Water pollution: Outfall Safaris and Riverfly Monitoring
Wednesday, 20th March, 7.45pm online Guest speaker: Lawrence Beale Collins How volunteers are testing and tracking water quality and how pollution affects our river habitats and species Book now: qwag@qwag.org.uk Public concern about polluted water is high. The sewage...
Get to know your local river
FREE EVENTS in Jan, Feb and March 2024 for residents in the Horn Park, Mottingham Lane, Dutch House area. You may know the River Quaggy flows nearby, but how much do you really know about the river, its condition, wildlife, and how it can be improved? A new local...
Ken White: Bridge across river named after local hero
On a rainy September Sunday afternoon, passers-by were struck by a gathering on the bridge over the River Ravensbourne between Ladywell Fields and University Hospital Lewisham (UHL). Why did leading lights of the local community...
Dramatic transformation, at last – Bromley’s restored Glassmill Millpond
Alluded to in Shakespeare’s Henry V1 Part II, the much-needed makeover of central Bromley’s Glassmill Millpond on the River Ravensbourne brings gains for water quality, wildlife, and all things downstream. Pamela Zollicoffer explores how the dramatic restoration...
Wednesday 15th November (Online) : Will Ratty return to London’s rivers?
Will Ratty return to London’s rivers? Wednesday, 15th November, 7.45pm online Sam Facey, Estuaries and Wetlands Project Officer, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Can Ratty’s prospects be raised by London’s Water Vole Recovery Programme? Water voles - loved by...
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 7.45pm online: Following the Upper Kid Brook – Take a virtual tour with John Causer
People passing through central Lewisham will know Europe’s largest Police Station and St Stephen’s Church next door. They may also know the Quaggy and Ravensbourne rivers meet nearby. But they may not know that as they pass the church and police station on foot, or on...
Sunday 17 September, 2pm: Bridge naming and plaque unveiling, Ladywell Fields
On what would have been the 100th birthday of QWAG member and local historian, Ken White, join QWAG and Lewisham Biodiversity Partnership in Ladywell Fields for the naming of the ’Ken White Bridge’ and unveiling of a plaque in Ken’s honour. The bridge crosses the...
Wednesday 17 May (ONLINE) : Our Amazing Vanishing Front Gardens
Our Amazing Vanishing Front Gardens Wednesday 17 May 2023, 7.45pm (online) The costs of losing the most local of green spaces Christine Eborall, Ealing Front Gardens Project In November 2022 even the National Infrastructure Commission reported on rising flood risk...
Wednesday 15 March 7.45pm (ONLINE) : AGM + The Thames, Wetlands and Aquatic Plants
WAG AGM + The Thames, Wetlands and Aquatic Plants (online) Wednesday 15 March 2023 7.45pm: AGM. 8.30pm: Guest speaker - Dr Mark A. Spencer F.L.S Forensic Botanist and Hon. Curator (Plants), Linnean Society of London Layers of plants at the Thames Road Wetland,...
Get to know your local river
INVITATION to residents in the Horn Park, Mottingham Lane, Dutch House area. You may know the River Quaggy flows nearby, but how much do you really know about the river, its condition, wildlife, and how it can be improved? A new local project aims to...
Wednesday 18 January, 7.45pm (ONLINE) Green Lewisham: Our Treasured Open Spaces With Candy Blackham, author and photographer
Candy Blackham, writes extensively about parks and gardens in Greenwich and Lewisham, across London, the UK and overseas. Candy’s lockdown visits to green spaces across Lewisham borough led to her book Green Lewisham: Our Treasured Open Spaces (Clink Street...
20 July – Zoom Meeting: Deluge! The 1968 Great Flood and reducing flood risk today
Lewisham is London borough of culture 2022. 54 years ago much of the borough was hit by the Great Flood of 1968. Join QWAG’s July meeting for amazing pictures and fascinating recollections gathered from people across the borough - from central Lewisham, Ladywell and...
17 Nov – Zoom Meeting: Wild Swimming – a Personal View
Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum There has been rising interest in wild swimming. People speak of the health benefits as well as how to prepare and awareness of the legalities. In his talk for QWAG, Christopher will give his personal view of wild...
19 Jan – Zoom Meeting: Nature’s Recovery in Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham
The government is consulting on its Nature Recovery Green Paper. Boroughs will also soon start to help prepare Local Nature Recovery Strategies. Ahead of the global biodiversity summit (COP15) in spring 2022 the government is consulting on how to restore nature in...
16 Mar – Zoom Meeting: Amazing Eels! Overcoming the barriers they face
Community Eels Project Officer, Thames21 Eels are amazing, but they face immense struggles. Since the 1980s European eels (Anguilla anguilla) have declined by over 90 per cent. A main threat eels face is man-made physical obstacles in rivers. Having migrated over...