Bat Experience This Saturday 4th September

Our end of Summer Spectacular is this Saturday with our Bat Experience, Meet at Five Arches at 7.30pm For Full Details click Here

The Information Centre will be open this Saturday 7th August between 10.00am and 1.00pm.

The Information Centre will be open to the public on Saturday 7th August between 10.00am and 1.00pm. We will be joined by: – Emily Millhouse    London Tails of Amphibian Discovery (T.O.A.D) Project Manager with froglife https://www.froglife.org/ Funded through The National Lottery Heritage Fund Who will be available to answer any questions you might have on the

Exploring Local Places, Foots Cray Place Saturday 24th July 2021 10am – 4pm

Exploring Local Places, Foots Cray Place Saturday 24th July 2021 10am – 4pm. The Friends and Bexley Archaeology Group are co hosting an event as part of the Festival of Archaeology. For full details click the link to see the Poster.

Talk of a Sewage Leak mind the water – Here is an update from the Environment Agency

My thanks to Kat at the EA for updating the Friends on this week’s talk of water quality on the Rivers Shuttle & Cray MH FFCM On Monday (21/06/21) we were made aware of a fish kill involving several hundred dead fish on the River Shuttle at Bexley Woods. Our Water Quality and Fisheries Officers

Tuesday 22 June AGM Postponed

Dear Member(s), The AGM on Tuesday 22nd June has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for Tuesday 13th July 2021.  The reason for the cancellation is mainly due to the weather which although anticipated to be dry tomorrow evening isn’t expected to be very warm and as the AGM is being held outdoors is likely

River Cray – Stop Look Listen

When you are next along the River Cray between Five Arches and Water Lane you might notice last winter’s Chalk Stream Restoration Work a Thames21 project. Why not Stop Look and listen, you will see what still looks a bit raw, grey and strange, that some trees have been hinged or cut then secured in

Bluebells in the Woods

After the lakeside drama in last week’s post we take a quiet stroll into North Cray Woods, where you will see that you do not have to drive to a National Trust site to find the delights of a carpet of bluebells carpeting the spring time woodland. We have our own beautiful blooming bluebell experience,

Perils of Fishing Litter

A springtime reminder of the hazards facing wildlife on the Meadows when people get too close. In this case the perils of fishing litter returned to the Five Arches this week when a Canada Goose became mortally entangled and wounded by fishing line and tackle. This distress and injury to the bird was reported to

Visitors or Residents?

Some delight with the arrival of a second Swan at Five Arches this February, are they a mating pair? and ready to make their home on the River Cray at Foots Cray Meadows. Let’s hope so.

Friends Website

The Friends were set up in June 2006 in order to protect Foots Cray Meadows, a magnificent mixture of landscaped open space, Meadows and Woodland covering an area of 97 hectares (240 acres) which has survived development from the urban sprawl of London. It is an important site to many local people and visitors alike