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Tag Archives: London Wildlife Trust
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
Last chance to enter Great North Wood photo competition
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon parks, Environment
Tagged Great North Wood, London Wildlife Trust
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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
Great North Wood 2021 calendar’s photo competition
Posted in Activities, Art, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment
Tagged Great North Wood, London Wildlife Trust
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Endangered butterfly ignored in Brick by Brick flats application
Hutchinson’s Bank, near New Addington, has a worldwide reputation as a conservation reserve, having been supported at its very beginning by Sir David Attenborough. But that hasn’t stopped the latest dubious scheme from council builders ‘Trick by Trick’. STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fieldway, Housing, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, New Addington Residents' Association, Planning, Wildlife
Tagged Brick by Brick, brown hairstreak butterfly, Hutchinson's Bank, Iolo Williams, Labour, London Wildlife Trust, New Addington
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Trust’s workdays to bring butterflies to Hutchinson’s Bank
Brilliant Butterflies is a London Wildlife Trust project which calls on volunteers to help improve and enhance the habitat in some of Croydon’s and south London’s open spaces to benefit wildlife – in particular (the clue’s in the name) butterflies. … Continue reading
Volunteer Open Day, Dollyper’s Hill, Coulsdon, Nov 30
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Coulsdon, Dollyper's Hill Nature Reserve, London Wildlife Trust
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Great North Wood photo competition, closing date Oct 31
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Tagged Great North Wood, London Wildlife Trust
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Winter Bird Walk, Sydenham Hill Wood, Feb 11
Posted in Environment, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged London Wildlife Trust, Sydenham Hill Wood
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Rare butterfly spotted on New Addington chalkland reserve
Naturalists at Hutchinson’s Bank nature reserve are celebrating the sighting of a rare butterfly. Hutchinson’s Bank is one of the richest remaining chalk grassland habitats in London, and this year it has been just a touch richer with the appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, New Addington, Wildlife
Tagged brown hairstreak butterfly, Hutchinson's Bank, London Wildlife Trust
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£700,000 Lottery grant to save the Great North Wood
The Great North Wood is south London’s secret ancient nature reserve and conservation group the London Wildlife Trust has just been awarded a £700,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore and preserve what remains of the woodland. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Selhurst, South Norwood, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Great North Wood, Heritage Lottery Fund, London Wildlife Trust, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Take a walk in the woods back to the time of the mammoths
While Croydon Council appears to be on a mission to concrete over every last remaining pocket of green space in the borough, there are some groups which continue to study, cherish and preserve the scraps of south London’s environmental heritage. … Continue reading
Walk with bats, birds and trees with Great North Wood project
The Great North Wood project, run by the London Wildlife Trust, is an initiative that aims to engage local people to help protect and enhance an invaluable landscape. The Great North Wood is one of London’s most valuable Living Landscapes. … Continue reading
Open day and guided nature walk, Hutchinson’s Bank, July 19
Discover the butterflies of the chalkland downland near New Addington this Sunday on a London Wildlife Trust guided walk. Hutchinson’s Bank is home to 28 butterfly species – and on this informative guided walk, you can marvel at marbled whites … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, New Addington, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Hutchinson's Bank, London Wildlife Trust, New Addington
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Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission
A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, England, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrats, London Wildlife Trust, Viridor, Worcester Park
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