London's next major nature reserve
The local elections on May 5th are a very important election for Beddington Farmlands as elected representatives for the next term will oversee the completion of the habitats and opening of the reserve to meet the legal deadline of December 31st 2023. After over 20 years in development the long journey for a premier public… read more »
The year was dominated by the fall out from the construction of the controversial incinerator and that’s before the chimneys have even started emitting dioxins and fine particulates into the local air. Beddington Farmlands was seldom not in the local and wider media in 2017 and featured strongly as a local issue in the June… read more »
Viridor are to host two open days in September to showcase the restoration and incinerator. Dates and times are: 15th September 2017 – 10.00-12.00 22nd September 2017 – 14.00-16.00 Members of the public are encouraged to attend. The site ecologist who is employed by Viridor will be there to answer questions about the restoration. Possible… read more »
THE GREENS SHASHA KHAN ‘I pledge to do everything possible to ensure agreements that Sutton Council and Viridor have given in regards to the restoration plan are honoured. As the individual that took Sutton Council to the High Court I have seen first hand how Beddington Farmlands has been neglected. I agree with David Lindo,… read more »
A brief introduction to the work of the Beddington Farmlands Bird Group: RECORDING (Birds, butterflies, moths and other taxa, including British Trust for Ornithology BBS, WeBS Surveys and on-going ringing effort) 25 (max) bird group members, approximately 5044 hours per annum REPORTING (Daily news, website, social media, national recording schemes and comprehensive annual report). Reporting team of 5, approximately 250 hours per… read more »
DISCOVER HIDDEN BEDDINGTON: COMMUNITY OPEN DAYS AT THE FARMLANDS Bird Watchers Paradise, in partnership with the Beddington Farmland Bird Group and MKA Ecology – Tuesday 23rd August – 10.00 & 13.00 Beddington Farmlands Walks, hosted by the Viridor Beddington Team – Sunday 11th September -10.00 & 12.00. The Viridor team at the Beddington Farmlands are… read more »
As an important wetlands reserve Beddington Farmlands has a variety of dragonflies and damselflies. During the last decade or so 16 Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly) species have been recorded here. The first record this year, on 4th May, was of a Red-tailed damselfly. On 27th May a transect walk revealed 3 species of damselfly (Large red, Common… read more »
Here’s a few highlights from 2015 in pictures: A total of 163 bird species were recorded with highlights being a Stone Curlew in the spring and a Serin (above) in the late autumn. Stone Curlew- the first one since 1982 Great Crested Grebes bred for the first timeIt was the best year on record for breeding Tufted… read more »
35 people took part in the June bird and wildlife walk. Highlights of the walk included seeing the breeding Great Crested Grebes, recently hatched Tufted Duck broods, Little Ringed Plovers, Kestrel hovering at head height, Rosel’s Bush Cricket, Meadow Brown and Small Tortoisehell and Crambus culmella and other micros moths in the meadow on the… read more »