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New Task Programme!

The task programme for March through June is just over there, cunningly placed in “Task Programmes”! We’ve got loads of practical events to get involved with, botanical surveys to help you appreciate what’s (almost) under your nose and some specialist… Continue Reading →

Our first month as Biodiversity Assistants

It was 2 months ago now that Chris and I received the fantastic news that the London Borough of Sutton (LBS) had accepted us onto their ‘Biodiversity Graduate Training Programme’, based at the Sutton Ecology Centre. Two months on, spring is on our… Continue Reading →

Bird Bingo at the Ecology Centre

Bird-watching has somewhat of a marmite effect for many but once you’ve started, the sky’s the limit! Last weekend heralded the Big Garden Bird Watch where hundreds of schools and individuals took up a pair of binoculars, pen and notepad… Continue Reading →

New Newsletter!

‘Hedge accentors’, hedgerows, hedgehogs & herptile events, a call to arms for Spring Cleaning, annoy your MP on Early Day Motion 603, the first SNCV Award (well done Mike!) and some dodgy TV programme plug; all in the new January… Continue Reading →

Christmas bird box building at Benhill

On Wednesday the 19th December, the Biodiversity Gardens Project went to Benhill Estate in Sutton for their annual Christmas fair. Our mission was to get both the kids and the adults involved in some bird box building, which they could… Continue Reading →

Looks like a busy year ahead!

Check out all the events we’re running next year, over on the Events Page (obviously!)… This isn’t even the finished list, as more will be added over the coming months! EEK! Anyway, from all at Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers and… Continue Reading →

Cows on film!

London Tonight visited the cattle grazing at Roundshaw Downs LNR at the weekend to interview the cattle (and some punters): Cow power in Sutton. We also had a training event for new volunteer stock checkers, so that they could undertake the… Continue Reading →

Cows of the Century!

Well, OK, maybe not THE cows of the century but certainly the first cows for OVER a century! Today was the first day in over 100 years that Roundshaw Downs LNR has heard a ‘moo’! Cattle haven’t been on site since at least the… Continue Reading →

November – December Newsletter

The November to December newsletter is now ready. Hop on over to the ‘Newsletters’ page to find out about cattle grazing, the London in Bloom award and wasp spiders!

Dragons, Damsels and Nymphs, Oh My!

Summer was with us last Saturday as we greeted visitors to our Dragonflies event at Anton Crescent Wetlands. This year has been notoriously bad for flying insects but with a few days of sunshine behind us we had high hopes…. Continue Reading →

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