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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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Interesting roadside vegetation before the Council cuts it all down.
The Council’s contractors are quite good a identifying the verge areas planted with bulbs and not cutting these down until the leaves of the bulbs have had the chance to die back. I suppose we have to be grateful for … Continue reading
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Effects of extreme rainfall still evident at Hall Place.
A trip to Hall Place on a sunny Sunday 13th shows that this winter’s extreme rainfall is still having an impact locally even several weeks later. The Sunken Garden lives up to its name …… Normally one descends a few … Continue reading
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Thames21 at The Old Mill, Bexley Village
Michael Heath and his team working this morning on the River Cray in Bexley Village at The Old Mill. Passing through the Village I bumped into Michael and his team hard at work. Work Michael described to me as “a cross between … Continue reading
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Amphibian Conservation Research Conference comes to London.
The 2014 Amphibian Conservation Research Conference will be held at London Zoo on the weekend of 10th / 11th May. The overall theme of the symposium is evidence-based amphibian conservation, with an emphasis on applied in situ and ex situ … Continue reading
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Most exceptional winter for 248 years.
Latest issue of Prime Meridian, a newsletter covering weather and environment in the south-east reveals the extent of the extreme weather this past winter and the links to climate change. London is very dependent for protection on the Thames Barrier, … Continue reading
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Bexley Flood Risk
Interesting searchable map produced by Friends of The Earth. Enter your postcode to see your risk of flooding as climate weirding continues to get worse. http://www.foe.co.uk/get_involved/page_41807.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=wallpost&utm_campaign=flood_map_feb26
Final BNEF submission to SINC review
Final version of submission by Bexley Natural Environment Forum to Bexley Council’s Sites of Importance to Nature Conservation Review. https://app.box.com/s/dnhzbwshrljez50gm4er Having said it is the final version, the following was added as an addendum just in time regarding Stoneham Park. … Continue reading
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BNEF comments on Bexley SINCs Review
Chris Rose has made a comprehensive set of comments on behalf of the Bexley Natural Environment Forum on the Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation Review documentation which can be read here: https://app.box.com/s/57zt4arfeek3zpwr93w0. There are a disturbing number of cases … Continue reading
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SINC papers available in libraries
The Council’s documentation about the SINC review is now available in hard copy in all of Bexley’s Libraries in case you cannot access on line. It’s a big document!
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Site under development
This site, which is maintained by the charity Greener Bexley is being set up to aid Bexley based conservation groups promote their sites and activities. For further information during this stage, please email Jonathan Rooks on JonathanRooks@virginmedia.com
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