Discover London's urban wildlife during a walk at two very special and lesser-known green spaces Join us for a guided walk of this these fantastic urban wild places in conjunction with the Friends of Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Friends of Green Dale. These much-loved urban green spaces support a wide variety of wildlife: house … Continue reading Spring walk at Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Green Dale – Sunday 24 April, 10.30am-12.30pm
A year in the garden BBC documentary project
The BBC are searching for a row of suburban back gardens in or near London to take part in an exciting documentary following, recording and filming the natural history in your garden over the course of a year. If you are interested in wildlife, and want to know about what’s in your garden, we want … Continue reading A year in the garden BBC documentary project
London Wildlife Trust events
A new programme of events has been released. There are a number of guided walk in Sydenham Hill Woods including a bat walk and a dawn chorus walk. There are also two bat walks, one in Nunhead Cemetery and one in Sydenham Wells Park. Watch out for future posts on the blog or visit the London … Continue reading London Wildlife Trust events
Dawn chorus walk in Sydenham Hill Wood, Saturday 16 April – 4.45am-7am
Join the London Wildlife Trust for an early morning bird walk in the woods We'll be looking and listening out for the many species of birds that use the woods at this time of year. The dawn chorus is one of the most important dates in nature's calendar. Sydenham Hill Wood is a part ancient and secondary … Continue reading Dawn chorus walk in Sydenham Hill Wood, Saturday 16 April – 4.45am-7am
Crofton Park railway garden project
Work is underway to transform the site by Crofton Park Railway into an edible sensory garden. The neighbourhood forum are kick-starting the work by organising a number of volunteer big clearup days over the comming weeks. If you are about on one of these days and want to volunteer some time to help a community … Continue reading Crofton Park railway garden project
Address, location and transport options for Nature’s Gym sites
As mentioned in an earlier post, we have changed the design of the Nature's Gym programme. It no longer include the transport information for each site, but does contain more details on why we are doing the work we do and the management objectives that we are working towards. We did this as a result … Continue reading Address, location and transport options for Nature’s Gym sites
Up to £12,000 for your local green space
A message from Groundwork; Groundwork are keen to remind community groups and organisations that the second funding round for the Tesco Bags of Help grant scheme opens on Monday 18 April 2016. Following an incredible first round, where over 1,100 projects were funded and 8,000,000 votes were cast in Tesco stores across the UK, the scheme … Continue reading Up to £12,000 for your local green space
Nature’s Gym April-June 2016 is now available
We have made a few changes to the April-June 2016 programme. These changes have been based on the feedback we received from the volunteers and now include more information about each site and the objectives that we are working towards. We hope you like the new format, and welcome any comments you may have. For … Continue reading Nature’s Gym April-June 2016 is now available
Saturday 26 March 1pm-4pm Dacres Wood Open Day
The Friends of Dacres Wood write This Saturday, from 1.00 to 4.00, is our first “last Saturday of the month” Open Day at Dacres Wood Nature Reserve. As well as just having a look round this rather special local space, we hope visitors will take the opportunity to meet members of our committee … Continue reading Saturday 26 March 1pm-4pm Dacres Wood Open Day
Open Day at Dacres Wood – 26 March 2016, 1pm-4pm
Once again the Friends of Dacres Wood are opening the reserve for the last Saturday of the Month from March - October from 1-4pm. Come down and enjoy the nature. Dacres Wood are now on Facebook, or you can Tweet them.
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