Tag: Wildlife

Toad Party

Toad Party, at Warminster Park Lakeside Centre, Weymouth St, Warminster BA12 9NP
Toadally delicious cakes, and activities for children.
Free entry – though donations at the door are welcome.
Get to know more about toads, frogs, newts and tadpoles. More information coming soon!

iRecord Training Day

We are planning an iRecord training day on Salisbury Plain, so bring your phones and identification skills for a walk and a lesson in how to record species seen on iRecord.
Spaces are limited and will be done on a ‘first come’ basis.

If you would like to attend please email Tilly via PlanB@sustainablewarminster.co.uk

Imber Bus Day

Public event: Imber Bus Day. Sustainable Warminster will be at Imber Village again this year.

IMBER VILLAGE. – Opened up to the public by the Ministry of Defence and is served by bus.

Pollination Street

Warminster Plan Bee Community Project brings people, places and biodiversity together and is the brainchild of Sustainable Warminster working in partnership with the MOD and other major landowners and organisations. The aim is to enhance the land around the town of Warminster to support and reverse the decline of our native bees and other important pollinators, by adopting the mantra taken from the Lawton Principles of ‘Making Space for Nature: A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network’, bigger, better, and more joined up.

This means: • Protecting what we have while improving its quality with better management; • Increasing the size of wildlife sites; • Enhancing connection by creating new wildlife corridors or stepping stones; • Creating new sites; • Reducing pressure on wildlife by improving the wider environment including buffering wildlife sites.

The recently formed Warminster Garrison Environmental Committee, has been working with its Industry Partners and Sustainable Warminster to help meet its and the MODs wider responsibilities to Sustainability and in particular Biodiversity, with its Green Space Enhancements across the Warminster Garrison footprint in support of Warminster Plan Bee (WPB).

Pollination Street – A Giving Back (Social Values) Initiative

WPB and its latest Pollination Street initiative is aligned with the aspirations set out in the UK’s Greening Government Commitments and the Ministry of Defence Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach. The Strategy includes targets to create 30,000m2 of pollinator friendly habitat by 2025, 75,000m2 by 2030 and a goal to reach 100,000m2 by 2040. This supports the MOD strategic approach by helping to implement the Nurturing Nature Programme.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) introduced the DIOGivingBack campaign in January 2024. Leveraging the principles outlined in the Government Social Value Model, the DIOGivingBack campaign aims to create substantial and measurable social value through targeted actions and strategic partnerships. In particular, the initiative has established a cohesive partnership with the Social Value Leads from Amey, VIVO and Pinnacle to deliver joint social value impact. Standing shoulder to shoulder, contributing to the well-being of service families, communities and the environment.

Pollination Street combines these initiatives and provides a unique delivery mechanism to achieve tangible results for all concerned.

Save our Chalk Streams

We are passing on this message from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Image – Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Chalk streams are rare and irreplaceable habitats that are home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife, including kingfisher, water vole, otter, grayling, and brown trout.

Unfortunately, our chalk streams are under threat from development, pollution, and climate change. A number of Trust’s including the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are calling for the government to take action to protect these vital ecosystems.

We are asking the government to:

  • Classify chalk streams as irreplaceable habitats.
  • Require new developments to be built further away from chalk streams.
  • Introduce stricter rules to prevent pollution from sewage and agriculture.

You can help protect chalk streams by:

  • Emailing the government using the tool here. 
  • Making a donation to support our work on protecting and conserving chalk streams.
  • Volunteering your time to help our water team with conservation projects.

Together, we can make a difference and protect our chalk streams for future generations.

Sincerely,

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust