Category Archives: vegetation management

Purple haze as Lesnes woods conservationists brave persistent rain

Posted on 24/08/2015 by Chris Rose

Six members of Lesnes Abbey Woods Conservation Volunteers turned out on Sunday morning (August 23rd) for the last heathland task of the year, despite the threat of persistent rain, which soon became a reality. There was some cover from the … Continue reading →

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Ruxley Gravel Pits SSSI working group announces autumn/winter dates

Posted on 19/08/2015 by Chris Rose

Ruxley Gravel Pits is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Come and help conserve the key features of this important wildlife site on the Cray by the Bexley/Bromley border. The birds have flown but the buddleia & the brambles continue … Continue reading →

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QWAG members enjoy ‘back to nature’ experience at Thames Road Wetland

Posted on 21/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Seven members of the Quaggy Waterways Action Group, a river restoration organisation, and the Secretary of Friends of Sutcliffe Park, all from Lewisham, visited Thames Road Wetland on Saturday July 18th to learn more about the possibilities for enhancing wetland in … Continue reading →

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Ruxley Gravel Pits Nature Reserve – working party dates announced

Posted on 16/06/2015 by Chris Rose

Ruxley Gravel Pits Nature Reserve – working party dates announced. OK so Ruxley isn’t in Bexley, but it’s near enough, and is part of the Cray catchment, within which many of us do conservation work. It’s a biological Site of … Continue reading →

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Thames Road Wetland management work latest

Posted on 12/06/2015 by Chris Rose

I managed to squeeze in about four and a half hours of work at Thames Road Wetland on Tuesday June 9th, though I was unable to get there until 17.45, by which time it was predominantly cloudy with only the … 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 →

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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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Thames Road Wetland work on a grey May day

Posted on 26/05/2015 by Chris Rose

It was a grey day at Thames Road Wetland yesterday (May 25th). Whilst there were a lot of Azure Damselflies, and some Blue-tails, they were all perched on grasses or nettles and not flying. There wasn’t a lot of avian … Continue reading →

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Bursted Bluebells – removal of Spanish hybrids continues

Posted on 22/05/2015 by Chris Rose

The Bexley Council-approved volunteer project to remove Spanish-native hybrid Bluebells in Bursted Woods, Barnehurst, is now in its third spring. Neighbour and Bexley Wildlife Facebook follower John Holland helped me today and we had taken out a largish sack full … Continue reading →

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May workdays at Braeburn Park

Posted on 01/05/2015 by Chris Rose

Work continues apace at the London Wildlife Trust’s new reserve in Crayford, just up the road from the railway station. The following details of sessions in May have been received from Shaun Marriott, Reserves Officer (South), Phone: 020 7252 9186 / … Continue reading →

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