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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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