Help us to protect the wildlife of North Somerset

Welcome to our Home Page!

 

                                                        

  North Somerset Parish

      Wildlife Wardens -

are people who care about the future of our wildlife and want

to improve local habitats and biodiversity - in our gardens,

in our parishes and in North Somerset as a whole.

 

 

 

Our Objectives

   

To promote wildlife issues

 

·         Recording, monitoring and identifying areas of wildlife interest.

 

·         Acting as a link between the community and relevant

     bodies on wildlife issues.

 

·         Promoting habitat creation and conservation in North Somerset.

 

·         Encouraging sustainable

     lifestyles.

 

What we do

 

We record the local wildlife,

flowers, trees and hedges, we 

monitor bat and bird populations, thereby helping to protect our

local habitats.    

  

 

Training

 

There are free training sessions

 for all wardens who would like to increase their own identification

and monitoring skills 

 

 

The Newsletter for August and October 2008 can be seen by clicking on the icons at the bottom of this page

 

See note on the right ->

 

 

 

 

above - Beef Steak fungus

               in Towerhouse Wood

 

 

 

 

 

above - Young hedgehog found in a compost heap

 

Take a look -

New sustainability group

Greener Footprints set up in Clevedon.

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see the website for Nailsea Environment Trust.

 

 

 

Banded Agrion damselfly

Calopteryx spendens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above - inspecting the bat roost at Redding Pits

 

 

 

 

 

 

below - Eyed Hawkmoth

 

 

 

      

   

Membership is open to

anyone wishing to support

the aims of the North

Somerset Parish Wildlife

group - the commitment

and degree of involvement

is up to you.

 

There is a charge of £3

per an. for individuals and

£5 for families.

 

 

Want to know more? 

  

Why not come with us on one

of our activity meetings?

There is no obligation to attend

any other event or meeting, or

to join the Wildlife Wardens

Group. If you would like more

information, telephone

Susan Stangroom
Biodiversity Officer
Natural Environment Team
North Somerset Council

Weston Court
Oldmixon Crescent
Weston-super-Mare
BS24 9AY

Tel: 01934 426762
Fax: 01934 427483

 

Or contact -

    

Judith Tranter   

Rhynel Court,

Rickford,

Burrington,

Somerset,

BS40 7AH

Email judith.tranter@virgin.net 

Tel  01761 462276

    

Or                                                                                                              

   

Terry Smith   

8 Friendship Road,

Nailsea,

Bristol,

BS48 1AE

Email t.a.smith@blueyonder.co.uk      

Tel  01275 854317

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It may take a while to download

so please be patient !

 

  

 

 

above - Musk Mallow

   

 

 

  

above

 

The Natural History of Nailsea 

-  price £5 with proceeds to the

Wildlife Wardens.

   This booklet has over 80

colour plates showing the

kinds of wildlife that can

be found around Nailsea,

with 48 pages of text.

   Printed with the financial

assistance of The Heritage

Lottery Fund, it may be

purchased from the Nailsea

Book Shop,or  Let’s Walk

 

  

 below  - pond dipping

at Backwell Lake

  

  

 

 

 

 

above - pair of Mallard ducks 

 

 

 

 

 

below -

       bee on Purple Loosestrife

 

 

Click on the icon below to see the application form.

 

  Click on the icons below

to  see the constitution

and to see the links to

other sites. 

 

The articles on recycling by David Derham can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate icon below.

 

Photograph David R. Derham’.

 

These are the 'un-recyclable' plastic containers that David collected in the study  of his personal recycling. See  article below.

 

 

 

 

 

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