Over the spring / summer of 2024 Wild Wantage carried out a Baseline Biodiversity Survey, funded by Vale of White Horse District Council Climate Action Fund. This work was to find out what plant life and wildlife are in our local area, along with mapping our green corridors and working out ways to improve them.
The Biodiversity Baseline Survey Report is now ready! Click here to view the report
A big thank you to everyone that participated in the survey and report writing. Overall 180 local residents participated, collecting more than 1,000 records relating to 316 species.
Any biodiversity survey is necessarily incomplete as the recording of some categories of flora and fauna requires highly specialised knowledge and equipment. However, this was an important first step in identifying biodiversity across some of our most valuable habitats.
Building on this we will be using the results alongside other data to put together a Wantage and Grove Nature Recovery Strategy. If you would like to be involved in this work, please let us know – email Julian wildwantage@gmail.com.