We are delighted to be working with the following:
What are we doing?
Talks, Events, Research & Projects
SWIFT ACTION PROJECT
With the help of funding from Hounslow Council, we are looking to find sites across Chiswick with known Swift activities to install new Swift Boxes to help this species which is vulnerable to extinction in the UK.
We will also re-establish the monitoring of Swifts across Chiswick during the months of May through end of August. Monitoring all species is important. Monitoring vulnerable species is especially important so we can establish where and how we can help them.
CAN YOU HELP?
Click the button below to learn more about Swifts and how we can help them stay in our Chiswick skies.
HEDGEHOG HIGWAYS
WE HAVE HEDGEHOGS IN CHISWICK!
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM:
Recent research has shown that one of the best ways to help hedgehogs in the urban environment is to put holes through fences and walls to create hedgehog highways.
Please, contact us if:
You are willing to be a hedgehog hero and encourage all your street to put in hedgehog holes. We will provide the information and will come and drill the holes
OR you would like a hole drilled in your own garden fence or wall.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR HEDGEHOGS THRIVING.!
Wildlife plot at Staveley Road/Burial Ground Allotment
We were delighted to be given permission by the Council and CHAS to renovate the wildlife plot at Staveley Road allotments. This area was created by Karen Liebreich from Abundance London. unfortunately it has been left over recent years and needs a bit of a face lift.
Why bother? The more wildlife friendly green spaces we can make the better for biodiversity across Chiswick. A strong. healthy biodiversity is also good news for humans.
Once the site is cleared and replanted we will be opening it up for the public to come and learn more about wildlife and how to garden to help it thrive and survive.
We do need some donations to help with this project. We need tools, plants, wast removal and a shed would be lovely to keep us dry and in the future act as a base for any visitors.
We have received a Thriving Community Fund for this project from Hounslow Council for which we are very grateful!
If you feel you can help us with this project and donate, please click on the button below. We are keen for more funding for planting.
Talks for Chiswick Schools and Sunday schools
We have been working with Grove Park School on presentations for their children during assemblies. This year we had a lovely time talking to the children about hedgehogs. They had some very interesting questions!
We have agreed to visit and talk some more to the children about wildlife. We are going to talk about what happens in winter to animals - including hibernation and food caching. For Spring and Summer we will talk about bird and bees.
We were also delighted to talk and draw hedgehogs with the children at St Nicolas Church Sunday school this month.
If your school would like us to put together a similar programme, please email using the link below.
