Creekside Centre celebrates three years of Rivers & People Project this Sunday

Sunday 7th July, 12pm to 3.30pm –  It's a WRaP
The final event of the Rivers and People Project celebrates its three year duration with crab races, wildflower bingo, traditional fairground games and food – including barbecue and cake – plus puppet theatre Monkey Biz. All welcome.

Creekside Discovery Centre, 14 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 4SA
www.creeksidecentre.org.uk

Rivers & People and Deptford Creek

The new Rivers & People programme is out – pick one up in the library, click on the image below, or go to their website to find out the opportunities to explore your local rivers for FREE over the coming months. The next walk is a trek out to Kelsey Park to look at one of the largest heronries in London on 12th March. The walks along Lewisham's waterways run until July, with the last event marking the end of the Rivers & People project.

The project has been run for the last three years in association with Creekside Discovery Centre (14 Creekside). The Centre also runs low-tide walks in Deptford Creek – the next one is on March 17th. Check out their website here.

Bio Blitz Detectives

What's going on in that patch of ground opposite Farrer and Congers House, next to the church? Crossfields Open Space, where they want to drill a big hole to make a tunnel to connect to the proposed Thames Tunnel? May there be beasties there, minding their own business?

Rivers & People Project and Creekside Twitter

The new programme of summer walks and events organised by the Rivers & People Project will be out shortly (check at the library next week). See the preview below. Meanwhile Twitter fans who are keen nature lovers might like to follow the tweets from Creekside Discovery Centre. Check out @Creekside_Trust. Also see dates and times of up and coming Deptford Creek Low Tide Walks on the Centre's website (the next one is Saturday 28th April at 11am).

Rivers and People Project: Autumn – Winter 2011

We thought this sounded like an interesting walk: Roots and Shoots amongst the Suits – Creekside to Canary Wharf. "A meander to the mouth of the Ravensbourne, a tunnel below the Thames and a delve amongst the docks will see us arrive in the heart of the financial district where wildlife still clings on, nestled beneath the hedge funds". Meet at Creekside Discovery Centre at 2pm.

More walks listed below...

Sue Godfrey Nature Park Fun Day this Saturday

Saturday 24 September 2pm-5pm
Come and search for all manner of wildlife by pooting, sweeping and beating, or join one of the wildflower rambles through OUR VERY OWN fantastic brownfield site.
Meet at Sue Godfrey Nature Park (entrance on Bronze Street)


A FREE event organised by the Rivers & People Project
www.natureconservationlewisham.co.uk

Creekside Discovery Evening - Saturday 20 August

This Saturday the Creekside Discovery Centre is opening its gates from 6pm to 10pm to welcome all 'urban explorers' who fancy spending the evening pond dipping, hunting bugs and identifying wild flowers. Nature lovers can drop in when they like and from 7pm the barbeque will be fired up, so bring your own grub to put on the grill.

The Creekside Discovery Evening is part of a series of FREE events in August and September programmed by Lewisham's Rivers and People Project that includes walks along the Waterlink Way, bat hunting in Beckenham Place Park and drop-ins at Ladywell Fields and Cornmill Gardens.

Other events at Creekside Discovery Centre are:

Sunday 4 September 2-5pm: Wild trees
Wednesday 7 September 7pm-10pm: Creekside Moth Night
Saturday 10 September 2pm-5pm: Migrating Birds
Saturday 15 September 10am-1pm: Low Tide Walk in Deptford Creek

And on Saturday 24 September from 2pm-5pm there's a Family Fun Day in Sue Godfrey Nature Park.

Lots more info at www.natureconservationlewisham.co.uk