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Found 88 activities
Activity key
- Big Green Weekend
- Green Gym
- Practical conservation activity
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- Children's activity
- Training or workshop
- Food growing activity
- Community event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Sunday 24th June 2018
Ragwort Pulling @ Gosbecks
With Colchester Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)
About 1.8 miles away from your postcode
At Gosbecks
Activity description
Ragwort is a native yellow daisy like flower which is common in many grasslands. Whilst the plant and its nectar provide food for many insects it also contains poisons toxic to grazing animals. Animals will usually avoid the living plant but it is a serious issue if it remains in grassland cut for hay. When cut and dried the plant loses it's smell which warns animals of the toxins present but does not loose the toxins and so it is eaten with the rest of the grass and plants. We will be pulling ragwort from fields at Gosbecks park as the site uses a mix of grazing and cutting for hay to manage the grassland.
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Sunday 24th June 2018
Queens wood
With Haringey Conservation Volunteers
About 49.5 miles away from your postcode
At Queens Wood
Activity description
Join us in this superb ancient woodland! We'll be carrying out a range of tasks including woodland and pond management.
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Tuesday 26th June 2018
Boardwalk Replacement @ Hillyfields
With Colchester Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)
About 1.5 miles away from your postcode
At Hillyfields
Activity description
We will be replacing rotten sections of boardwalk at Hillyfields to maintain good access to the site in all conditions.
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Tuesday 26th June 2018
Variety of Tasks at Pimp Hall Nature Reserve
With Biodiversity Action Team (East London)
About 42.3 miles away from your postcode
At Pimp Hall Nature Reserve
Activity description
After some delays, we will be resuming the work to re-establish the foundations of the old barn and farm house.
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Tuesday 26th June 2018
Tree felling and de-barking for natural play equipment repairs in Russia Dock Woodland SE16 6AX
With Biodiversity Action Team (South London)
About 48.2 miles away from your postcode
At Russia Dock Woodland - Stave Hill
Activity description
The natural play equipment we installed in the woodland in 2013 is in need of some repair and maintenance, so we will be felling some more trees on site, de-barking and preparing them to be used on the play equipment.
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Tuesday 26th June 2018
Tunnel Gardens
With Haringey Conservation Volunteers
About 48.4 miles away from your postcode
At Tunnel Gardens (Blake Road)
Activity description
We will be carrying out meadow management work in this tranquil site, as well as carrying out some wildflower surveys
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Wednesday 27th June 2018
Himilayan Balsam Pulling @ Millennium Wood
With Chelmsford Biodiversity Action Team
About 14.1 miles away from your postcode
At Millennium Wood
Activity description
Himalayan Balsam is a non native invasive species. It is an annual that can grow up to 2.5m in a single year and disperse it's seeds up to 4m. Typically growing alongside streams and rivers where the seeds can be carried further by the water enabling it to spread quickly. It's vigorous growth creates dense thickets which shades out native species. As an annual, the plant dies back over winter leaving banks bare and at greater risk of erosion. We will be pulling this plant from the banks of a stream in millennium wood to start a process to remove it from the site. As an annual plant pulling can be an effective way to remove it as long as it is done before it sets seed and repeated annual until there is no further seeds in the soil.
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Wednesday 27th June 2018
Variety of Tasks at Pimp Hall Nature Reserve
With Biodiversity Action Team (East London)
About 42.3 miles away from your postcode
At Pimp Hall Nature Reserve
Activity description
After some delays, we will be resuming the work to re-establish the foundations of the old barn and farm house.
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Wednesday 27th June 2018
Green Gym in Chingford.
With Waltham Forest - Green Gym
About 43.1 miles away from your postcode
At Ridgeway Park
Activity description
The Green Gym in Chingford is a perfect opportunity for people with an interest in conservation projects to be involved in their local green spaces. We’ll have a balanced program of activities to promote the local green spaces and wildlife as we’ll be working in both Ridgeway and Mansfield Park. Two venues that are abound with nature and many other features. If you’re interested in being part of the best new thing in town then get on board spaces are limited.
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Wednesday 27th June 2018
Wildlife conservation tasks
With Enfield Green Gym
About 45.3 miles away from your postcode
At Pymmes Park
Activity description
Join us where we will undertake conservation activities on the old bowling green at Pymmes Park. Over the next few months we will get involved with: - Shearing and scything the grass to encourage wildflower meadows. - Improving the area around the wildlife pond. - Constructing planters for growing herbs and vegetables. - Clearing vegetation around the sites pathway. We will look to conduct some wildlife surveys during some of the sessions in spring/summer. Species we are likely to include are: - Butterflies - Dragonflies and damselflies - Reptiles and amphibians - Birds - Flowering plants