Category Archives: Nature Notes

SPECIAL OFFER: Take a walk on the wild side with Peter Alfrey

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

Inside Croydon is delighted to team up with noted local conservationist Peter Alfrey for our next guided walk, a midsummer wildlife ramble, on the morning of Sunday, June 23. We will spend a couple of hours exploring one of the … Continue reading →

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Bird-watchers are on the look-out in annual species count

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

JOHN BIRKETT, of the RSPB Croydon group, spotted his first swallow of the summer at the weekend. He’s now preparing himself for a very long day on Thursday. Here, he explains why. Photos by JOHN FLYNN This month sees the … Continue reading →

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Protestors meet Greta Thunberg and bring XR closer to home

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

At least two local residents were arrested in the past week as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations across central London, which saw members of a group from Sutton meet Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has captured the attention … Continue reading →

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Industrialisation of Beddington reserve is killing off wildlife

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports on how a 6,000-signature petition is about to be handed to a council leader demanding that they do their job to protect south London’s biggest nature reserve The Beddington Farmlands nature reserve, just the … Continue reading →

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RSPB investigation launched after two Wandle egrets killed

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Wildlife wardens from the RSPB are investigating what one conservationist has described as “an unusual cluster” of two dead and one injured little egrets from the River Wandle and Beddington Farmlands in the past week. The birds do not appear … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon’s blooming wildlife is chalking up a summer success

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

NATURE NOTES: It has been a long and very hot summer. After reading Ken Towl’s latest jaunt through Happy Valley, MOIRA O’DONNELL set off with her field guide to plants and butterflies and armed with her camera to find how … Continue reading →

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Lambert: ‘Disgrace’ of Sutton’s destruction of green spaces

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

Thanks to Brexit, MEPs are now an endangered species. Tomorrow morning one of them, Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party representative to the European Parliament, will be visiting the River Wandle in Beddington to highlight the plight of local wildlife and … Continue reading →

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