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FRIENDS OF THE CRAY AT CRAYFORD - FIRST SESSION OF 2025 ANNOUNCEDWith those New Year's resolutions in mind, FotCaC will be making any early start - Friday January 3rd - on tackling litter along the lower Cray.
Meet 10 a.m. at the junction of Footpath 106 and Barnes Cray Road (see graphic below).
All welcome, no particular skills needed.
Equipment will be provided. Wear appropriate clothing for being out in the open and avoiding stings and scratches from Brambles and Nettles, and bring something to drink.
Best wishes
Sarah
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Calling local bird photographers - citizen science project seeks photos of gulls eating things .....Gulls Eating Stuff:
We want to know what gulls are eating and where! Across the world, gulls have been undergoing a huge demographic shift. We want to know what they are eating, when, and where, in order start collecting some hard data on gull diet - whilst also having a bit of fun! This is a project run out of University of Salford, UK.
Just go to this website to get involved and to upload your photos:
citsci.org
NORTH WEST KENT COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIP - JANUARY CONSERVATION EVENTS AT RUXLEY GRAVEL PITS NATURE RESERVE.The reserve is a SSSI on the Bexley-Bromley border, and normally off-limits to the general public, so besides helping out, this is an opporunity to visit somewhere you may not have seen before.
** Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th January – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY.
We will be pollarding willow trees growing in the reed bed.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809 334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Toilets are available at the local Tesco (but it is far from site).
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** Saturday 18th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be working with Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers to create amphibian pools in the reed bed. Please bring your own refreshments if joining on this day.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809 334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am meeting on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. A portaloo will be on site and toilets are also available at the local Tesco (but it is far from site).
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Just a quick reminder that any volunteers who plan to meet us on site should let the member of staff leading the task know as soon as possible so that they can pack the correct number of tools and inform them of any task changes/delays that may occur.
Please also contact staff members leading task days if you require a lift.
If there are any updates or changes with the programme, we will update it regularly on the volunteer page on our website (www.nwkcp.org ). We will also contact the regular volunteers by phone if any last-minute changes to the location of the task happen.
Please remember to bring with you; suitable clothes for the weather conditions, a packed lunch and suitable footwear (we insist working boots with steel toecap and mid sole are worn at all times to comply with health and safety and insurance considerations). We will supply all other equipment, gloves and safety equipment and also hot drinks and biscuits throughout the day.
Each project will be led by a NWKCP member of staff who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you have throughout the day. A health and safety talk will also be given at the beginning of each project. If you are planning to come out on a project for the first time this month then please let us know beforehand which day that will be.
We write a risk assessment for each task day, and a copy of this will be brought to the site and available for you to read if you wish.
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Bexley RSPB Group Walk: Crossness Nature Reserve, Tuesday 31st May 2022
Report by leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Crossness-May-2022.pdf
Bexley RSPB – report of March bird/nature walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead former Golf Course and Thames Foreshore
Report courtesy Ralph and Brenda Todd: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Southmere-Lake-and-Thamesmead-golf-course-March-22.pdf
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Report of Bexley RSPB KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir walks, February 15th.
Thanks to Leaders Ralph and Brenda Todd for the following report: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Sevenoak-Wildlife-Reserve-February-2022.pdf
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Tagged Bexkley RSPB, Bough Beech Reservoir, Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
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Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve bird walk report, 22nd November 2021
Report of November’s bird walk at Crossness, courtesy Ralph and Brenda Todd and Site Manager Karen Sutton: http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bird-walk-Friends-of-Crossness-November-2021.pdf
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KAREN CALLS FOR CROSSNESS PHOTOS
Thames Water is looking to promote and celebrate the wildlife sites, such as Crossness, that it manages within its estate. Site Manager Karen Sutton says: ‘Many of you send us your beautiful photos from around Crossness Nature Reserve and Southern Marsh, … Continue reading
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Birds of Bexley publication – comments sought on early draft
Bexley RSPB stalwart Ralph Todd is hard at work on a book entitled ‘Birds of Bexley’, covering the birds recorded in the Borough primarily during the period from 1935 to the present. Indeed he ceased production of his six-monthly, then … Continue reading
New count at Danson Parakeet roost
The news that Ring-necked Parakeets in Bexley had switched from flying out to roost sites at Hither Green Cemetery, Sutcliffe Park or Brockwell Park, to spending the night in Poplars by the lake at Danson Park, was reported on ‘Bexley … Continue reading
Bexley RSPB walk at Lamorbey Park on 18th February
Ralph and Brenda Todd have provided this report of Bexley RSPB’s local birdwatching walk at Lamorbey and the Glade on 18th February. Peregrine Falcon, Nuthatch, Goldcrest and Redwing were amongst the species encountered. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Lamorbey-Park-February-2020.pdf
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Bexley RSPB Hall Place/Crayford Rough 16th January birdwatching walk report.
Buzzard and Stonechats were highlights of this Hall Place/Crayford Rough walk. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSPB-Bexley-Group-Walk-Hall-Place-and-Crayford-Rough-January-2020.pdf
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Tagged Buzzard, Crayford Rough, Greenfinch, Hall Place, Stonechat
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Report of Bexley RSPB trip to Rainham Marshes reserve on 14/12/2019
Group sees 50 bird species at Rainham, despite some unfavourable weather. Report by Ralph and Brenda Todd. http://www.bexleywildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RSPB-Bexley-Group-walk-Rainham-Marshes-RSPB-Reserve-Saturday-December-14th-2019.pdf