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- Help check river pollution with the Cray/Shuttle Outflow Safari
- Bexley RSPB Group Walk: Crossness Nature Reserve, Tuesday 31st May 2022
- Bexley RSPB – report of March bird/nature walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead former Golf Course and Thames Foreshore
- Report of Bexley RSPB KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir walks, February 15th.
- Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve bird walk report, 22nd November 2021
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Can you help from home with a mammal camera trap survey? Simply involves going through online images, identifying and logging what's in them ........CAN YOU HELP US?We are carrying out camera trap surveys as part of the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme. 🦔They generate thousands of images, of many different species, which all need to be identified. You can help us from the comfort of your own home, by going to www.mammalweb.org and signing up as a spotter.Have a look at some of the images and tell us what you see. Our first survey is in NHMP subproject 'Kent-4'To find out more about how to start spotting, watch this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-sUQDZPyk#NHMP Mammal Web People's Trust for Endangered Species British Hedgehog Preservation Society3 days ago
Thamesmead, Tump 53 half term open morningTuesday 13 August10am - 12pmTump 53 Nature Reserve, Water Lily Walk, London, SE28 8ASFor more information, email msfn@peabody.org.uk A free half term activity where children will learn about one of the UK’s most endangered animals...hedgehogs! They'll also create their own hedgehogs out of clay and natural materials, as well as learning how to identify British animals from their foot prints on a nature detective animal trail. ... See MoreSee LessTump 53 half term open morning
Peabody has created a Biodiversity Action Plan which presents specific guidance for the protection and enhancement of Thamesmead’s priority habitats and species.4 days ago
Fossil-hunting event for children at Lesnes. Wednesday August 21st. ... See MoreSee LessJoin us at our fossil pit for 1 and 1/2 hours of fossil digging, where you can find and take home shells and shark's teeth!4 days ago
Nature/outdoors-themed event at Lesnes for children. Tuesday August 20th. ... See MoreSee LessLet the kids go wild at Lesnes Abbey with den building, fire lighting, marshmallow toasting, minibeast hunting and nature themed crafts!7 days ago
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Category Archives: SINC
Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation report ‘in the long grass’ for over a year – is Bexley taking biodiversity seriously?
Having recently been subject to considerable criticism over its vegetation management on sensitive wildlife sites, we would normally welcome Bexley Council’s apparent enthusiasm for some long grass, but not when it is (metaphorically) being used as a repository for the … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, BNEF, Budget, Danson Park, Erith Quarry, Land sales, London Wildlife Trust, Open spaces, Planning, SINC
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Council open space sell-off list in full, and campaigner’s current position
Bexley Council has now made public the list of 27 pieces of land it is contemplating selling off (appended below), 10 of which are classed as ‘Open spaces’ and 17 ‘Highways land’. We have yet to see the ‘voting’ figures … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, Consultations, Environment, Housing targets, Land sales, Open spaces, Parks, Planning, SINC
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Residents revolt over Council ‘carnage’ on banks of Wyncham Stream. New row as Council describes heavy-handed management of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation as ‘tree maintenance’.
Bexley Council is once again under scrutiny for an apparently budget-driven ‘scorched earth’ approach to vegetation management. Complaints from residents about the severity of an operation last week along the Wyncham stream, a tributary of the Shuttle, where it flows between Brookend … Continue reading
Latest outbreak of excessive ‘vegetation management’ sparks ‘Key habitat features’ list move
Several complaints about a ‘scorched earth’ approach to vegetation management along the River Shuttle over the past couple of weeks, have been relayed to noted local bird recorder Ralph Todd of Bexley RSPB, and further dismay was expressed by a … Continue reading
FotS it all about ? – a brief history of looking after Bexley’s little river.
Friends of the Shuttle (FotS) was formed in March 2013. For two years previous to this, dedicated volunteers had been working hard to keep the River Shuttle free of litter as part of a Thames21 project that was funded by … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Friends of the Shuttle, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames21, Volunteering
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The latest Friends of the Shuttle Newsletter, just published, looks back on a year of hard work and considerable achievements, as well as setting out the programme of events for the next few months, which look set to include some … Continue reading
ERITH QUARRY – BEXLEY’S ‘LAST GREAT WILDERNESS’ – UNDER THREAT FROM PLANNING APPLICATION. PLEASE OBJECT! NEW DEADLINE WEDS 17th DECEMBER.
Chris Rose, Vice-chair Bexley Natural Environment Forum Erith Quarry, a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, is now the subject of a planning application for 600 dwellings, which would see three quarters of its semi-natural habitat destroyed. London … Continue reading
Erith Quarry – any further decisions on SINC status must be subject to public scrutiny
Erith Quarry, a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation in the Borough, is the subject on an impending planning application for up to 600 houses, which would see a substantial area of important grass and scrub-land disappear. In … Continue reading
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Crossness records preview: April – June 2014
The next Friends of Crossness newsletter is imminent, but a preview of the April to June wildlife records that will be published therein has been circulated by Site Manager Karen Sutton. Karen does a massive job collating all the data … Continue reading
Posted in Crossness Nature Reserve, Recording, SINC, Volunteering
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The importance and management of heath and acid grassland – free lecture series
The placenames Bexleyheath, Northumberland Heath, Lessness Heath and road names such as Little Heath Road, Heath Way and Broomfield Road attest to the heathland heritage of large parts of the Borough of Bexley. Heather-dominated heath survives (with management) in Lesnes … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley Council, Heathland, SINC
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