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Helped to dismantle the old woven fence at camley street national park. Using the hazel and posts we then created new fencing bordering the path.

Ancient woodland indicator species survey in Sydenham Hill Woods. It was the end of Bluebell season but there was still plenty to count! Also found some mushrooms!

Hutchinsons bank chalk grasslands are extremely diverse and can hold up to 30 plant species per m2. We identified plant species across the scrape and non scrape to monitor the conservation management technique. The scrape hopes to reduce top soil exposing chalk ground instead to encourage more species. Various butterfly species including the small blue depend on the grassland flowers to lay their eggs. In the picture you can see some small eggs laid on a flower!

These are small red damselflies laying eggs in the water. For the survey we were carrying out, we stood by the water and recorded the damselflies we could see in 10 minute time slots. The data was then uploaded onto GiGL to contribute to a wider data collection initiative.

Hutchinson’s Bank is the largest and most diverse chalk grassland in the UK and can have up to 30 species within a small area. We used a transactional line that was tied to a nearby tree to help us keep to a straight line, and placed tiles on the ground and counted how many species of plants were inside the square. This helps us understand how the vegetation and wildlife in hutchinson’s bank is coping each year.

Brush cutting the Hawthorn to reduce the prevalence of forest edge species and encourage the growth of chalk grassland species. The area is an important site for a range of butterfly species that require specific wild flower species to lay their eggs.

We built signs and painted them with Saturday’s group of volunteers. We used branch’s off trees and cut them to fit the pieces of wood and drilled them in place. This will be used to stop visitors entering the unprotected part of the reserves.

This female orange-tip was found while removing stray brambles in Ickenham Marsh. The reserve contains many varieties of rushes, grasses, and meadow flowers, including cuckooflower which is one of the butterfly's main food sources.