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.

20-03-2015: February and March’s mega blog

February and much of March has been a busy month with events changing dates, new joint events with the Environmental Working Group and the change of seasons from winter to spring making for a fun and hectic schedule for biodiversity volunteering.

This is a bit of a bumper blog to catch you all up on the goings on over the KU campuses – and from the number of photos that will follow, I’m going with the old adage – a photo is worth a 1000 words!

Event notification: Wild Neighbours talk with David Attenborough!!

The Rose Theatre will be playing host to the annual Environment Trust given by their Patron Sir David Attenborough. The talk is on Saturday16 of May 2015.

This year the theme is urban wildlife. Joining Sir David will be Gordon Buchanan, renowned wildlife cameraman and presenter of  'The Polar Bear Family and Me’ and more recently the 'Snow Wolf Family and Me'. Elly Berry and Judy Puddifoot from BBC2’s Young Vets will also be speaking. They will discuss the best course of action if you should discover injured or abandoned wildlife in your local environment. There will be a short Q&A session at the the end of the talk and additionally a selection of Sir David's books will be available to purchase as well as the chance to have your copy signed.

The tickets have just gone on sale to the general public this weekend and there were around 50 tickets remaining on Monday, so if this is a talk that you want to attend, book fast!

23-02-2015: Water Water everywhere – pollution, frogs and ditches

We had a great turn out at the pollution training course last week at Kingston University.