Beddington Farmlands Bird and Wildlife Report 2015

Here's an on line version of the 2015 Beddington Farmlands Bird and Wildlife Report with most recent published data on the declines of wildlife at the farmlands. Beddington Farmlands is one of the most studied ecological communities in the country. 

The Beddington Bird and Wildlife Report is compiled using data from various sources:

a) BFBG member sightings and co-ordinated counts which are conducted on a near daily basis.

b) Ornithological Survey Reports conducted by MKA Ecology Ltd commissioned by Viridor.

c) BTO and partners coordinated Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS, CBS) and Wetland Bird Surveys

(WEBs) carried out by Derek Coleman and BFBG members.

d) Ringing Effort results by Mike Netherwood and the Beddington Farmlands Ringing Station

e) Regular Moth trapping by Peter Alfrey from the ‘obs’ and occasional additional moth trapping

by Derek Coleman and others

f) Bat surveys conducted by MKA Ecology Ltd, commissioned by Viridor

g) Habitat surverys conducted MKA Ecology Ltd, commissioned by Viridor

h) Results from the London Tree Sparrow Partnership

Records are submitted for compilation into regional recording schemes organized by:

1) London Natural History Society

2) Surrey Bird Club

3) British Trust for Ornithology

4) British Bird Rarities Committee

5) Biological Records Centre

6) Ebird

Beddington Farmlands Bird and Wildlife Report 2015 by Peter Alfrey on Scribd

It's back

UN-NATURAL HISTORY OF LONDON

Featuring Beddington Farmlands and other London wildlife and sites 

Trip report from Northern Spain

Better late than never:

Wildcats and Wolves August 2016 by Peter Alfrey on Scribd

Ex-Beddington Birder Speaks Out

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The Paths of Birding

Here's the pieces I wrote for Birdwatch last year about the different ways to enjoy and participitate in birding:

Observation,  Listening,  Listing,  Photography and Art Recording/Surveys,  Professional, Conservation and Biodiversification

New Directions 1 - Birdwatch by Peter Alfrey on Scribd

New Directions 2 - Birdwatch by Peter Alfrey on Scribd

Caspian Gulls etc

At least five Caspian Gulls around at the moment. Here's four of them. 

First-winter Caspian Gull (Bird 1) 

First-winter Caspian Gull (Bird 2) 

Second-winter Caspian Gull

Male Pheasant- a male and three females present

Common Clothes Moth. Also had a Mottled Umber. 

2017 Plans for Mice and Men

The Plans 

Just been finalising and tweaking our management plans for 2017. 

Implementing plans is an amusing game. It's basically like a game of king of the rings with bulldozers where you just try and bulldoze your plan through (in this case a nature and people one) while the capitalists and other Lords of darkness and their orks try and stop you and bulldoze over the top of you. 

It's a laugh- the plans rarely work out as planned, last year we dealt with kin theft and betrayal, sabotage within the inner sanctum, the usual episodes of mob lynching and mutiny, corporate deceit, ram sacking gangs, councillor bribes, seduction and loss of territory- all while just trying to do a bit of gardening and bird spotting! Shoot for the Moon- land in the shitter! 

I guess in a densely populated environment with some many competing views and agendas everyone is fighting over the same resources- there's a danger that everything just ends up getting ripped to pieces. Trying to get the bulldozers to do a bit of line dancing and working together building something creatively seems a much better idea but seemingly quite an unpopular one. 

Will see how we get on on this years trip round the sun on this maddening planet floating in the bleakness of infinite nothingness. 

Main objectives for us this year  on the different projects are:

Little Oak Environmental Management

a) Set up Cell 2 (our first franchise chain) 

b) Implement first phase of wildlife gardens in Hackbridge

c) Implement first phase of green space improvements in Hackbridge

Beddington Farmlands

a) Campaign for Wet Grassland and implementation of s106 conditions

b) Increase members and activities in wildlife group/ integrate with CAMC

c) Continue bio-blitz and improving recording systems 

Azores Nature

a) Improve recording systems

b) 2015 and 2016 Reports

c) Bird Fair event to promote tours

Thee Bryans

a) Summer World of Twigg/Thee Bryans mini-tour

b) Finalise web spaces 

Other

a) Mobile obs trips using e-bird and i-record

b) The Old Vicarage Bioblitz/ Oxfordshire birding

LITTLE OAK GROUP