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LESNES TEAM SEEKS HELP WITH REGULAR BIRD, BUTTERFLY AND BUMBLEBEE COUNTS, TO HELP PRODUCE POPULATION ESTIMATES.Could you spare a little time to translate your wildlife interests into useful data ? - see below.
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LESNES eDNA TRIAL RESULTS ....Species inhabiting an area, or moving through it, leave samples of thier DNA (eDNA or environmental DNA). This can now be sampled and a certain number of identifications can be made to species level. This can result in the finding of species not previously recorded at a site.
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WOODLANDS FARM SEEKS HELP WITH 'BIG FARMLAND BIRD COUNT' SURVEYSurvey season is upon us, with our first survey, The Big Farmland Bird Count.
David Jones has said he will lead this for me on Wednesday 19th February at 9.30am.
If you are able to join him please meet in the farmyard at 9.15 before you will head out to the fields. Please bring binoculars and you best bird spotting skills!
Hope you can make it.
Hannah Ricketts
Education Officer
<education@thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org>
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill
Welling
Kent
DA16 3RP
Tel: 020 8319 8900
LONDON FRIENDS OF GREEN SPACES NETWORKMost public greenspaces in Bexley do not have a Friends Group. There's a big opportunity to contribute to management, and work for more wildlife-friendly management regimes.
Drop in Q&A webinar - how to start a friends group
11th Mar 2025 12pm - 1pm - online event
For anyone interested in starting a group in their local green space or who has a new group and would like some advice or have a problem - join our drop in Q&A and we'll try to help you to get your group going and thriving. More info and sign up here:
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Q&A - how to start a parks volunteer group
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Category Archives: Bexley Woods
FotS elects to clean up Bexley Park Woods
May 7th event report: As an antidote to the general election there’s nothing better than pulling on a pair of chest waders and heading off into the river and a dozen people did just that last Thursday at Friends of the Shuttle’s … Continue reading
Shuttle corridor is Mistletoe magnet and Small Tortoiseshell sanctuary
On my way to the Bexley Park Woods event meeting point yesterday (March 12th) there was a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on the Shuttle riverbank just to the west of the tree line. Afterwards another was seen by the river at … Continue reading
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Twenty enjoy Bexley Park Woods wildlife walk in spring sunshine
Eighteen people joined leaders Chris Rose from Bexley Natural Environment Forum and Ralph Todd of Bexley RSPB on yesterday’s (March 12th) wildlife walk around Bexley Park Woods, hosted by Friends of the Shuttle, the river that runs through the northern … Continue reading
Danson is new Ring-neck roost destination
One of the great, albeit ‘exotic’, wildlife spectacles in Bexley in recent years has been the sight and sound of Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) flying in successive groups out of various sites in Bexley towards their final night time roost … Continue reading
Bexley Park Woods – nest-box scheme success
By Ralph Todd Local conservation volunteer, Duncan Devine, was joined on Wednesday 15th October by colleagues from the Friends of the Shuttle to inspect and clean the 16 nest-boxes he had built and put up with the help of local … Continue reading
Shuttle team in Bexley Woods clean-up
A beautiful Autumn morning in Bexley Woods was the setting for Friends of the Shuttle’s latest river clean. We managed to clear several significant in-stream blockages, mostly caused by large fallen tree branches trapping smaller twigs, leaves and rubbish. The … Continue reading