Herons, Heineken and Heaps of Plastic
2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lewisham
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Saturday 6th December
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The usual duo of Adi and Paul picked litter in two parts of Lewisham - the former in Sydenham’s Mayow Park, the latter in Deptford’s Brookmill Park.
Paul found lots of plastic brought down by recent high flows on the Ravensbourne - around a couple of black bags full, a lot more than recent weeks. There was also an abandoned shopping trolley to report via Love Clean Streets.
There was other activity along the Ravensbourne too, the herons were nesting! This is several weeks earlier than last year.
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Sat 6th Dec at 7:35pm
great pics of the Herons
Sun 7th Dec at 3:16pm
Thank you! I’ll probably do an update on them most weeks until their young fledge. It’s an utter joy watching them as I pick litter.
Sun 7th Dec at 5:02pm
It's so nice observing the wildlife and the changing seasons. A very mindful thing.
Sun 7th Dec at 9:45pm
It really is! There is so much variety for an urban setting - what I see varies from week to week, on river levels and more broadly on the seasons. Whatever my mood is when I start, it is always better when I finish - it sets me up for the rest of the day.
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