The Friends of Devonshire Road are holding a small but superb music festival at the Nature Reserve, packed with great music, great food and great drink! An afternoon of eclectic music from 6 bands is followed up by four great headline acts; kicking off with the irrepressible Steve ‘Bolts’ Bolton, followed up by country rockers … Continue reading Festival of the Forest
Introduction to Herpetology course at Devonshire Road
A free 2 day course led by Tony Canning a local biologist/conservationist. The course is for conservation workers and others with an interest in biology, ecology and conservation. Each day will consist of a morning classroom talk followed by afternoon field work. Saturday 13th July Introduction to Herpetology I 10:30 Arrival 11:00 … Continue reading Introduction to Herpetology course at Devonshire Road
Edible High Road, Saturday 18 May 2013
This May, SE23 will be transformed into an Edible High Road as part of the Chelsea Fringe garden festival. 50 Forest Hill and Honor Oak businesses have sponsored 70 fruit trees, including The Horniman Museum and Sainsbury's. Special Guests: We're very excited to announce that Celebrity Gardener Matthew Wilson will be cutting our ribbon! He is Channel Four's 'Landscape Man' … Continue reading Edible High Road, Saturday 18 May 2013
Festival of Fieldwork – Horniman Museum
Help the Horniman Museum celebrate the Centenary year of the British Ecological Society with an innovative family learning festival of ecological fieldwork which combines expertise of Museum staff and skills of professional field ecologists. Experience first-hand some of the activities that these scientists undertake in order to monitor and make sense of the environment. Events include … Continue reading Festival of Fieldwork – Horniman Museum
Little Ecological Arts Festival
Dawn Chorus at Hilly Fields 11 April 2013
It really is worth getting up for! Join the Friends of Hilly Fields for their annual Dawn Chorus walk on Thursday 11 April at 6am. For more details, please visit their blog, or you can email them here .
The steps are finally complete at Hither Green Triangle
The Friends of Hither Green Triangle have been working hard in the reserve for a number of years. Recently their work has focused on building the steps in to the site from platform 5. They have worked in glorious sunshine and pouring rain. They have come across buried train windows and metal poles. It has been very … Continue reading The steps are finally complete at Hither Green Triangle
Steatoda grossa spider found at Devonshire Road nature reserve
Steatoda grossa has a body length when mature of around 10mm for adult females and again males are generally smaller. It is variable in appearance, with only juveniles and adult males usually having a pattern and adult females often having none. The Steatoda grossa spider is also known as the false widow spider. They belong to … Continue reading Steatoda grossa spider found at Devonshire Road nature reserve
London Orchard Project workshops at De Frene Road allotments
The London Orchard Project will be (LOP) is providing a number of expert fruit tree restoration workshops at De Frene Road allotments. These will be held on; Tuesday 29 January 2013 – 10.30am to 3pm Tuesday 5 February 2013 - 10.30am to 3pm Saturday 16 February 2013 - 10.30am to 3pm With these three sessions they … Continue reading London Orchard Project workshops at De Frene Road allotments
Coppicing at Manor Park
Please note that this event is in Manor Park and not Manor House Gardens!
