24-06-2015: Summer events - We need you!

While things are quietening down for the summer at the uni, other organisations as well as KUBAG will still be running events through the summer.

29-05-2015: Riverbank gardening in the Sun and chasing flying mammals

The river bank volunteers get ready to pull some cress

06-05-2015 - Help wanted

We're looking for help next Wednesday on our river bank maintenance afternoon (1.30-4.30)

The new planting is establishing, but so is the existing watercress which we need to cut back to give the new plants a fighting chance. 

We also have small Himalayan Balsam plants to get out before they start flowering. 

If you can help, please email biodiversity@kingston.ac.uk with your name, contact number and shoe size for those who need to borrow waders/Wellington boots - if you have Wellington boots please bring them along :) 

30-04-2015: An unexpected catch

We found these minnows when checking the eel trap last week, the first time they have been recorded in our eel trap since the project began!

Are you are interested in volunteering on the eel monitoring project with ZSL?

There is still time to sign up to the training session next Wednesday at Knights Park from 2-4pm

Email me to sign up by clicking here

23-04-2015: Eel training and other upcoming events

First eel trainee class of 2015

We had a great eel training event on Wednesday at Knights Park and Middle Mill. 

20-04-2015: Honeyed results from the first Penrhyn Road Honey tasting.

The signs of a good honey tasting

We are proudly doing our bit to help bees at Kingston University - we have our own beehive at Kingston Hill maintained by dedicated staff and volunteers throughout the year. We warmly welcome new volunteers to get suited up as beekeeping assistants and were pleased to sign a few more eager people up at this event.

We have run our honey tastings at Kingston Hill for the last two years, but this year we wanted to bring the taste of honey to our other sites. For 2015 we chose Penrhyn Road as our new location.

09-04-2015 Amphibians and butterflies

Egg hunt anyone?

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter, it’s been a quite week at the uni, the undergraduates are off for revision week  before they start their exams, however we are still conducting wildlife surveys and there are a few new and old ones for volunteers to get involved with.