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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...
www.change.org
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.
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Bexley Natural Environment Forum responds to Parks and open Spaces consult
Whilst Bexley Council’s consultation on the value and use of our parks and open spaces was primarily aimed at individual residents, Bexley Natural Environment Forum has taken the opportunity to submit a group response (below), addressing the issues of management … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, Bexley Council, Bexley nature, Bexley parks and open spaces consultation, Bexley wildlife
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Bexley RSPB walk report – Foots Cray Meadows – Upper College Farm – Five Arches, Tuesday 20th March 2018
Kingfisher, Skylark and an unusual concentration of Jays were highlights of this post-snow walk to the west of Bexley village. Full report from Ralph and Brenda Todd: Download the PDF file .
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Tagged Foots Cray Meadows, Jay, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Skylark, Upper College Farm
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Deadline for ‘London Plan’ responses is 2nd March. Here are suggestions for comments.
The Mayor’s London Plan sets out the framework within which Boroughs are supposed to operate. It is a driver for Bexley’s massive proposed increase in house-building, ‘densification’ and further loss of green space, including designated wildlife sites – though in … Continue reading
Free public lecture series on fungi
The Birkbeck College, University of London, Free Lecture Series this Spring is on fungi. The college is close to tube stations. The programme may be of interest to some followers of ‘Bexley Wildlife’, so details are provided below: The World … Continue reading
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Bexley RSPB’s 19th September Crayford Marshes bird walk report
Avocet, Wheatear and Marsh Harrier were amongst the species seen on this well-attended Crayford Marshes bird walk organised by Bexley RSPB, a report of which appears below, thanks to leader Ralph Todd. Download the PDF file .
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Tagged Avocet, Crayford Marshes, Marsh Harrier, Roxhill railfreight depot, Wheatear
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‘Birds and us’ – free lecture series, Birkbeck, University of London
The following free lectures, organised by the Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, covering bird conservation, research on birds and birds in human culture, may be of interest to ‘Bexley Wildlife’ followers. They are being held at Birkbeck, University of London, across … Continue reading
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Cory/Borax fields found to be of regional, possibly national, importance for invertebrates (post outline planning permission …..). Campaigner pressure appears to be paying dividends.
Further wildlife survey work, required by Bexley Council as part of its granting of outline planning permission for the building by Cory of large data centres on open fields next to Crossness Nature Reserve, has revealed them to be of … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, BNEF, Crossness, Crossness Nature Reserve, Demonstration, development threat, Erith Marshes, Uncategorized
Tagged Bexley Council, Bexley Council planning committee, Bexley Natural Environment Forum, Borax, Cory, Cory/Borax fields, Crossness, Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, invertebrates, open mosaic habitat, planning, Shrill Carder Bee, Thames Gateway
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Bexley ‘Growth Strategy’ claims sustainability but knows no bounds. Suggestions for comments. Deadline (now changed to) Friday 28th July 5p.m.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 28th JULY – so you might now be able to read it and comment. You don’t have to say something about every aspect, but just the ones that bother you the most. The more people criticise various … Continue reading
Bexley Council plans by-pass across Crayford Marshes. Proposal buried in 117 page ‘Growth Strategy’. More potential damage to SSSI contender. Relevant to, but not mentioned at railfreight depot planning meeting.
Bexley Council is proposing further major damage to one of the Borough’s best wildlife areas, one that is of London-wide and potentially national importance and has often been mentioned as a potential Site of Special Scientific Interest. Detailed examination of … Continue reading
Dragonfly and damselfly survey events in Bexley – no previous experience needed to get involved!
As part of its Water for Wildlife programme, London Wildlife Trust is surveying a number of sites from July into September 2017 to record Dragonfly and Damselfly species and numbers . No particular prior knowledge is required to join in. … Continue reading