We are sorry to announce that our proposed coach trip to Pulborough Brooks has not generated sufficient interest to make the trip cost effective, so regretfully the Committee took the decision on Tuesday that the trip should be cancelled in order to avoid incurring costly charges. We are naturally disappointed with this outcome but hopefully […]
Our first indoor meeting for some time will take place this Thursday 16th September at Northfleet School for Girls, Hall Road, DA11 8AQ. Paul and the committee look forward to welcoming you back after such a long break. Who better to have for our first speaker than John Buckingham, talking about “Mediterranean Birds”. […]
We hope to run our October coach trip to the RSPB Pulborough Brooks reserve. There will be a few changes this year due to COVID regulations. Our number will be limited to 30 by the Reserve and this will allow for space on the coach to enable a degree of social distancing. Depending on the […]
An enthusiastic group met in the car park at Oare, some bearing news of birds they had already seen, wood sandpiper being one, and those that had already left – the Bonaparte’s gull had flown off with a group of black-headed gulls some ten minutes earlier! Tempted by the thought of the sandpiper we […]
Hot on the heels of the previous post where Natural England have recognised that the area should be designated as a SSSI, it is important to remember that this in no way means that the London Resort Development will not go through. The final decision on the development will be made by the Secretary of […]
Good news for Swanscombe Marshes, Natural England have declared that it should be a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). Pressure from RSPB, Buglife and Kent Wildlife Trust have opposed the London Resort project and this is a great step forward. Currently the area has been “notified” which gives it the same weight of […]
For anyone who does not have access to the Daily Telegraph either paper or online, here’s some interesting quotes from an article published earlier this week. Please continue to follow progress of the on-going campaign on social media – links in our previous post. If you want to see more of our posts, keep […]
Following several earlier posts regarding the plan for a Theme Park to be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula, there are several things that we can all do to help fight the plan. It is not only the impact that this development will have on wildlife in the area, the loss of a rare piece of […]