News and Events

The area of Mitcham Common behind Mill House Ecology Centre (see link below) is due to have it’s scrub removed in the near future to restore this area for recreation purposes. recreationgrasslandrestoration

Over the past few weeks various areas have been subject to management in order to prevent them succeeding into scrub and maintain habitat diversity. This has included physical removal of scrub/grass and spraying unwanted regeneration. Numerous areas of grassland have also been cut to preserve them as grassland. In the coming weeks several areas of…

  In the New Year a contractor will be undertaking scrub/woodland clearance on an area of the  Common  near Seven Islands pond. Mitcham Common Seven Islands Pond Sub-Site Parcel 2 Restoration Project 2020_2021 This work is to promote the re-colonization of acid grassland where it has been lost to woodland encroachment. Acid grassland is an important…

On 13 March 2019 the High Court granted Merton Council an Injunction Order lasting 3 years forbidding Persons Unknown Occupying Land or Depositing Waste from: Injunction Order March 2019 setting up an encampment on any land identified on the attached Map and listed on Schedule A on the 56 sites listed, without written permission from the local…

Please see the attached following links to a borough-wide public consultation that has now gone live concerning proposed new dog control measures in Merton. The proposals will have significant impacts for the management of dogs in our parks and greenspaces for some years to come. https://www.merton.gov.uk/communities-and-neighbourhoods/stray-lost-and-dangerous-dogs/dog-control-orders – Web page https://consult.merton.gov.uk/KMS/dmart.aspx?noip=1&strTab=PublicDMart&PageType=item&DMartId=3004 – Survey Please note the…

The SUEZ Communities Trust has kindly agreed to fund a project which aims to restore acid grassland on several parcels of land on the Seven Islands Pond and Golf Course sub-sites of the Common. The work will start in the near future and will involve removing scrub woodland and semi-mature trees followed by clearance of accumulated organic material…

New holes from metal detecting have been appearing on paths around Mitcham Common. Metal detecting is not permitted on the Common for safety and nature conservation reasons. If you see holes being dug please report it.

A new test scrape has been dug on the Mill House sub-site part of the Common, to the north of the Ecology Centre. This will be seeded with heather, have brash placed over it and be pegged with fencing to prevent being blown away and public trampling. Heathland is an important habitat on the Common, and…

“Alabama Rot” Update – Case Confirmed Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy (CRGV) “Alabama Rot” – Case Confirmed We have been advised by a local veterinary practice that the suspected case of CRGV, or “Alabama Rot”, in a local dog has been confirmed. However, as the dog was also walked in other local parks and open…

Spider man at Mitcham Common The official recorder of spiders for London, Edward Milner will be coming to Mitcham Common on Saturday 26 September from 10.30am – 2pm to run a spider foray which is open to the public. Over a hundred different species of spider can be found on the Common and Edward will…

If you see motorbikes on the Common call the local Safer Neighbourhoods Team on 0208 649 3604 giving as much detail as you can, and they will respond if they are on duty. If they are not on duty leave a message and call 101 giving details.