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Flying up the River

This Monday saw the River Wandle in Sutton receive one of it’s regular health check-ups, using a quick and simple survey of the river’s inhabitants. The Riverfly survey is designed to check that the river is clean and healthy for… Continue Reading →

Blackthorn scalloping at Carshalton Road Pastures

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is an important native shrub for many of our local species. One of the first plants to blossom in spring, its nectar gives a great head start to many pollinators. Its berries also provide an important food… Continue Reading →

Tree Planting at Fairlands Park

On Sunday the 1st of December the residents of North Cheam came together to help Sutton Council plant over 200 saplings in Fairlands Park. The area separating the Goals Soccer Centre from the park is populated by a few scattered… Continue Reading →

Coppicing and Snowberry clearance at Roundshaw Woods

On Sunday the 30th November, a group of employees from the United Parcel Service (UPS) took a break from their busy pre-Christmas deliveries, to help carry out some habitat maintenance at Roundshaw Woods. The weather was on our side and… Continue Reading →

Roundshaw Park bulb planting

This Sunday, 24th November, the Friends of Roundshaw Open Space will be undertaking some daffodil bulb planting to enhance the Park come spring. When it comes to bulb planting, many hands make light work, so if you fancy doing something… Continue Reading →

Annual Navel Gazing

All organisations need to reflect on the past year’s successes and failures and plan for the future. The Sutton Nature Conservations Volunteers are no exception and we’ll be mulling over the last year as well as plotting a bright new… Continue Reading →

Task Day update – Thursday 26th September

Having recently secured funding for some habitat improvement works in an area underrepresented on the SNCV Task Programme, we were delighted to be heading to Cuddington Recreation Ground, near Worcester Park today. With a free pond creation event scheduled for Saturday… Continue Reading →

A weekend of wildlife

– From bugs and bees to plants and trees Last weekend, the Biodiversity Gardens Project hosted their annual BioBlitz event at Sutton Ecology Centre. The BioBlitz was aimed at gathering as many species records as possible within 24 hours from… Continue Reading →

July – October Task Programme

The SNCV task programme for summer and early autumn is now available for download; check it out!

Tree Sparrow Ringing at Beddington Farmlands

On Saturday 8th June 2013, the Biodiversity Gardens team met up with bird enthusiast Derek Coleman to survey tree sparrow nest boxes situated in Beddington Farmlands. With permission from Viridor, who own the site, we entered the private land and shortly arrived at our first row… Continue Reading →

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