Jo Gilbert

December 2023 Newsletter

News

We have done lots of work this year and we would love you to come along and join us in 2024! By reading the newletter you will gain a good understanding of what we do as a community group to help our local wildlife and … Read more


Baby robin.

ZSL Mammal Survey – please help!

Hedgehogs Projects Research

We have worked with Zoological Society London’s London Hogwatch team for the past coupleof years. They are now conducting a survey that focusses on recent and historical mammal sightings across Greater London to gain a better understanding of wild mammal distributions across the city. To … Read more


Register Now to Put in A Hedgehog Highway. Save Our Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs Projects

This is really important to allow our hedgehogs to move the mile they require each night safely and to help them find habitat that is suitable for nesting, mating and food supplies. We need to provide a green highway by cutting a small 13cm hole … Read more


Photo credit: PTES

Saving amphibians across Chiswick Business Park

News Volunteers

For several years now, volunteers have been rescuing toads and newts that find themselves crushed or falling down drains and drowing at the Chiswick Business Park. They need more volunteers – especially once Spring arrives. Read the article written in this weeks’ Chiswick Calendar to … Read more


Toad on the tarmac at Chiswick Business Park - Clare Arnold

Photo competition winners in Chiswick Calendar

Events News

We are delighted to see our winners and runners up from our photo competition in Chiswick Calendar this week. Click here to view the article. Please do come and see the photos in situ at our booked venues to display them. See previous post for … Read more


Some of our favourite nature books

There are many books about wildlife to be found and below we have provided a list of some of our favourites: Dancing with Bees. Brigit Strawbridge Howard. Available on Amazon. Black Ops and Beaver Bombing. Adventures with Britain’s wild mammals. Fiona Matthews & Tim Kendall. … Read more


Chiswick School Help Out on the Wildlife Allotment.

Allotment

November 2022, we had the pleasure of hosting 12 pupils from Chiwick School who came along to help us develop the wildlife allotment. Organised by Time Givers, the pupils helped start a dead-hedge, dig a trench for a living hedge, build a hibernaculum for amphibians, … Read more


PHOTO COMPETITION WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP ANNOUNCED

Events News Projects

Earlier this week we held our awards evening for our photo competition. In total we had 167 entries and we thank every single person who went outside, took time to look at nature, and sent us photos along with a paragraph telling us why they … Read more


Jo Gilbert announcing winners

EXHIBIT OF PHOTO COMP WINNERS/RUNNERS-UP

We will be exhibiting the winner and runner-up photos from our photo competition across Chiswick over the next few months. Some sites still need to be finalised. Here are a few that are final. Do come along and have a look. You can read the … Read more


Photo competition in Chiswick Calendar

News

We have a short article in the Chiswick Calendar this week talking about the photo competition and showing some of the entries. Click here to take a look! The photos we received are really fantastic and have some lovely comments with them. We are so … Read more


Photo credit: Giedrius Stakauskas