EWG is a volunteer-run constituted community group focused on conservation which aims to protect local wildlife through education and conservation, preserving our natural spaces for the benefit of our diverse communities.
Harvest Mice released
Groundbreaking new Beaver project started
Swift Boxes Installed
New urban nature reserve created
Barn Owl chicks fledged
Hedgehog Highway holes drilled
Peregrine chicks fledged
Swift Streets created
EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve
EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve volunteers, Amira, Alex, Ilyan, and Caroline creating wetlands!
Kingfisher by Neil Greenhalgh
Volunteers at EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve
Barn Owl by Sean McCormack
Toad in Hand by Owen Rogers
Dr Aysha Raza, Ealing councilor for Central Greenford, cuts the bramble to officially open EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve. Photo by Trish Hart
Blue tit emerging by Megan Hutchison at the
annual photography competition and exhibition.
Cygnets by Matt Smith
EWGers at the summer Knepp camping trip.
Peregrine fledgling by Malcolm Bowey
Me and My Snail by Atiya Tahseen
Harvest Mouse by Cathy Gilman
EWG@Costons Lane Cabin by Caroline Farrow
Fungus by Nigel Bewley
Bruce Foxington by Nabil Jacob
Discovery by Malgorzata Sikora
Great Crested Newts
EWG Volunteers Paula Annette & Julie at Boles Meadow by Sean McCormack
Recycling an old greenhouse frame into a bird feeding station
EWG@Costons Lane by Caroline Farrow
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Orange Ladybird by Dan Chen
Peregrine chicks being ringed, their little brother must be hiding in the bag! by Sean McCormack
Getting ready to release harvest mice to Horsenden West and Paradise Fields
EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve
EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve volunteers, Amira, Alex, Ilyan, and Caroline creating wetlands!
Kingfisher by Neil Greenhalgh
Our ethos as an organisation is defined by the three C’s:
We host volunteer days, educational and fun activities, community events and a few social get-togethers too. We will announce all upcoming opportunities here, in addition to social media. We don’t have a formal or paid membership list. Just join us on our very active Facebook group and sign up for our newsletter.
And now you can watch the Peregrines live 24/7!
An Urban Wildlife success story
Follow Dusty & Freddie's family journey so far.
Our Current Conservation Projects
Rewilding: Beavers!
We are bringing beavers back to Ealing! Weare partnering with Citizen Zoo, The Beaver Trust, Friends of Horsenden hill, and Ealing Council to develop an enclosed area in Paradise Fields for the beavers that will be accessible to the public.
Can you help our hedgehogs?
Find out what you can do in your own garden to help Britain's favourite but also one of it's most endangered animals! Connect your neighbourhood gardens with a hedgehog highway and we can help!
EWG@Costons Lane Nature Reserve
We turned an abandoned and neglected urban space into a nature reserve! The space was an allotment site that was abandoned almost 25 years ago due to flooding. We have installed a educational hub, paths, a hide, ponds and wetlands, and a teaching wildlife garden!
Rewilding: Harvest mice
Harvest Mice are back in Ealing after 40 years! We have partnered with Calderglen Zoo, Battersea Children’s Zoo and their sister zoo, New Forest Wildlife Park,, and derek Gow to bring Harvest Mice back to Ealing as well as starting our own breeding program!
Saving Ealing's Swifts
Our swift champions are giving these amazing birds a home! We are installing hundreds of swift boxes on private homes and public building throughout Ealing. Would you like to help create a Swift nesting haven and turn your street into a Swift Street?
Great Crested Newts
Ealing has a few sites where these newts cling on. Unfortunately, their habitats are degrading in value and suitability for breeding as old ponds become overgrown and neglected. We are committed to protecting those habitats by improving their quality.
Bat Conservation
Improving habitat for our 7 species of bats, as well as recording vital data about our bat population. We have several bat walks over the season (late spring through early autuimn) at various locations around Ealing. You can do some citizen science, learn about these fascinating animals, and have loads of fun this summer!
Ealing Hospital Peregrines
In 2020 a pair of Peregrines took up residence on top of Ealing Hospital in Southall. The hospital allowed us to instal a nest box and in 2022 they nested sucessfully and produced three chicks! We now have a 24/7 camera installed to follow their journey in 2023!
Help an Ealing Owl
Our owl nestbox and habitat management project to attract Barn Owls, and help our Little and Tawny Owls thrive in Ealing! We now have Barn Owls' breeding in Ealing and our other owl species are doing very well!
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