Active Project - Goring Gap Environmental Organisation

Gardening for Wildlife

If you have noticed fewer bees, butterflies, worms, hedgehogs, spiders, insects and birds in your garden, then you are not alone. Where once our green and pleasant land was awash with wildlife enjoying the rich meadows, ancient forests and bustling cottage gardens, our countryside has changed, immeasurably, since the 1970s and around half our UK […]

Water Quality Monitoring Project

This is a summary of the work undertaken by local citizen scientists to test our stretch of the river for harmful bacteria, including E. Coli, which are well known to be the cause of some serious gastro-intestinal symptoms affecting swimmers and other recreational users of the river. This study looked at the biological pollution of […]

Goring Repair Café

Visit www.goringrepaircafe.info for all future dates and further information. Set and run by GGEO trustees, the first session of the Goring Repair Café was on 1 April 2023 in Goring Village Hall and was deemed a success. At our first event, 15 experienced repairers with a wide range of skills each had a workstation in […]

Encouraging children to connect more to nature

Objective: To increase the children’s awareness of the nature all around them and encourage them to discover eco-systems and food chains. GGEO organised and sponsored the British Owl Project to bring along 3 owls for children to see close up and touch and then to dissect pellets they had regurgitated to discover which bones the […]

Support for endangered birds – Nest box building programme

Objective: To increase the local population of certain bird species which are generally declining by active intervention. First by prioritising which species can be helped most and creating awareness of some of these by publishing articles (eg ‘Save our Swifts’). Secondly, setting up a next box-building project involving experts demonstrating to children and their families […]

Environmental Meeting ‘Your Land – How you can help save the Planet’.

Organised and sponsored by GGEO, 8 June 2022, Swan Hotel, Streatley, the environmental feature of the 2022 Gap Festival Objective: To increase knowledge and understanding of how even small changes in how people manage their gardens, estates or farmland can produce significant improvements in biodiversity, reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon sequestration. Outcome: Excellent feedback […]

Endangered Species Wildlife Calendar

Objective: To increase awareness of the alarming decline in the number of well-known species of birds and mammals which are becoming increasingly rare in the Goring Gap. Over 70% of the species featured in the 2020 calendar on the ICUN Red or Amber list (International Union for Conservation of Nature) which records threatened species. The […]

Habitat Surveying training

Objective: To develop a group of competent and enthusiastic volunteers trained by an expert who then may train and mentor other volunteers in order to grow the number of trained volunteers able to assess opportunities for new habitats. A training day in Little Meadow NR in readiness for identifying suitable locations for new or existing habitats […]

Water Vole Recovery Project

The water vole is Britain’s fastest declining mammal. A favourite character in the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows, the water vole has lost 95% of its numbers since 1900. Largely due to habitat destruction and the introduction of a voracious predator, the American mink. This is a national campaign being undertaken by many […]

Controlling Britain’s most invasive, non-native plant - Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

Over 2,000 plants and animals have been introduced to Britain from all over the world, many intentionally by people, often believing the novelty of finding a new flowering plant will be welcomed and popular for one reason or another. Known as non-native species, most are harmless, but around 10-15% spread and become invasive which can […]

Develop a ‘Master Tree Planting Plan’ for the Goring Gap area

This plan would allow anyone (organizations or individuals) who wants to plant a tree or trees and contribute towards the many tree-planting initiatives, to have a comprehensive plan and map to consult to ensure they are planting the most appropriate native, sustainable species in the best locations. There are many national/regional websites with useful data, […]

Protection and enhancement of local floodplain meadows to develop wetland habitats.

Wetlands are rare and fragmented habitats in the UK nowadays and c.90% of these have been lost in the last century. Over 10% of the freshwater and wetland species are threatened with extinction and almost 70% of existing species are in decline. Wetlands make up only 3% of the UK land mass but are home […]

Develop two continuous wildlife corridors in the Goring Gap, one each side of the river

Join up existing habitats by establishing new ones in between to create a longer and more viable safe haven for all flora and fauna, but with special regard to selected threatened species. This would be a major, long-term project requiring detailed initial planning work with an ecologist and hydrologists and negotiations with relevant land owners, […]

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