Wittering Area Community Conservation Project

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Nov 14, 20222 min read

Growing Children Growing Trees

By Louise Barnetson The children of the Witterings area have been busy this Autumn helping us to process and plant up tree seeds to...

Wonderful Wildlife Spotted by Volunteers on the Peninsula this Summer

Louise Barnetson

Oct 14, 20223 min read

Wonderful Wildlife Spotted by Volunteers on the Peninsula this Summer

We invited volunteers to help survey some of our local sites over the summer, and into the autumn, to find out what wildlife is living there

Find out what our wildlife habitat volunteers have been up to so far this Autumn ...

Louise Barnetson

Oct 12, 20223 min read

Find out what our wildlife habitat volunteers have been up to so far this Autumn ...

Summer's definitely over and Autumn in here, although it has still remained quite warm during the day. The changing of the seasons means...

Louise Barnetson

Jul 12, 20223 min read

Marvellous Manhood Moths

By Louise Barnetson Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group (MWHG) has been going Moth Mad over the last few weeks. Incredibly, there are over...

Queen's Green Canopy: We Planted Trees for the Jubilee!

Louise Barnetson

Jun 2, 20221 min read

Queen's Green Canopy: We Planted Trees for the Jubilee!

The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invited...

Louise Barnetson

May 25, 20223 min read

Survey Season in Full Swing

During May our volunteers have been out every Friday helping to carry out surveys of our sites. We've been to Haydon's Pond in...

New pollinator-friendly flower bed created at Marine Drive by our volunteers

Louise Barnetson

May 5, 20222 min read

New pollinator-friendly flower bed created at Marine Drive by our volunteers

Group of volunteers create pollinator-friendly flowerbed in Witterings.

Wildflowers and Wildlife in the Witterings

Louise Barnetson

Apr 25, 20223 min read

Wildflowers and Wildlife in the Witterings

The results of our April wildlife surveys with the Wittering Area Community Conservation Team.

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Apr 4, 20222 min read

A Little Bit of T(ree)LC

You may have heard about how we planted an incredible 900+ trees at two sites in East Wittering and Birdham in March, with children and pare

Lewis Brownlee Financial Services team plant 145 trees in West Wittering with MWHG

Louise Barnetson

Mar 21, 20223 min read

Lewis Brownlee Financial Services team plant 145 trees in West Wittering with MWHG

Who knew it would be so easy to plant so many trees?! A really fun morning in the sunshine, working together to make a real difference.

Over 500 trees planted with the 'tree-mendous' 1st East Wittering Rainbows, Brownies and Guides

Louise Barnetson

Mar 21, 20222 min read

Over 500 trees planted with the 'tree-mendous' 1st East Wittering Rainbows, Brownies and Guides

On Saturday 19th March, 2022, 500+ trees were planted at Downview Recreation area by children and young people - and their amazing...

Tree planting and habitat work in West Itchenor and Earnley carried out by our brilliant volunteers

Louise Barnetson

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Tree planting and habitat work in West Itchenor and Earnley carried out by our brilliant volunteers

By Louise Barnetson Our amazing volunteers planted trees and carried out other important wildlife habitat management work at two sites in...

Inspiring Tree Planting Day with Birdham & Witterings Scout Group

Louise Barnetson

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Inspiring Tree Planting Day with Birdham & Witterings Scout Group

By Louise Barnetson An amazing thing happened in Birdham on the morning of Saturday 5th March ... an incredible 40+ volunteers met at the...