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Russia Dock Woodland, Stave Hill and Greenland Dock

A year in the life of Russia Dock Woodland, Stave Hill Ecological Park and Greenland Dock. Just for fun, I have put together a blog to capture its many facets from week to week over the period of the next year. You can email me at oddzie@gmail.com.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

More Autumn photos from Saturday





Posted by Andie at 07:23
Labels: Plant life, Russia Dock Woodland, Stave Hill

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This blog is a photographic and historical record of the area in which I live in southeast London, U.K..

Although the area has been considerably developed since the Surrey Commercial Docks closed in 1969, traces of a commercial dockland heritage can still be found in Rotherhithe.

Parts of the area have also been turned into parks where wildlife has been allowed to develop. I live between the parks and Greenland Dock, which connects via a lock to the Thames. The dock and the ponds in woodland parks are full of fish and well used by both freshwater and sea birds. The woodland and ecological park are full of wildlife including birds, animals, insects and a huge variety of plants. Some of them are rare and are monitored by local conservation groups.

As with many of these urban oases the area suffers stresses - social, environmental and political. Plans to develop areas of the Rotherhithe peninsula offer a potential threat to the ecological stability of the area, teenagers run antisocially rampant in the summer months (often uncontrolled by either parents or the local authorities), and it is always a communal challenge to ensure that facilities and services within the area are maintained to the required standards.

This is just a bit of fun, but I want the photographs to reflect the date each post, so the photographs will never be more than a week old and they will show both good and bad aspects of life in Greenland Dock and in the Russia Dock Woodland.

The heritage post focus on the past of the area from prehistoric times onwards. I hope that these will be of interest to anyone who shares my interest in the evolution of Rotherhithe. Just click on the Heritage label to see the heritage posts exclusively.

Depending on where I am and what I'm up to the posts may become somewhat sporadic.

You can click on the small image of any photograph to see a bigger version.

Links

  • Bibliography for the blog
  • Friends of Russia Dock Woodland
  • Friends of RDW Email Group
  • Caroline's Miscellany
  • Google Satellite Image RDW
  • Drplokta's Photostream (Flickr)
  • Kam Hong Leung's photostream (Flickr)
  • Rotherhithe Community Safety Forum
  • Trust for Urban Ecology
  • Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group
  • RSPB Bird Guide
  • Wild About Britain
  • UK Butterflies

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2009 (127)
    • ►  December (5)
      • Relics of the Grand Surrey Canal and its locks
      • Rotherhithe Heritage #10 - 1843 - 1870
      • More photos from last week
      • More from yesterday
      • Freezing cold but very pretty
    • ▼  November (9)
      • Rotherhithe Heritage #9 - 1825-1843
      • More from Thursday in the park
      • Yesterday at the Surrey Docks Farm
      • Blue skies and sunshine in late November
      • Les Butler's blog
      • Recovering laurel, the new toad sanctuary and the ...
      • More Autumn photos from Saturday
      • More photos from Saturday
      • Autumn colours
    • ►  September (3)
      • Fox cruelty in Rotherhithe
      • Village Choice - a Financial Times article about t...
      • September in the Russia Dock Woodland and Stave Hi...
    • ►  August (5)
      • Green Flag status
      • A bit of off-topic silliness
      • More from August 15th 2009
      • Grebes on Greenland Dock
      • Wales Yo-Yo
    • ►  July (5)
      • Flowers from Sunday 12th
      • More photos from Sunday 12th
      • More insects from Sunday
      • Some of the insects from yesterday
      • A month and a half later and things have changed
    • ►  June (8)
      • More re Deptford - Albury Street
      • Unlikely nesting companions
      • A great day with Sovereigns, Sailors, Shipwrights ...
      • Last lot from 29th May 2009
      • Another lot from 29th May
      • Sovereigns, Sailors, Shipwrights and Skulls: Divin...
      • May 29th - insect fest, butterfly sanctuary
      • More from 29th May
    • ►  May (23)
      • More from the 29th May 2009
      • End of May
      • A little gruff humour
      • Once there were swarms of butterflies in our skies...
      • Wind, Rain, and Wales
      • Last lot from 10th
      • More from 10th May, Sunday
      • More from Sunday 10th May
      • Happy first birthday to this blog
      • Yellow Flag Lillies and Roses
      • The Duff
      • A working river's last hurrah before the bulldozer...
      • Centre for Wildlife Gardening
      • Greenland Dock and South Dock barge owners re resi...
      • Telegraph article about nature conservation
    • ►  April (20)
    • ►  March (15)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (17)
  • ►  2008 (178)
    • ►  December (9)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (21)
    • ►  August (53)
    • ►  July (28)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (16)

Labels

  • Animal Life (4)
  • Anti-social behaviour (15)
  • Bibliography (1)
  • Bird life (46)
  • Crime (3)
  • Deptford (2)
  • Downtown Site (39)
  • Enjoying RDW (20)
  • Friends RDW (5)
  • Frogmore (1)
  • Greenland Dock (31)
  • Heritage (52)
  • Insects (62)
  • Les Butler (9)
  • Local Groups (6)
  • LocalHistory (9)
  • News Updates (28)
  • Planning Proposals (27)
  • Plant life (103)
  • Rubbish control (1)
  • Russia Dock Woodland (137)
  • Schools (2)
  • Stave Hill (136)
  • Surrey Docks Farm (14)
  • Trees (13)
  • TRUE (8)
  • Water (32)
  • Wildlife (88)

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About Me

Andie Byrnes
I trained as an archaeologist many years ago, but lack of funds and excessive rain drove me into telecommunications where I worked for over 15 years. However, once archaeology is in your blood, it never goes away, and I am now carrying out post-graduate studies in Egyptian Archaeology (prehistory) at UCL, London. I live in an area on the edge of London, in the Rotherhithe peninsula.
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