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| Where: |
Off Shooters
Hill (A207) and Wickham Street, Welling
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Map |
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| How: |
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| Rail stations: |
Welling |
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| Buses: |
51,
96, 422 |
| Entrances |
Wickham
Street, Bournewood Road, Highbanks Close, Rippersley Road, Camdale
Road |
| Facilities: |
None
but "Fanny on the Hill" pub nearby in Wickham Street |
| Site: |
Land
formerly part of East Wickham Farm and East Wickham House consisting
of 34 hectares. Comprises parkland, natural grassland, two small
copses of trees, a pond and shallow ditches.
View
Site Map |
| Contact: |
Bexley
Council 0208 303 7777x3530 or see East Wickham Volunteer Group website
www.eastwickham.org.uk |
| Leaflets: |
Bexley
Council local studies office, Sidcup |
| Walking: |
Green
Chain Walk crosses the Open Space from Highbanks Close to Glenmore
Road |
| Birds: |
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| Winter: |
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| Summer: |
Swift,
blackcap, whitethroat |
| Resident: |
Green
woodpecker, robin blackbird, wren, tits, ring necked parakeet, kestrel
and other common species of parks and woodland |
| Migration: |
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| Rarities: |
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| Butterflies: |
Comma,
green veined white, holly blue, large white, orange tip, peacock,
red admiral, small copper, small tortoiseshell, small white, speckled
wood, large skipper, Essex skipper, common blue |
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| Mammals: |
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| Flowers: |
Bluebell,
daffodil, broom, common cat’s ear, common storksbill, vetch,
cow parsley, garlic mustard, poppy, red campion, snowdrop, crocus,
teasel, field scabious, ladies bedstraw, sweet and dog violet etc |
| Additional
Information: |
East
Wickham Open Space provides an open grassland corridor between the
ancient woodlands of Bostall and Oxleas. Surveys indicate there have
been 34 bird species, 17 butterfly species and 115 flowering plant
species recorded. Six bat boxes were erected in 1999 but some have
disappeared and as yet there is no detailed information on the species.
The Open Space also contains a children’s play area, five-a-side
football and basketball facilities and a number of seats from where
visitors can admire views over Bostall Woods and Shooters Hill. |
| Membership
Information: |
See
website |
| Comment: |
Perhaps
this site, enthusiastically managed by volunteers, is best known for
its flowers and the butterflies attracted to them. But there is plenty
of potential for development as a bird-friendly area. Interesting
combination of recreational and wildlife interests |
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