificial-lights-creating-ecological-dead-zones.html Bexley Natural Environment … Continue reading →

Posted in Andersons Group, Bats, Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Bursted Woods, Consultations, Environment, Erith Quarry, Light pollution, Mammals, SINC | Tagged | Leave a comment

Get ready for Woodlands Farm wildlife surveys

Posted on 24/04/2015 by Chris Rose

Woodlands Farm, at Shooter’s Hill on the Bexley/Greenwich border, is a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, as well as a working farm. It has some wildlife survey sessions coming up, as follows: Wednesday 29th April, 3pm  (this … Continue reading →

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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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Environment Forum seeks to get to root causes of poor site management. Request for underlying plans yet to be answered.

Posted on 21/03/2015 by Chris Rose

Bexley Natural Environment Forum has become increasingly exasperated with the way may open spaces in the Borough have been managed, the lack of biodiversity awareness and joined-up thinking and the obvious potential for enhancing the wildlife value of sites whilst … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Environment, Hollyoak Wood Park, Open spaces, Parks, River Shuttle, SINC, vegetation management, Wyncham Stream | Leave a comment