Supporting wildlife in and around Ascot
email ascot.wildlife@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved
Join our Facebook Group and share your stories and photos of our local wildlife
Have you seen wildlife today?
Please let us know what you see in our area and email us your wildlife photos or
join our Facebook Group and post them there
- we love to see them -
Record your sightings on iRecord or here via our website
We need to know what is living around us so that we can protect and improve our area for wildlife
A Volunteering Opportunity
Are you enthusiastic about wildlife?
Keen to enhance the environment that you live in?
Have a few hours to spare?
Then we’d like to hear from you.
We are currently looking for volunteers to assist us with a number of projects including:
Helping us publicise activities to get people volunteering and supporting wildlife in their gardens
Working with local children through primary schools and cub groups
Encouraging people to put up swift, house martin and other bird nesting and bat roosting boxes
Surveying for bats and other creatures and wildflowers
Creating more wildflower areas
Developing and managing a program of fun family activities
Working with local councils and other groups to improve our biodiversity
If you are able to help with any of these areas or other ideas that may evolve over time then we’d love to hear from you, no matter how much time you think you can spare or how little experience you have - we are also enthusiastic volunteers, learning as we go!
During the periods of lock-down people became much more conscious of wildlife and nature. The healing properties of nature have been expressed on television and in literature as well as experienced by many. As people have escaped the confines of their homes for exercise outside, they have been able to embrace and become curious about the world they find outside in their area. This booklet, “Wildlife in Ascot - Who shares your garden?” has 40 pages of information with local colour photographs and some original drawings. It is designed to start people off on a journey of discovery. We hope that it is useful to identify animals and also as a guide on how to help our local wildlife.
Please email ascot.wildlife@gmail.com to order your copy.
These booklets are also available to see and purchase for £4 from Chapmans in Sunninghill
Do have a look in the local publication
for our monthly article written by a local young journalist supporter
***** Applications closed for 2024 *****
Wildlife Gardens Awards scheme
Everyone can join in - look here to find out more
The Wildlife Gardens Awards are a free to enter annual local awards scheme to encourage people to put wildlife at the heart of their gardening.