Category Archives: Recording

Lesnes Spider ID day a success

  Fourteen people attended the Field Studies Council spider identification workshop led by Edward Milner at Lesnes Abbey Woods back on 24th April. 30 species from 18 families of spider were found, including 7 new site records.  The lists of records … Continue reading

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Crossness Wildlife Records for 2018

Crossness sightings for last year. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q1_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q2_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q3_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Copy-of-Q4_2018_WildlifeRecords.pdf Download the PDF file .   Download the PDF file . Download the PDF file .     Download the PDF file .

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Volunteers for surveying in arable land in Kent

I hope this email finds you well. My name is Zoe Morrall and I am the Outreach Officer for a HLF funded national project called Back from the Brink, working on one of the umbrella projects called Colour in the … Continue reading

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Lesnes moth-trapping session kicks off longer term recording effort

Six people attended a short-notice moth-trapping event in Lesnes woods last night (21st August) that, it is hoped, will lead to further work next year to help plug an important gap in modern records available for the site. This will … Continue reading

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Bexley Lepidopterist No. 4, and updated ‘first sightings’ list for butterfly species in the Borough

Mike Robinson has published the fourth edition of the ‘Bexley Lepidopterist’, making a first serious foray into starting to cover the Borough’s moth fauna. The Clouded Yellow is the only butterfly species seen in the Borough over the past few … Continue reading

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‘Bexley Lepidopterist’ newsletter, butterfly report Jan-April and recording update.

We are pleased to publish issue No. 2 of the ‘Bexley Lepidopterist’ newsletter and a list of Bexley butterfly records from 1/1/18 to 27/4/18, compiled by Mike Robinson. Also included in this post is an update on recording work for … Continue reading

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Golf course second haven for Heather in Bexley

Bexleyheath Golf Course, running downhill from Mount Road to the A2, is a Borough Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, almost certainly on account of harbouring the only Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in Bexley outside of Lesnes Abbey Woods, … Continue reading

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Some more alien, and less common native street and alleyway ‘weeds’ in Bexley

The hitherto rare Jersey Cudweed (Gnaphalium luteoalbum) continues to be found as a street ‘weed’ at new sites in Bexley, principally by Mike Robinson, who has recently found it in some roads near to Bexleyheath railway station. Elsewhere it has … Continue reading

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Braeburn Park LNHS meeting 17th June finds over 134 invertebrate species. (Belated report….)

The London Natural History Society’s Ecology and Entomology section visit to London Wildlife Trust’s Braeburn Park site, on a hot 17th June 2017, recorded 134 species of invertebrate, with a few more yet to be formally identified, mainly comprising less … Continue reading

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Willow Emerald damselfly colonisation of Bexley takes a leap forward

The Willow Emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis), a recent natural colonist of the UK, was first found in Bexley in September 2016. Now into its second known flight season here, it has been found at three more sites in the Borough … Continue reading

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