Nature activities at Amersham Band on Heritage Day
On September the 10th Amersham Band and Wild Amersham supported nature activities at the band site including activities for children.
Wildflower botany activity
In August Wild Amersham organised a family wildflower botany activity at the nature@AmershamBand site, with children making wildflower bookmarks, learning about wild plants on a wildflower trail and looking at pollinators through a microscope. The event was attended by 29 children and 11 adults and much enjoyed by all – with the warm weather helping! This event […]
Scything workshop
In August, Wild Amersham held a scything workshop for 11 volunteers so in future they can mow the wildflowers meadows Wild Amersham supports (using machinery compacts the soil which is not good for wildflowers).
Laying down amphibian refugia
In collaboration with the Bucks Amphibian and Reptile Group (BARG), Wild Amersham has put down refugia at our two partner sites, Amersham Band and St Mary’s School meadow and woodland
Wild Plant Monitoring
Wild Amersham has started monitoring wild plant species at our partner sites at Amersham Band and St Mary’s School meadow. We have found over 80 species of trees and flowers at each site so far!
Dawn Chorus walk in May
Wild Amersham and Amersham Band held a Dawn Chorus Walk in May to listen to the wonderful early morning song of native birds.
Amersham Band site management
Wild Amersham developed a project with Amersham Band to manage the site of its band building for nature and to enable the community to enjoy it.
Wild Amersham & St Mary’s CoE School
Wild Amersham developed a project with St Mary’s School in Old Amersham to turn part of the school playing field into a wildflower meadow and heritage orchard.
Wild Amersham at Amersham’s Environment Action Day
Wild Amersham volunteers were at the Climate Action Day on 10 June in new Amersham, providing information about composting, hedgehogs and green gardening as well as fun educational nature activities for children.
Wild Amersham starting up!
Wild Amersham became a Team of Sustainable Amersham and set up five working
groups: Green Gardening, Nature Records, Events, Communications and a Steering Group. The groups meet regularly online (and occasionally in person) to organise and plan for great wild things!