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LESNES ABBEY WOODS - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SESSIONSEvery Wednesday 10am to 1pm. Meet at the north side of the Lodge by the yard entrance.
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The first Sunday of each month 10am to 1pm. Meet outside CHESTNUT'S COFFEE KIOSK at 10:00 am. The group then collects tools and equipment from the yard that is opposite the toilets.
NEXT SUNDAY SESSION: February 2nd.
Note: these events tend to involve fairly active work and may require walking with tools to remote parts of the woods, so a reasonable level of fitness is required.
All tools and materials provided.
Ffi see:
www.friendsoflesnesabbeyandwoods.com
Join a group of volunteers working around the site to improve the habitat and encourage biodiversity.
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Saturday 25 January 2025 – RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, Hall Place 10:30 – 13:00Come and join members of Bexley RSPB to learn more about birds and get birdwatching tips. This could be an opportunity to sort out your Fieldfare from your Redwing, Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush and so on.
Sightings will add to the national pool of data which is used to determine population trends in our commoner bird species - but there's always a chance of seeing something a bit more unusual.
There will be a walk at 11am and possibly midday (if required).
No need to book.
Leaders Nicky Wilson, Stuart Banks, Martin Burke, Harry Halstead and other members of the group
** Join a Crossness Nature Reserve Winter Walk - with Save Crossness Nature Reserve campaigners **Saturday 25 January - 10.45am - 12.30am (approx) *
www.facebook.com/events/625232173190262
Meet at 10.45am outside Belvedere Station at the Dartford/Kent bound Platform 2 exit.
Look out for J D Swann with a large rolled up banner! (Location:
what3words.com/dads.words.cable ). We will walk to the Norman Road kissing gate entrance (Location: what3words.com/guises.relate.secure for 11am.
We will then walk across Norman Road Field to the reserve to unfurl the Save Crossness Nature Reserve banner. We will then walk the reserve, including to the protected area, normally only accessible to Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve members, and the two-storey bird hide.
The walk is oreganised by Save Crossness Nature Reserve and Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, who oppose Cory Energy’s application to build a Carbon Capture plant on 11.7% of Crossness Nature Reserve.
The public examination of the application is in progress and you can see all the documents here:
national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010128
Cory's scheme threatens waterways where Water Voles (Britain’s fastest declining mammal) live and where Britain’s rarest bee, the Shrill Carder Bee is found, it is also where passage migrant birds Wheatear, Stonechat and Whinchat are frequently seen.
This is a free event and all are welcome, whether actively involved with the campaign or not. Wrap up warm / dry for January weather. It could be muddy / wet especially across the Norman Road Field, so waterproof footwear is recommended.
Find out more on the Save Crossness Campaign:-
www.savecrossnessnaturereserve.org
Donate to Save Crossness Nature Reserve’s legal challenge:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/scnr/
Sign the Petition (Change.org):
www.change.org/p/stop-cory-energy-building-on-crossness-nature-reserve-in-bexley-support-the-camp...
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Stop Cory Energy building on Crossness Nature Reserve in Bexley - Support the Campaign!
RECYCLING FOR CHARITY DROP-OFFWednesday 15th January, 11.00-13.00
Bexleyheath Library, Townley Rd.
Monthly opportunity to bring hard-to-recycle plastics for recycling in aid of charity.
Since 2020 we have raised over £575 for the Air Ambulance Charity and saved over 540 kg of plastic from incineration, thanks to our supporters!
Accepted items:
🍪Biscuit, cake and cracker wrappers
👉🏽Bras - any condition
🍞Bread and bakery product bags and wrappers - plastic only
👉🏽Broken plastic food storage boxes and reusable plastic drink bottles
🧀Cheese packaging (washed and dried please)
🫧Laundry & dishwasher tablet & pod pouches, household wipe packets, cleaning spray heads
💊Medicine blister packs (not for charity)
👉🏽Plastic milk bottle lids
📨Used postage stamps
👉🏽Pringles tubes - no lids - only the ones with metal ends
🖨️Printer cartridges - inkjet only, no packaging
Please separate your recycling into the above categories.
For more details, and charities supported, please visit our website wastelessmarket.com/recycling.
Please message us if you can't make the date - do not bring the recycling to the library at any other time.
Category Archives: Dragonflies and Damselflies
Updated checklist and account of Bexley Dragonflies and Damselflies published as season gets underway
‘Bexley Wildlife’s’ guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies in the Borough, and where to see them, has been updated to mark the start of the flight season – during which the adult insects metamorphose from their unobtrusive aquatic larval stage, take … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Crossness, Danson Park, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Erith Marshes, Recording
Tagged checklist, Crossness, Damselflies, Danson Park, Dragonflies, Erith Marshes, Lamorbey, Odonata
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Second ‘BW’ social a rather smaller affair
Twelve people came to the second ‘Bexley Wildlife Social on October 14th, whilst another half dozen found themselves unable to attend at the last moment for various reasons. We heard from Martin Watts and Linda Graham about the management of … Continue reading
Dragonfly recording app launched
The release of the iRecord Dragonfly App allows you to input and upload your dragonfly records in the field. With excellent identification information, the app is easy to use by amateurs and experts alike, say the British Dragonfly Society. Created in … Continue reading
Posted in Dragonflies and Damselflies, Recording
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Southern Marsh is Migrant Hawker heaven. Solitary Southern Hawker takes area to equal first with FCM on 15 Odonata species.
I counted some 40 to 44 Migrant Hawker dragonflies (Aeshna mixta) on the southern part of Erith Marshes yesterday afternoon (September 11th) , largely feeding along tall ‘hedge lines’ of Poplars and other tree species. This is an easy species … Continue reading
Lamorbey dragonfly and damselfly list grows to 10 species
Thanks to targeted recording by Ian Stewart the list of Odonata species around Lamorbey lake in Sidcup has now reached a rather healthier total of 10. This is the sort of figure that was always likely to be attained, but … Continue reading
Posted in Dragonflies and Damselflies, Lamorbey, Parks, Recording
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‘Bexley Wildlife’ social, August 18th: reminder and ‘programme’
The ‘Bexley Wildlife’ team, a web platform collaboration between Bexley Natural Environment Forum and the Greener Bexley Charity, invites ‘followers’ and other interested people to join us at a social event on Tuesday August 18th from 7p.m. at Bexley Village … Continue reading
Sun shines (intermittently) on Crossness butterfly event
Karen Sutton, Biodiversity Team Manager at Crossness Nature Reserve on Erith Marshes, reports on the Wednesday 15th July butterfly identification event. We held a butterfly identification walk on Crossness Nature Reserve just before the launch of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count … Continue reading
Some people pictures from last Saturday’s Crossness invertebrates event
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
Birder gets on his bike to study other species
Plants, Odonata and fish photographed. From Bexley Bird Report author, Ralph Todd. Mid June-Mid July are relatively quiet times for active birdwatchers so I often pursue other avenues of natural history but keep with the flying beasties as much as possible but … Continue reading