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Category Archives: Wildlife
Volunteers back Attenborough’s call to halt deep-sea mining
Greenpeace Croydon took part in a national protest last weekend calling on the government to ensure our oceans are off-limits to deep-sea mining. The volunteers’ photographs of their banners, displayed at sites around the town centre, together with hundreds from … Continue reading
Dangerous caterpillar pest closes in on Croydon’s oaks
There have been sightings in Banstead Woods of the oak processionary moth, the extremely destructive moth caterpillars which can strip a tree of its leaves, leaving it weakened, vulnerable, even killing once healthy oak trees. The Forestry Commission has been … Continue reading
Eagles fan becomes first to spot real-life eagle at Beddington
A national rewilding project working with the largest bird of prey native to the British Isles has confirmed another sighting of one of these spectacular birds in this part of south London. IAN JONES was in the right place to … Continue reading
Beautiful Butterflies: 2021 Hutchinson’s Bank walks
Posted in Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington
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CPRE tells Mayor Khan to make Farmlands a new public park
Beddington Farmlands, the site of disused 20th-century landfill and sewage works, should be turned into one of 10 new parks for London, according to an environmentalist charity. The Campaign for Preservation of Rural England has picked the wildlife-rich but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Campaign for Preservation of Rural England, CPRE, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Viridor
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RSPB’s Birdwatch weekend offers a perfect lockdown activity
The 2021 Big Garden Birdwatch takes place this weekend, from Friday January 29 to Sunday January 31. And organisers, the RSPB, hope that even during lockdown – perhaps because of lockdown – it’s going to be the biggest piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend, Chris Packham, RSPB
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‘Spectacular’ eagle has been soaring over Coulsdon
A white-tailed eagle – the huge bird of prey which has been used as a mascot by Crystal Palace for their games at Selhurst Park – has been tracked flying over Coulsdon. The bird is part of a reintroduction programme … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Coulsdon, sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
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Brick by Brick abandons plans to build on ‘village green’
A resident-led campaign in Purley and Kenley was today declaring victory after Brick by Brick announced it was abandoning plans to build on their “village green”. Brick by Brick wanted to build 17 flats, nine houses and a car park … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Planning, Purley, Wildlife
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Kenley, Purley, Wontford Road Green
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Greenpeace give supermarkets a monstering over their meat
Alongside the John Lewis Christmas ad and the seasonal TV commercials that play across our screens, Greenpeace wants us to tune in to the important message contained within their own new and powerful animation: Monster. If kids’ pester power really … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Aldi, Greenpeace, Lidl, McDonald's, Nando's, Tesco
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Great North Wood goes virtual to plant the ecology message
A wildlife festival has gone online, and an online search engine is offering to plant a tree for you, as PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports This is National Tree Week. But like most things in 2020, this year’s events … Continue reading
White stork spreads its wings to touch down at Beddington
Bird watchers have been flocking (sorry) to Beddington Farmlands nature reserve this week after a white stork was spotted there. White storks are associated in folklore with delivering new-born babies and bringing good luck, but the species has been extinct … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane, Knepp Estate
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Sit-down protest fails to halt destruction of 100-year-old oaks
Croydon Council’s ambivalent approach to environmental protection has been called into question once again after the destruction of trees in Waddon. Photos: PETER BALL What began as a spontaneous, one-woman sit-down protest yesterday ultimately failed to save a set of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Schools, Waddon, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Grace Onions, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Spa Wood volunteers and council work both win ‘Tree Oscars’
Croydon has won two “Tree Oscars” in awards announced this week by the Forestry Commission and the Mayor of London. The London Tree and Woodland Awards are in their 12th year of celebrating the work of individuals, communities and professionals … Continue reading
Cut the mowing: how to transform your garden for wildlife
CROYDON COMMENTARY: After surveys this summer reported a decline in butterfly and moth populations across the country, LEWIS WHITE, a retired landscape architect with decades of experience, offers his advice on how to make your garden more wildlife-friendly this autumn … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Butterfly Conservation, Coulsdon, Lewis White
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Charity concern as butterfly numbers fall to lowest level
Butterfly numbers across the country have fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade, according to a wildlife charity following its annual survey. Butterfly Conservation is the charity which has been working with the London Wildlife Trust and … Continue reading
Take a walk over the downs in Coulsdon with an all-star cast
The Friends of Farthing Downs and Happy Valley have relaunched their nature trail in Coulsdon, with the help of an all-star cast of celebrities. Joanna Lumley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Noddy Holder, Martin Jarvis, Miriam Margolyes, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Robinson and Richard … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Community associations, Coulsdon, Environment, Friends of Farthing Downs, South London Downs NNR, Wildlife
Tagged Benjamin Zephaniah, Coulsdon, Farthing Downs, Friends of Farthing Downs and Happy Valley, Happy Valley, Joanna Lumley, Martin Jarvis, Miriam Margolyes, Noddy Holder
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Shire horses called in to help improve butterfly sanctuary
The butterfly conservation project at Hutchinson’s Bank nature reserve is calling up the cavalry later this month. Working shire horses – each weighing upwards of 1 ton – will be visiting the reserve near New Addington on Friday September 25, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, Operation Centaur
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XR protest demands the closure of Beddington incinerator
Extinction Rebellion activists from across south London joined forces in Beddington Park yesterday to highlight the daily destruction and toxic pollution inflicted on the capital by the Viridor incinerator. They issued a set of demands, including that the incinerator plant … Continue reading
Butterfly Walk, Hutchinson’s Bank nature reserve, Aug 29
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington
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Save the Lapwings walk, Beddington Farmlands, Aug 29
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Peter Alfrey, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands
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It is time to act to save Croydon’s precious green spaces
CROYDON COMMENTARY: While getting out and about during the covid-19 crisis, PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured left, has discovered parks and open spaces that need more care, and which are coming under increasing threat of development – from the Labour council and … Continue reading
Head out with the app to take part in the Big Butterfly Count
Has nature helped you through the last few months? It’s time to return the favour, says BBC Springwatch’s CHRIS PACKHAM As so many of us have sought comfort, inspiration and hope through spending time in nature during the difficult last … Continue reading
Brick by Brick could be blocked by rare butterfly’s tiny egg
The chair of the council’s planning committee has given a public undertaking that the application by Brick by Brick to build an ugly four-storey block of flats next to a wildlife reserve in New Addington has been shelved until a … Continue reading
Council accused of ‘wildlife vandalism’ to help Brick by Brick
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on suspicions that a rare wildlife habitat in suburban Kenley has suffered the cruellest cut The council has been accused of an act of “wildlife vandalism”, with some angry residents of Wontford Road and Roffey … Continue reading
‘Green Labour’ letter throws down challenge to leader Newman
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the first signs of revolt against the leadership among unhappy Labour councillors In what appears to be a barely-disguised challenge to the authority of the council leader, five Labour councillors have today signed … Continue reading
