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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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Sidcup Garden Project newsletter January 2016
Sarah Witney tells us that the next session is this Saturday, 13th Feb at 10am. Location is the Rose Garden, Sidcup Place. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SGP-News-letter-Jan-Feb-2016.pdf
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London lecture series: Red Data Book Species and conservation
A series of lectures in central London addressing some of the thorny issues and success stories in UK wildlife conservation today. Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, Birkbeck Free Lecture series. Spring 2016: six Friday evenings, Feb 5th to 11th March, 18:30 to … Continue reading
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RSPB Bexley Group – Hall Place and Crayford Rough, 26th January 2016
The valuable series of walks highlighting the birdlife to be found in Bexley continued with this event at Hall Place and Crayford Rough: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Hall-Place-Crayford-Rough-January-2016.pdf
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Rare Black Redstart adopts riverside hangout in Erith
Mike Robinson has been reporting a Black Redstart hanging around beside the Thames in the Erith area off Corinthian Manorway for the past few weeks on the London Bird Club wiki. He has kindly sent us this photograph: The RSPB says ‘The … Continue reading
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Bexley Bird Report, July – December 2015
Here’s the latest 6 month round-up of bird sightings and numbers across Bexley, for the period July to December 2015, compiled by Ralph Todd. Thanks to him for another huge and valuable piece of work, and to all those who … Continue reading
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North Heath House Sparrow count
I conducted one of my occasional counts of Sparrows in the hedges around Northumberland Heath recreation ground on the afternoon of 28th December, starting a little after 3 p.m. There were about 79 birds, well below the previous record high … Continue reading
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FotS holds well-attended Christmas social
Friends of the Shuttle, the dynamic local group now doing management work on the River Shuttle and Wyncham Stream, Danson Park lake and in the Danson Park Old English Garden, has as a result gained a lot of new recruits … Continue reading
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Academy pupils get through more hard graft at Thames Road Wetland
Six Crayford academy pupils were at Thames Road Wetland on Wednesday (December 16th). One team re-pollarded some Willow (with the cut material destined for bank restoration work at Footscray Meadows) and helped remove 21 of the many car tyres that … Continue reading
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What makes Crossness and the surrounding area special? – an illustrated summary
Crossness Nature Reserve Site Manager Karen Sutton has put together the following timely document summarising why the site, and the rest of what little is now left of Erith Marshes – including fields on the eastern boundary, now threatened by … Continue reading
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Save our Skylarks ! String of marshland sites under renewed threat.
SAVE OUR SKYLARKS – DON’T LET THE COUNCIL BOOT THEM OUT OF BEXLEY! The future of the Skylark as a breeding bird in Bexley, and the survival of the Corn Bunting both here and in London as a whole – … Continue reading