Swindon Forest Meadows is a partnership between Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and the Council is offering community activities and conservation volunteering opportunities on sites across Swindon.
Volunteers at the Rivermead flood storage area
Volunteers can get involved in lots of different activities including:
- Bee walks at Mouldon Hill to record and monitor bumble bees
- Checking small mammal footprint tunnels at Clouts Wood nature reserve
- Planting trees at Rivermead flood storage area
- Regular Thursday volunteer days at Swindon Lagoons nature reserve
- Sowing wildflower seeds at Tadpole nature park
- Family friendly wildlife days at Shaftesbury Lake
Check the list of events taking place in June and find out how you can get involved: https://shorturl.at/xSTV6 or contact [email protected]
These 'before' and 'after' pictures show the efforts of volunteers at the Rivermead flood storage area, clearing the invasive plant Himalayan Balsam so that native plants can thrive.
Find out more about how the expansion of the Swindon Forest Meadows partnership agreed earlier this year:
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