Local Wildlife

The Royal Borough is committed to protecting and enhancing the range of habitats and wildlife in our local area. Our Borough has many important sites; as well as our nature reserves, our parks & open spaces, gardens, allotments, trees, hedgerows, ponds, ditches and rivers all contribute to local biodiversity. For more information on our activities, please see the related links.

Useful contacts for information and advice about plants and animals :

• Natural England
• Bees and bumblebees
• Reptiles and amphibians
• Frogs
• British Deer Society
• Bat Group
• British Hedgehog Preservation Society
• Dragon Fly Atlas
• RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Peoples Trust for Endangered Species
• Berkshire Mammal Group
• Swan Life Line

For advice about pests including wasps and bees, please contact the Borough's contractors SDK Environmental Ltd on 08444 828 354 or email support@sdkenvironmental.com.

There are also many other opportunities which may be of interest, including the national Springwatch programme or Autumn watch programme.

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You can also

.....get involved with the PTES Hedgerows for Dormice Project or other surveys and projects from mole watch to the great nut hunt.

.....help Pond Conservation create and improve ponds across the UK through its Million Ponds project

.....find out what lives in your hedges and find out more about the importance of hedges to nature by identifying and recording the insects that live in them. http://www.biodiversitysurvey.org/.

.....or learn how to 'make your garden flutter' and help save endangered butterflies by visiting Plant for Life website.

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