Coming Up…
Want to know what ecological things are going on locally over the next month or two?
Well here you go then!:
| March 2024 | |
| ⑯ | Park Hill Monthly Garden Work Party | Sat 16th Mar, 10am – 12pm| Park Hill Recreation Ground (OX5 2DA) – Come and muck in with other volunteers as we maintain and enrich this community green space and Harvest@Home project! It’s time to plant! |
| ㉓ | Earth Hour and Nature Walk | Sat 23 March, 8pm-9.30pm | Park Hill Recreation Ground (OX5 2DA) – Wild Kidlington (and others around the globe) are encouraging us to switch off all our lights for an hour from 8.30pm, and are hosting a nature walk at 8pm at Park Hill Recreation ground and copse, culminating with a hot chocolate round a fire pit! Sign up via our eventbrite page here. |
| April 2024 | |
| ③ | Kidlington Gardening Society Talk | Weds 3rd Apr, 7.30pm | Exeter Hall, small hall (OX5 1AB) – Our speaker Peter Barker will be talking on the topic of: ‘Otmoor, a wetland restored’. More info here! |
| ⑥ | St Mary’s Fields Work Party | Sat 6th Apr, 10am-12pm | St Mary’s carpark (OX52AZ) – Join the team of volunteers working on some spring tasks to encourage nature and monitor river quality. Also enjoy a well-earned slice of Julia or Rosie’s homemade cake at half time! |
| ⑪ | KEG Meeting | Thurs 11th Apr, 1.30pm | Exeter Hall, small hall (OX5 1AB) – Join representatives of different local eco groups and enthusiasts to connect, communicate and collaborate. PLEASE NOTE: This is a week (and half an hour!) later than usual. |
| ⑯ | Local Nature Recovery ANHSO Event | Tues 16th Apr, 8pm | Exeter Hall (OX5 1AB) – Beccy Micklem and Chloe Edwards will be speaking on the topic of ‘Oxfordshire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy, agreeing priorities for nature’s recovery’ as part of this Ashmoleon and Natural History Society of Oxfordshire (ANHSO) talk. What does Oxfordshire offer in terms of nature recovery, and what could we become? The Local Nature Recovery Strategy intends to create a vision for the county that brings together ecological data, species data, and people’s priorities for the county. Our goal is to indicate where delivery actions could be taken to help achieve shared nature recovery priorities. This is an ongoing strategy and this talk will describe how we have navigated the process and what we intend to achieve. Admission is £3 (or free to members of ANHSO). For more information please see the ANHSO meetings page here. |
| ⑳ | Park Hill Monthly Garden Work Party | Sat 20th Apr, 10am – 12pm| Park Hill Recreation Ground (OX5 2DA) – Come and muck in with other volunteers as we maintain and enrich this community green space and Harvest@Home project! This will feed into and overlap with… |
| Earth Day Party | Sat 20th Apr, 11am – 2pm| Park Hill Recreation Ground (OX5 2DA) – The Cherwell Collective is planning a party to celebrate Earth Day! There will be a larder and cafe as well as some eco activities to participate in. Earth Day is a global campaign to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040. | |
| ㉖ | Bio Blitz / City Nature Challenge | 26th – 29th Apr | Everywhere! – Join the epic, global mission to record as much wildlife as possible to help conservation efforts. No expertise needed, simply download the iNaturalist app and start recording your nature sightings no matter how big or small! Recording species at Park Hill Copse and St Mary’s Field will also greatly hep and contribute to local conservation efforts in Kidlington. |
| ㉙ | Canal Towpath Survey & Litter Pick | Mon 29th Apr, time TBC | Kidlington Canal – As part of KEG’s Water Week plans we’re planning to conduct an initial tow path survey and litter pick. We want to aid the Canal & Rivers Trust with their dream to set up a Kidlington Towpath Taskforce in the coming months. For more information get in touch at kidlingtonecogroup@gmail.com |
Local Eco News
Some headlines since the last update…
Otter Sighting – Is it a log? Is it a capsized boat? No! It’s an otter!
After one of St Mary’s Field’s recent work parties, Andy and Dave paddled down to Wight Bridge to set up a trail cam. 6 weeks later, when the floods had receded enough to retrieve the camera, their labours were rewarded. Having trawled through some 20,000 images, Andy spotted several snaps of an otter in the Cherwell! Check out the SMF Facebook page for more close encounters of the animal kind!
Hedgehog Highway Accessories! – Rhiannon, our Wild Kidlington officer now has some trendy little signs for hedgehog gaps as part of the Hedgehog Highway project in Kidlington. These have been fashioned by an amazing local wood-based-wonder-working volunteer. She’s also been into North Kidlington Primary School to teach the little’uns about the way of our spiky little comrades. If you would like to find out more, or reserve a sign of your own, get in touch with her via kidlington@wildoxfordshire.org.uk or visit our Hedgehog Highway page.
Back by popular demand Earth Hour is soon upon us!
If you have any local eco news or events to feed in to our next monthly digest please email: kidlingtonecogroup@gmail.com
Our next KEG meeting is on Thurs 11th Apr [a week later than usual!], from 1pm @ Exeter Hall (in the small hall). All welcome!
Kidlington Eco Group 
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