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Category Archives: Wildlife
We’ve got it mapped: iC’s guide to the Coulsdon Art Trail
Posted in Art, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon parks, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Wildlife
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Art Trail, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Happy Valley, Roman snails
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SES Water refills Carshalton Ponds as an ‘act of Remembrance’
Carshalton Ponds are getting topped up this weekend. That’s so that Remembrance Sunday ceremonials can be conducted without the unsightly backdrop of puddled sludge and miserable-looking geese. Almost a month since the upper pond emptied overnight, Sutton Council admits it … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Sutton, Sutton Council
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Create a wildflower hedge, Lloyd Park volunteer day, Nov 21
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Read more: Lloyd’s bequest to the people faces up to challenge of drought
How the Romans put snails on the menu on Farthing Downs
From Charlie Chaplin to an Olympic athlete, from woolly mammoths to the Suffragettes, the Coulsdon Art Trail pays a tribute to them all. And for the latest finial atop a piece of Coulsdon street furniture, the local residents’ association is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon parks, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Wildlife
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Charlie Chaplin, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Happy Valley, Roman snails
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‘Random guy from Croydon’ lifts global wildlife photo prize
Another prize for a former BRIT School pupil – though this accolade was won in a photography competition by someone who does not own a camera Seth Forestson, who called himself “some random guy from Croydon”, has been named the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, BRIT School, Wildlife
Tagged BBC Wildlife, Natural History Museum, Seth Forestson, The BRIT School, Urban Wildlife
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Concerns for wildlife as leaky Carshalton Ponds empties again
Carshalton Ponds has emptied of water again – and no one seems to know why. Water levels dropped surprisingly quickly overnight Friday into Saturday, prompting Sutton Council to issue an advisory message yesterday which amounted to the authority admitting it … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Sutton, Sutton Council
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After five years, council finally acts to clean up country park
Sluggish council has finally acted to clean up local streams that have been turned into ‘sludge’ by sewage pollution After a five-year campaign by residents and environmentalists, backed by their Labour councillors and MP, Croydon Council has finally confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Natasha Irons, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Cargreen Road, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Norwood Junction, Pollution, Sewage, South Norwood, Thames Water, Woodside
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Norbury Brook River Revive Saturday, Thornton Heath, Sep 26
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£2,000 reward offered to find New Addington’s cruel fox killer
A wildlife charity is offering a £2,000 reward after the “hearbreaking” and “disturbing” discovery of a fox who had been shot with “multiple pellets” from an air rifle, leaving her paralysed in fear and agony. The vixen was found suffering … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, Environment, New Addington North, New Addington South, Wildlife
Tagged Air rifle, Fox, New Addington, Pellets, The Fox Project, Urban fox
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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Hedgehog conservation talk at Grangewood Park, Aug 14
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Going with a bang! Government consults on quieter fireworks
PETER UNDERWOOD reports on the latest exercise to control the impact of a £500m retail business that keeps our firefighters and paramedics busy throughout the year There are numerous rules, regulations, even laws, to prohibit the sale of dangerous weapons, … Continue reading
Croydon’s first peregrine falcons fledge from landmark building
For the first time, peregrine falcons have successfully bred in central Croydon, on a ledge of No1 Croydon, the landmark building overlooking the tram lines and bus station at East Croydon, one of the country’s busiest railway stations. The London … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged 20th Century Society, Addiscombe, Alasdair Sayall, East Croydon, East Croydon station, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Peregrine, Peregrine falcon, Richard Seifert, The London Peregrine Partnership, Thruppeny Bit Building
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Join the Wildlife Trust’s butterfly walk at Hutchinson’s Bank
The London Wildlife Trust is staging a butterfly walk this Sunday, July 19, from 11am, at Hutchinson’s Bank, near New Addington. Hutchinson’s Bank is one of several nature reserves in the London Wildlife Trust’s care in and around Croydon. “Join … Continue reading
Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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Norbury Brook River Revive clean-up, Thornton Heath, July 4
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Norbury Brook River Revive clean-up, Thornton Heath, July 4
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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Farm Fest annual fund-raiser, Deen City Farm, Merton, Jun 27
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Deen city farm, Phipps Bridge
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Week of events to re-connect Londoners to our waterways
This year’s London Rivers Week, which flows through the city until Saturday May 31, marks a decade of connecting people with the capital’s waterways. The festival’s theme is “know your local river”, with a wide-ranging programme of free events designed … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, London Rivers Week, River Thames, River Wandle, South Croydon, Thames, Thames21, Wandle
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Farm Fest annual fund-raiser, Deen City Farm, Merton, Jun 27
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Deen city farm, Phipps Bridge
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Beddington Park river restoration talk, The Grange, May 19
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The Happy Bee Festival, Frylands Wood Scout Centre, Jun 28
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