Swifts – ancient bird yet vulnerable to extinction. How can we help?
Only on our shores for 3 months of the year to breed, the Swift is an ancient and most amazing bird! Not landing from birth until approx. 3 years old they eat, sleep, drink, and mate on the wing. They adapted well to urbanisation, and took to … Read more
Photo credit: Jon Perry
Snout’s First Trip Out! A book written for hedgehogs (and young humans)
Joanne Gilbert, Founder of WildChiswick, has written a book for children about hedgehogs. This is a children’s book with beautiful illustrations, a lovely story with an educational element explaining what hedgehogs need from us to help them survive. The book costs £6.99 plus postage … Read more
ZSL Mammal Survey – please help!
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
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
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
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.
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