#ThamesRdWetland 12th June. @thames21.bsky.social
staff-supported event, all equipment provided. Refreshments. Help sought with raking out cut Reed regrowth, selective thinning of river/ditch vegetation + digging crud out of road run-off trap. Book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/0XWb4WwTrB...
My second ever Red Kite in #ThamesRdWetland Crayford airspace this afternoon. Had run out of steam and was lounging on a bank when it went over, or would have missed it. Grey Heron also went over, being very aggressively mobbed by a Carrion Crow. @thames21.bsky.social
4 Swifts over Beverley Rd/Westfield Rd/Hillingdon Rd this eve (30/4) in known nesting zone south of Barnehurst station. First time I'd gone out looking for them this season so could have arrived back a bit earlier. Earliest record here 29/4(25) but again was first date I looked.
25 @thames21.bsky.social #ThamesRdWetland volunteers (15 never been before) donated 564 person hrs habitat management/wildlife recording/event promo/write-ups etc. time to owner Bexley Council in Oct25-Mar26 reporting period (£6,886.44 at Nat Min Wage rate).
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) was a new site record for @thames21.bsky.social - managed #ThamesRdWetland , Crayford, on 5th June, with a volunteer getting a confirmatory photo. He also took one of a male Scarce Chaser on 29/5, a species first seen here in autumn 2025.
The unregulated and uncontrolled use of insecticides in flea treatments has already caused irreparable damage to nature in rivers, sites of special scientific interest and National Parks like the Norfolk Broads
It needs to stop now
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A new film is sweeping across the UK, and beyond - shown in venues from community halls to cathedrals, schools to workplaces.
Find out what climate change and nature loss means for our communities - and the enormous benefits if Gov leads on emergency action.
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I feel these two headlines should be shown together more
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Chris Rose
Chris Rose
Flea treatment chemicals fipronil and imidacloprid also implicated in lower cognitive scores in children with autism
