Up on the Downs: the meadows at Roundshaw Downs remain in maturity today
Inside Croydon’s doughty troup of walkers and nature-watchers are long past due a go back to Roundshaw Downs to overtake the interesting animals and plants to be discovered there.
That’s why next Thursday, June 15, we’ll be staging the latest of our periodic ambles around the high lawn, to catch-up with the skylarks, little blue butterflies, foxes in their dens and kestrels or sparrowhawks on the wing, for our own variation of Springwatch on a system of superbly rewilded arrive on what was Britain’s very first worldwide airport, all with the tower blocks of main Croydon in sight.
It’s mid-summer, and Roundshaw is at its flowering best, with dog roses in the spinney and ox-eye daisies dappling throughout the meadows.
And then there’s the birdsong.
Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!
Dost thou abhor the earth where cares be plentiful?
Or, while the wings aim, are heart and eye
Both with thy nest upon the fresh ground?
Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,
Those shuddering wings made up, that music still!Leave to the nightingale her dubious wood;
A personal privacy of remarkable light is thine;
Whence thou dost put upon the world a flood
Of consistency, with impulse more magnificent;
Type of the sensible who skyrocket, however never ever wander;
True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home!To The Skylark by William Wordsworth
We will be satisfying at 6.30pm for this mild night stroll (you will receive verification and instructions by mail from EventBrite in the week in advance).
Oak, ash and elm: Dave Warburton’s directing among our strolls in 2022
The walk will last around one and a half hours and cover less than 3 miles. We’ll all be heading for home right before sunset.
Once once again, we are pleased that regional wildlife and preservation officer Dave Warburton has actually accepted be our professional guide.
Everyone’s welcome – our routine and previous participants, however likewise beginners and those curious to discover what marvels can be discovered on our doorstep.
The walk must fit any ages, although most likely a bit dull for the under-eights. We ask that each walker aged under 14 must be accompanied by a grownup.
The walk is totally free, though contributions to the Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers, who do much of the preservation deal with the Downs, are welcomed and valued.
Paying customers to Inside Croydon will get concern locations.
To sign up as an iC patron, for less than a fiver per month, click here.
Bring your field glasses or video cameras. And a water bottle, and ensure you have actually sunscreen and other ideal security from the rays. The walk will be primarily off courses, so ensure that you are using ideal shoes.
Regular iC readers might remember our year-long job that tracked the seasonal modifications on the Downs, the early spring, the summer season dry spell and the wildfire that happened throughout our last night amble at Roundshaw last August. Next week’s walk is a fantastic chance to see the Downs at their best, and attempt to find some re-list threatened types that are being assisted by some mindful, long-lasting preservation work.
So: 6.30pm, Thursday, June 15, for one-and-a-half hours (go on, there’s absolutely nothing on the telly), and it is totally free.
To book, please visit our Eventbrite page by clicking here
And check out our year-long research study of Roundshaw: Fire, thunder and ice – reality drama up on Roundshaw Downs
- Sutton Council’s biodiversity officer Dave Warburton continues to organize offering days and other occasions at Roundshaw and in other places.
- Email [email protected] to find out more and to get included with endeavor environment management (great deals of cutting down the brambles) on website. All training and tools supplied.
- Otherwise, the Biodiversity Team supplies offering opportunities on Tuesdays through Thursdays each week of the year, endeavor practical environment management, consisting of botanical surveying throughout the summer season. More info here.
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