Friends of Railway Fields

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Conservation based community group based at Railway Fields nature reserve, Harringay.

Email Faye or Abi at friendsofrailwayfields@gmail.com

Website: http://friendsofrailwayfields.wordpress.com
Location: Railway Fields, Green Lanes,Haringey, London
Members: 11
Latest Activity: Feb 28

Friends of Railway Fields

About

Railway Fields used to be a railway goods yard until 1967.

It is now a one hectare 'local nature reserve', owned by Haringey Council. The British Trust of Conservation Volunteers Haringey branch are based here, but are busy working elsewhere in the borough, so the Friends of Railway Fields are responsible for helping out with maintaining the site, and we organise and run most of the events.

Railway Fields is the only place in the world (!) that contains Haringey Knotweed! A hybrid between the dreaded Japanese Knotweed and Russian Vine, and was discovered by the patron of the FoRF, botanist David Bevan.

The site, despite being small, has quite a large newt filled pond (currently with lots of tadpoles), a wildflower meadow and lots of woodland. It is a true oasis off busy Green Lanes.

The Friends group was started in October 2010, and meets on the last Saturday of every month to carry out conservation tasks and have a monthly meeting. There are also lots of events in between.

Upcoming Events

Saturday 31 March, 10.00am: Practical conservation session and monthly meeting.

Visit the website for details of future dates.

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Results of Bird Survey 28/1/2012 1 Reply

Today, January 28, I did the RSPB Birdwatch at Railway Fields. This meant staying quiet for an hour in the Nature Reserve, watching for birds and recording what I saw. Very relaxing, if a little chilly.(Images attached below)2 blue tits1 long tailed…Continue

Started by Mary Hogan. Last reply by Caroline Graty Jan 29.

Butterfly Day Thank You 2 Replies

Thank you to all who came to our beautiful Butterfly Day today! And thank you to us Friends of Railway Fields too for organising such a well-planned, well-run event!I'd like to answer a few questions that people asked: …Continue

Started by Mary Hogan. Last reply by Abigail Cooke Jul 31, 2011.

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Comment by Caroline Graty on February 28, 2012 at 10:17: A big thank you to everyone who came to the February meeting. We had a really productive session tackling the overgrown hedgerow! Visit the website to read all about it.

Comment by Caroline Graty on February 28, 2012 at 10:10: A big thank you to all the volunteers who came to the February session. We had a really productive morning getting to grips with the hedgerow! Read all about it on the website.

Comment by Faye Duffill on February 28, 2011 at 11:58: Wow great pictures!! Looks like our efforts in the rain were all worth it!!

Comment by Abigail Cooke on February 28, 2011 at 11:28

Comment by Abigail Cooke on February 19, 2011 at 15:23

Comment by Faye Duffill on February 15, 2011 at 22:41: Would love to see pictures if you have them Abi?

Comment by Faye Duffill on February 15, 2011 at 22:40: Love the piccies!!

Comment by Abigail Cooke on February 15, 2011 at 21:40: Railway Fields wildflower meadow, in the summer this will be full of flowers and butterflies