wildlife

6 Feb 2023

Beavers to return after 400 years

Beavers will return to live wild in our borough after more than 400 years, in a rewilding first for urban London. A licence has …

7 Dec 2022

Orchard for every town as part of ‘greening’

A pioneering project based at Blondin Park has been bearing fruit for an astonishing 25 years. It is now providing a blueprint for an …

2 Sep 2022

Piggeries Orchard a shining example of greening together

A successful collaboration between the council and the local community has transformed parcels of derelict or unloved land into a linked, blossoming green ribbon …

11 Aug 2022

A bright future for Warren Farm

The results of a public consultation on the future of Warren Farm have been published, with more than 1,500 people having their say. …

28 Apr 2022

Saving Ealing’s swifts

A project launched by the Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG) is giving swifts, an acrobatic summer visitor to our skies, vital support over the breeding …

28 Apr 2022

Bringing back beavers

A pioneering rewilding initiative to bring beavers back to Ealing after more than 400 years is set to be launched in the coming months …

30 Mar 2022

Say hi to lemurs, and enter our zoo competition

Have you visited Hanwell Zoo with your child recently? Going over Easter? Share a photo of your visit with the zoo for a chance …

2 Mar 2022

Community tree projects planting ideas and nature

Trees have added to pupils’ blossoming understanding of climate action and about other cultures. The borough’s first ‘tiny forest’ has been planted at one …

1 Feb 2022

Foraging field means fruit for all – and new wildlife habitats

School children have helped plant more than 100 fruit bushes and a micro-orchard of fruit trees in North Acton Playing Fields. This new foraging …

7 Sep 2021

Climate crisis involves us all taking action

Over the summer, the new leadership at Ealing Council set out our priorities for the coming year. We set out three key themes: Creating …

3 Sep 2021

Harvest mice making a comeback in the borough

The Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG) has been working throughout the summer on an exciting project, one of the first of its kind to be launched in …

29 Jul 2021

Backing biodiversity across the borough

Climate crisis is something every single one of us should be concerned about. Unless we take urgent steps to tackle the issue then people …

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Wartime Christmases in Ealing

With Christmas almost upon us, borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looks back at years gone by – and a particular local diarist who gave …

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wildlife

Beavers to return after 400 years

Orchard for every town as part of ‘greening’

Piggeries Orchard a shining example of greening together

A bright future for Warren Farm

Saving Ealing’s swifts

Bringing back beavers

Say hi to lemurs, and enter our zoo competition

Community tree projects planting ideas and nature

Foraging field means fruit for all – and new wildlife habitats

Climate crisis involves us all taking action

Harvest mice making a comeback in the borough

Backing biodiversity across the borough

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