biodiversity

Return of the water vole!0
- Environment, News
- 16th November 2020
Berrylands-based Citizen Zoo has raised £18,250 to bring water voles back to the Hogsmill River. The rewilding group’s fundraiser smashed its original £12,000 target. The extra money will now help recruit a dedicated water vole officer to manage the scheme and scale the project beyond the Hogsmill River to the Thames. The next two years will
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Volunteers rally at Victoria rec for community clear-up day 0
- Environment, News
- 13th October 2020
This was the bountiful haul when volunteers cleared the dense undergrowth around the tennis courts in Victoria recreation ground; 50 lost balls (some slightly chewed). The community rallied to spruce up Victoria rec, trim unruly foliage, pick up litter and dramatically improve the Victoria Avenue entrance’s flowerbeds. Twenty five volunteers from the Friends group used
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Mask up for Hogsmill water voles 0
- Environment, News
- 7th August 2020
Stand out from the crowd, and support a good cause at the same time, by sporting this eye-catching water vole mask (see pic above). The Get InVOLEd mask costs £7.50 with free postage thrown in. Made to order by volunteers from recycled polyester and cotton bed sheets (50-50), it has an endearing water vole logo
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London’s hidden hunters 0
- Environment, News
- 11th April 2020
Surbiton’s wildlife expert Elliot Newton will be shedding some light on the capital’s hidden hunters this morning (Saturday) at 11am on the Earth Live Lessons YouTube channel. Elliot, Kingston Council’s biodiversity officer, will be telling us more about the woodpeckers, dragonflies, bats and other creatures which use London as their hunting ground. Tune in to
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YouTube broadcast on urban wildlife 0
- Environment, News
- 28th March 2020
Surbiton’s wildlife champion Elliot Newton will be broadcasting live at midday today (Saturday) on the Earth LIVE Lessons YouTube channel. Elliot, who masterminded last summer’s WILD Kingston event at the Rose Theatre, and who spearheads local environmental and conservation projects at Fishponds Park, Berrylands Nature Reserve and Tolworth Court Farm, will be discussing urban nature.
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