December was a busy month, considering that we only had a few sessions due to the festive break. We began our winter management of the Hare & Billet pond up on Blackheath. This is a task we do annually to keep the reeds and flag iris contained in one area of the pond (otherwise they’d spread across the whole pond).
Later in the month we had some new bird boxes to put up in Northbrook Park, where there has been a big project to turn one corner of the park into a wetland, linking up the wet woodland and large pond in the adjacent Network Rail Land.
We finished our year with a walk around Beckenham Place Park, looking at all the work and different projects that have been occurring there over the past year. From me personally I’d like to say a HUGE thanks to all the wonderful volunteers that help to continue improve our wonderful green and blue spaces in Lewisham!
Rivers and People 