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  • Wednesday 18th February 2026

    Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team

    With Forth Valley BAT

    At Carsebridge Cultural Campus

    Activity description

    The Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team undertake various practical conservation tasks and improve green spaces across Falkirk and Stirling. Activities include woodland management, pond clearance, maintaining paths and sowing wildflower seeds. We are dedicated to enhancing biodiversity through a range of activities from woodland management, creating habitats, eradicating invasive species, sowing wildflower seeds and community garden work. Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills and an opportunity to meet new people from a range of backgrounds. Come and join us to help care for the environment, meet new people and spend some time in the great outdoors!

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Installing leaky dams at Selwyn's Wood near Heathfield

    With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team

    At Selwyns Wood

    Activity description

    Installing leaky dams as part of a Natural Flood Management programme. Thurs 19/02/2026: Site tour and intro, just pop along to find out more. Installation: 5th March, 19th March, 2nd April Leaky dams are made from natural local materials and are designed to slow water down upstream to reduce flood damage downstream by creating puddles and pools where they don't do any harm.

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Deer fencing and scrub clearance

    With Action for Croydon's Environment

    At Happy Valley

    Activity description

    Installing electric fencing around a newly coppiced hazel coupe in Happy Valley's Devilsden Wood

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Rhododendron cutting/clearance

    With Berkshire Biodiversity Action Team

    At St Catherine's Lodge

    Activity description

    Rhododendron cutting

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Hedgelaying in Brockwell Park SE24

    With Biodiversity Action Team (South London)

    At Brockwell Park

    Activity description

    We return to Brockwell Park to continue with our winter hedge laying works on the western perimeter of the park. We will also be planting native whips in any gaps in the hedgerow, adding mulch where needed, and installing post and wire stock fencing in front of the hedgerow to protect it.

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Richmond Old Burial Ground - Conservation management

    With Richmond Weekday Projects

    At Richmond Old Burial Ground

    Activity description

    TCV complete a variety of tasks onsite during our volunteer sessions, including vegetation/shrub clearance, litter picking or path maintenance. At the southern end of Richmond Cemetery lies the Richmond Old Burial Ground. Dating back to 1856, the cemetery is now a peaceful and relatively wild woodland around a Grade II listed chapel. This site is managed for biodiversity by Richmond Council.

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Habitat management at Regents Park

    With Camden Green Gym

    At Regent's Park

    Activity description

    Join in for a session creating new dead hedging and other nature conservation and habitat management activities. The Green Gym is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each session includes a range of activities, designed to suit all abilities. We provide hot drinks and other refreshments during the tea break.

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Leyton Jubilee Green Gym

    With Leyton Jubilee Park Green Gym

    At Leyton Jubilee Park

    Activity description

    Come and join The Conservation Volunteers as we work to protect and enhance biodiversity and nature in Leyton Jubilee Park all whilst enjoying proven benefits to your physical and mental wellbeing! Activities include planting and maintaining wildflower meadows, wildlife survey work and citizen science, creating stag beetle loggeries, building bee banks, constructing both living and dead hedges and much more!

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Roxbourne Park - river restoration

    With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)

    At Roxbourne Park

    Activity description

    Join us at Roxbourne Park - we'll be removing artificial riverbank boarding to allow the river to flow naturally

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  • Thursday 19th February 2026

    Railway Fields Nature Reserve

    With Haringey Conservation Volunteers

    At Railway Fields

    Activity description

    We'll be carrying out assorted tasks around the nature reserve. Sign up here: https://us3.list-manage.com/survey?u=8e0c6f93d2677069e8196b76f&id=3393dfc688&attribution=false

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