Ashburnham Triangle Association

This weekend is peak birdfeeder activity.  At least, that’s what the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the RSPB, hopes as the end of January is when it holds the  Big Garden Birdwatch .  The RSPB asks you to observe the birds that touch down on your garden, or on a nearby green patch, over a one-hour period any time this Friday 29th Jan, Saturday 30th, or Sunday 31st, then send in the results to the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch web site . (The site also has plenty of advice to help you identify different species) Mick Delap helped organise a similar Spring Nature Census last year, with the ATA Triangle Nature Watch group.  That showed that the Triangle’s most common garden visitor was the Great Tit, followed by Blue Tit, Feral (“Trafalgar Square”) Pigeon, and Wood Pigeon. By the beginning of winter the noisy Ring-necked Parakeet had pushed onto the list, plus regulars  Robin, Dunnock, Starling, Magpie and Blackbird (Seagulls and Carrion Crows are also seen...

There have been more reports of stolen phones this week in the town centre and outside Waitrose. Please be very cautious if you need to use your phone outside of the house. Claire, ATA Security

A reminder that the Clap for Heroes doorstep applause resumes tonight and every Thursday at 8pm

The Greenwich West Safer Neighbourhoods Panel met by conference call on Tuesday 5th January. Below is a summary of that meeting:  Overall, since the first lockdown, crime is lower than the previous year. Within the Triangle  Parcel theft. Requires a community effort to help this, please take any parcels in for neighbours if you notice they have been left.  Vehicle crime continues in the Triangle particularly theft from vehicles. If you do actually see this happening please call 999 immediately. Please continue to ensure that you leave nothing of value your car and ensure that it is locked securely. .  Greenwich Town centre  Covid breaches – please remember distancing rules when in the more congested town centre. Police enforcement will step up in latest lockdown. Mobile phone use-robberies have occurred, including one outside Waitrose in the queue in daylight. Please be very vigilant when using your phone outside of home. Claire   ATA Security / Police Li...

Please be aware of the following vaccine scan which is being sent out via text message:

If you know anyone who is over 80 and waiting for the vaccination then Guy’s are offering appointments see following for criteria. They need their NHS number. Patients over the age of 80 and who live in one of the six boroughs of south east London (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark), we will be happy to vaccinate them. Please ask them to call 0207 188 4040 to book an appointment, or do so on their behalf.

The Triangle’s next collection is on Wednesday, December 30th and the first one of the New Year is on Tuesday, January 5th. 

Barbara Reid writes:  It has been a long time since we have been able to meet at the Ash and it’s likely to be some time before we can gather again so I am organising a Zoom meeting on Wednesday 20 January at 7.30. The meeting will last approximately one hour. A link to the meeting will be sent nearer the time.  I will be giving a short talk on the history of the Roan Schools in Greenwich and Mick Delap will give an update on the Creek.  Some of our ideas/plans have had to be put on hold but we can discuss where we are at. 

Work at the Greenwich Pumping Station site has progressed well this past year. They have successfully launched Tunnel Boring Machine Annie and are now on their way to creating the 4.5km Greenwich connection tunnel, from Greenwich Pumping Station to Chambers Wharf in Bermondsey.  Annie has already successfully tunnelled through 4.5m of ground and built 5 rings, as pictured below. The site is now closed and will restart on 4 January 2021. Site security staff and CCTV will remain in operation, as will the 24-hour Tideway Helpdesk, which you can contact to speak to a member of the team, sign up for email updates from the site or find out about community liaison working group meetings.   In the new year they will continue tunnelling throughout 2021.