Azure Blue Damselfly in my Barnehurst garden today.
Chiff-chaff heard on Grasmere allotments, where a Common Lizard was seen. Long-tailed Tits were in neighbouring gardens.
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Wildlife observations and conservation issues in
south east London and further afield
(from a green political perspective)
US social scientist Kenneth Boulding : ‘If you believe exponential growth can go on in a finite world, you are either a madman or an economist’.
Gardens NOT car parks
See my other site http://gardensnotcarparks.blogspot.com/ if you share my objection to front gardens being paved over for car parking, and are looking for information resources to use in agitating against this destructive practice. All help welcome !
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PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG
> To foster an appreciation of wildlife, both common and rare, in and around the London Borough of Bexley and other parts of the capital
> To show that interesting and unusual wildlife can be found in 'mundane' and unexpected places such as back alleyways, by roadsides and railway lines
> To encourge others to record their local wildlife and submit records to the relevant Regional Biological Records Centre
> To lobby for a more joined-up approach to conservation that blurs the distinction between gardens, parks, verges, alloments and 'wildlife' reserves, and for less aggressive vegetation management practices along grass verges and on other scraps of open land, especially in urban areas
> To highlight, from time to time, other 'global' issues - such as paving over gardens for car parking, the lunatic pursuit of infinite economic growth and so on - that impact on conservation imperatives, but that are glossed over by the 'mainstream' media
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU ARE RECORDING IN OR AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY, AND HAVE ANY PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FINDS
> To show that interesting and unusual wildlife can be found in 'mundane' and unexpected places such as back alleyways, by roadsides and railway lines
> To encourge others to record their local wildlife and submit records to the relevant Regional Biological Records Centre
> To lobby for a more joined-up approach to conservation that blurs the distinction between gardens, parks, verges, alloments and 'wildlife' reserves, and for less aggressive vegetation management practices along grass verges and on other scraps of open land, especially in urban areas
> To highlight, from time to time, other 'global' issues - such as paving over gardens for car parking, the lunatic pursuit of infinite economic growth and so on - that impact on conservation imperatives, but that are glossed over by the 'mainstream' media
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU ARE RECORDING IN OR AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY, AND HAVE ANY PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FINDS
About Me
- Chris Rose
- Wildlife recorder and conservationist by inclination, National Election Agent of the Green Party of England and Wales by profession (all comments in this blog are my personal opinions), plant collector and one-time amateur ornamental plant breeder by obsession. Originally from S.E. London, I lived in Bristol from September 1978 to April 2009, when I moved back to the northern part of Barnehurst (between Northumberland Heath and the Bexleyheath railway line). I kept in close touch with conservation issues in the area during my time away, especially since 2004 when I began serious recording again after a 20 year break. I am actively involved with Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers and Cray Riverkeeper Volunteers (for whom I am Site Manager for Thames Road Wetland), and have submitted comments and proposals in respect of various Bexley Council planning issues and draft strategy documents affecting allotments, open spaces and wildlife.
Key links that reflect my major interests
- 2005 GLA report on paving over London front gardens - equivalent of 22 Hyde Parks lost (and still going on)
- Bexley LBC Biodiversity Action Plans intro page
- British Dragonfly Society
- Buglife - Conserving the small things that run the world
- Gardens NOT car parks: my campaigning site against trashing front gardens for car parking
- Green Party of England and Wales
- Green Party Tasmanian Senator Bob Brown - taking on the loggers et al
- Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL) - the capital's open space and biodiversity records centre
- Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group (KRAG) promoting reptile and amphibian conservation in Kent, South-East England
- Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers
- London Elektricity - Just One Second (Apex Remix) - uplifting dance track. 'The city's beautiful ... ' [but could be so much better ....]
- London Natural History Society
- New Economics Foundation. Aims to build a framework for a new economics which promotes real well-being (rather than financial wealth), true environmental sustainability and social justice.
- Royal Horticultural Soc - downloadable booklet about the practice of paving over gardens
- South London Botanical Institute
- Thames21 is an environmental charity that mobilises thousands of volunteers every year to clean up waterside grot-spots and create new habitats for wildlife across London
- The British Astronomical Association's campaign for dark, non-light-polluted, starry skies.
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- 30/5/10: Lesnes Abbey, Erith marshes, Franks Park ...
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- 28/5/10: Baby Slow Worm and Damselfly in the garden
- 26/5/10: Death on the Nile (well, okay, the Cray)
- 26/5/10: Along Thames Road and down at the Wetland...
- 25/5/10 - Garden damsel, allotment Lizard
- 22/5/10: Thames Road Wetland - crash chaos
- 22/5/10: Maxim Rd Cray clean-up / Crayford Rough i...
- 19/5/10: Danson Park - orchid surprise
- 14-19/5/10: Barnehurst miscellany - from Jay to Pi...
- 12/5/10: Islington to Richmond to Waterloo by rail
- 11/5/10: The benefit of keeping off the grass
- 11/5/10: Vandalism and incompetence at TRW!
- 11/5/10: River Cray / Thames Road Wetland
- 9/5/10: From Sidcup to Hall Place North, via the S...
- 8/5/10: Back in Barnehurst
- 8/5/10: Oxleas Wood
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