Ealing Beaver Project: The story so far…
Greetings, fellow nature enthusiasts, my name is Ben Stockwell and I am the Senior Urban Rewilding Officer at Citizen Zoo. I'm thrilled to take you through the incredible Ealing Beaver…
Greetings, fellow nature enthusiasts, my name is Ben Stockwell and I am the Senior Urban Rewilding Officer at Citizen Zoo. I'm thrilled to take you through the incredible Ealing Beaver…
Scientific name: Castor fiberConservation status: Globally the Eurasian Beaver is classified as “Least Concern” with population trends increasing (IUCN Red List). However, in Great Britain, the Beaver has a classification…
Introduction In recent years, the decline in the population of Swifts, one of our most captivating birds, has been a cause for concern among conservationists. Swifts are known for their…
Scientific name: Apus apusConservation status: Classified in the UK as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern 5: the Red List for Birds (2021). Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside…
When you live an urban existence, you are aware of the natural world alongside you, but the pace of life can make it rather easy to spend most of your…
Can you imagine finding yourself with some unexpected free time, tied to home but not much to do, and finding out that a pair of Peregrine Falcon chicks are preparing…
Back in September 2022, we launched our Hedgehog Highway project, having secured funding from two generous donors; the Charity of William Hobbayne, and The Freshwater Foundation. Together they donated £3,500,…
In early April, we released seven Hedgehogs with a wildlife rehabilitator who had overwintered them in captivity due to being too underweight to survive hibernation. Three had come from an…
For press enquiries contact:Sean McCormack 07754 147 656hello@ealingwildlifegroup.com Beavers set to return to urban London landscape in a publicly accessible reintroduction site in Ealing! Paradise Fields by James Morton Eurasian…
I had the absolute pleasure of giving a guided tour of Horsenden today to two bright young students, Leshae and Kishan from the late Jamal Edwards’ Acton youth group, JE…
Our Ealing hedgehog team have been swiftly setting up and collecting another 30 trail cams across Ealing allotment sites.. beavering away reviewing photos of Ealing wildlife, harvesting data to submit…
Blog post by Natasha Gavin, EWG Hedgehog project lead When I was growing up in Ealing, it was a rare treat to see a hedgehog. In fact I only saw…
Our owl operation outcome has beenoverwhelmingly outstanding! We have baby barn owls! Watch the story unfold here! https://youtu.be/Wl4K6Q-9yxU
It's been two years in the making but at long last, the Ealing Hospital Peregrines have successfully fledged 3 chicks! Two females and one male as far as we can…
On Thursday May 26th at 7pm we’re delighted to be hosting our friends from Beaver Trust at Horsenden Farm (Horsenden Ln N, Horsenden, Greenford UB6 7PQ) to give an evening…
In recent days the Swifts are arriving back in Ealing! We have pretty much completed phase one of our Swift project, with about 60 boxes already up and ready for…
We are excited to announce that we intend to apply for a license from Natural England to reintroduce Eurasian beavers to Ealing in a controlled enclosure trial at Paradise Fields…
We're very excited to have exceeded our funding goal to help save Ealing's Swifts. If you're not aware of the campaign you can read more here. But now, we are…
Left to right: Jon Staples (Ealing park ranger), Martin Smith (Friends of Horsenden Hill), Sean McCormack (Ealing Wildlife Group & London Beaver Working Group), Róisín Campbell-Palmer (Beaver Trust), Elliot Newton…