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FRIENDS OF FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS - LITTER PICK, SATURDAY 6th JUNE.FFCM run a litter clearance session on the meadows on the first Saturday of each month. The next one is on 6th June starting at 10a.m.
For details see:
Community litter pick on the meadows | Foots Cray Meadows
www.footscraymeadows.org
Being the first Saturday of the month, on 6 June the Information Centre will be open from 10.00 until about 13.00 during which time we plan to do a litter pick on the meadows. Volunteers are welcome a...
WOODLANDS FARM - BEE SURVEY WALK POSTPONEDWith the weather being rather wet and unpredictable I have decided to cancel the bee walk tomorrow (4th June).
It has been rescheduled to Wednesday 17th June.
Hopefully see you then.
Hannah Ricketts <education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
Education Officer
Working Days: Monday and Wednesday - Friday.
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
FREE Fly ID workshop, London Natural History Museum, Monday 8th June. Online registration necessary.There are over 7,000 species of fly in the UK, but it's fair to say that the study of this large and important group of animals is somewhat neglected in Bexley. If you'd like to know more, you may be interested in this event. For further info/registering link:
Beginner’s Workshop to Diptera: Common Fly Families
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Join the Diptera team at the Natural History Museum for a beginner-friendly workshop introducing the identification of common fly families.
TWO WILDLIFE EVENTS AT FOOTSCRAY MEADOWS, SUNDAY 7th JUNEJoin FRIENDS OF FOOTSCRAY MEADOWS on a FREE and informative walk around the site's 8 wildlife ponds, starting at Five Arches bridge at 12.30 p.m. This finishes at approxomately 2p.m. at a wildlife afternoon event at ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Rectory Lane.
FFi on FFC walk:
www.footscraymeadows.org/event-details/pond-to-pond-walk-and-wildlife-afternoon
More info on event at the church in image attached.
Lesnes Abbey Woods wildlife conservation work this Sunday, June 7th ...Ffi: The Friends of Lesnes Abbey and Woods
www.friendsoflesnesabbeyandwoods.com
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Bradley broadens horizons
After three and a half years with London waterways charity Thames21, initially as Shuttle Riverkeeper Co-ordinator, and latterly as Education Officer, Joanne Bradley (28) is taking on a new role from mid-July as Education Officer at WaterAid, an international charity … Continue reading
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Danson Park records for April 2014
Keeping notes of what you see, where and when is important in hleping build up a picture of the wildlife in Bexley – and in particular how it might be changing over time. John Turner has been keeping records of … Continue reading
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Lesnes volunteers start summer heathland work
Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers began their summer programme of work on the rare heathland habitat in the woods on Sunday 15th June. This is the only Heather-dominated heathland left within the Borough of Bexley, and needs managing to prevent the … Continue reading
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Harvest Mouse find at Thames Road Wetland is only the second record for Bexley
Site Manager Chris Rose has found a Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) nest at Thames Road Wetland (10th June), which will constitute only the second confirmed record of the species in the Borough of Bexley. GiGL, the London biodiversity records centre, has … Continue reading
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Wildlife Photo Exhibition Avery Hill
An interesting exhibition of wildlife photographs in the Avery Hill Winter Gardens (just into Eltham) by Bexley resident and Crossness nature Reserve member Richard Winston. Photos include local ones as well as international. The exhibition is on from Sunday 8th … Continue reading
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Return to Thames Road Wetland, and Cuckoo on Stanham Farm
There was a Cuckoo calling occasionally from the part of Stanham Farm, Crayford, that is due south of Thames Road Wetland, yesterday (June 5th) from mid afternoon to c20.35, at which time it sounded like it had moved to trees … Continue reading
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FoTS leads way in rescuing Danson froglets
Friends of the Shuttle Committee member Mandy Stevens has been quick off the mark to start rescuing newly-metamorphosed Froglets from the formal Old English Garden pond at Danson Park, as they are unable to exit the waterbody due to the … Continue reading
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Danson Black Bryony find is only second for Bexley in last decade
A young Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis) plant, found growing just outside the main entrance to the English Garden in Danson Park by Chris Rose on June 3rd, is only the second record in Bexley in the last decade. All told … Continue reading
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LOCAL RESERVE MANAGERS VISIT RAINHAM
Local Nature Reserve Managers Karen Sutton (Crossness) and Chris Rose (Thames Road Wetland, Vice-Chair Bexley Natural Environment Forum) went over to the ‘dark side’ today (aka Essex) to discuss with staff at RSPB Rainham Marshes the measures that might be taken … Continue reading
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