TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Broom Road Rec - Biodiversity enhancements
An activity with Richmond Weekday Projects
Activity date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Start time: 10:00
Finish time: 16:00
Activity description
We will be working in close collaboration with the LBRuT Parks Department and the Ecology & Planning team to create and install biodiversity enhancements onsite over a three day period. Our volunteers will be creating three large stag beetle loggeries (30-50 logs each) and a solitary bee bank habitat. We will also look to install a bee tower made by Richmond College. LBRuT will have a digger onsite for all larger excavation work, and all materials (logs, woodchip, builders sand) will be made available to us onsite. We will certainly be creating some great habitats and feature pieces in the park! Stag beetles are a globally threatened species and their numbers have been declining across UK & Europe, primarily due to the lack of appropriate habitat - dead wood. Stag beetle larvae spend 4-7 years feeding on decaying wood before emerging as adults to breed. The adults do not feed and rely exclusively on the fat reserves stored during feeding by the larval stage. Building loggeries and stumperies provides a much needed habitat and food source to support the stag beetle life cycle.
Meeting place
Meet at the Broom Road Rec car park, located off Trowlock Way, at 10am. Look for the TCV van. What3words meeting point:///loved.chemistry.many
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Activity location
Broom Road Recreation Ground, Trowlock Way, Teddington, TW11 9QY
Site description
A large 5.9ha park, Broom Road Rec boasts well utilised amenity and sports grounds. The back of the site also hosts a nature area overlooking the River Thames. Current work is being undertaken by LBRuT to improve biodiversity onsite, through enhancements such as the creation of stag beetle loggeries and solitary bee habitats; planting of hedgerows and disease resistant trees.
Contact
Brittany Florence-Bennett
Telephone: 07483050759
Email: B.florencebennett@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/london/biodiversity-action-teams/richmond-bat-west
Please bring
- packed lunch
- suitable outdoor clothes
- suitable outdoor footwear
Further info
We provide hot drinks, so please bring your own mug (and spoon). Please bring: Packed lunch & water, suitable outdoor clothes (that will keep you warm the whole day), hat & sunblock, and suitable outdoor footwear (it can be muddy in places). Booking on Eventbrite is required. Please DO NOT attend our sessions if you have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 5 days.
Site Facilities
- Parking
- Picnic Area
- Nearest Toilets - Toilets will be available onsite. Or, 20-min walk (or 5-min van ride) to The Anglers, 3 Broom Road (Community Toilet Scheme, 10am-11pm)
