We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who want to get involved with the Parkland Project. You will be helping to enhance the habitats for wildlife and people by carrying out practical conservation that will make a big difference as well as learn new skills and meet new people! When? Taster sessions this June: Thursday 17th…
We were busy Tree ‘popping’ with our LYRiC (Love your River Cole) trainees in the Parkland last week. It was both a training exercise showing them how the tool worked as well as what could be achieved with it, as well as a chance to do some much needed woodland work. I borrowed the Tree…
Hibernacula … a home for newts..
This 12 hectare greenspace is an oasis of calm and tranquility in an otherwise densely built up area. A short stroll into the Parkland and you instantly start to relax and breath more easily, you are surrounded by tall grasses, brambles, trees and wildflowers getting ready to bloom. The site is made up of a…
Have you been using the inaturalist wildlife spotting app on your walks out and about Castle Bromwich and surrounds? The On your Doorstep project run by our friends over in B37 has so far gathered 212 different species of plants, insects, animals and birds…. Our Gardener on site has been participating too – although most…
We’ve some lovely night time footage of our resident hedgehogs (see the footage on previous blog posts). They’re free to roam across all of the different habitats in the Gardens – they like cover, but they also like a bit of mown grass… we have plenty of both. This week, with so few people in…
Just sharing another round up of great things for kids to do.. BBCs Newsround has always been good and our national public broadcaster is really working well in the current situation. Bug houses, Bee B&Bs, smile stones, birdfeeders and growing veg are all featured on the current Newsround page… all things our Unplug and Play…
Some more night time residents showing off to the camera the big hedgehog… the smaller hedgehog the curious fox and some more – worm action for young hogs keeping warm together
Citizen science: we can all make a difference to the world’s knowledge. These days almost anyone can take part in gathering important information that adds to scientists’ understanding. From this Friday you can help us map some really important nature around the Gardens using a free app for your phone. In the past we have…
When we re-open the Gardens – whenever that will be – we know that social distancing will be a ‘new normal’ for some while… So, the (still working) team here have been thinking about what that would look like. We want to help people feel safe when they come to visit, and know that others…