Forthcoming events
Bat Walk
The Scrubs Nature Day kicks off with an evening bat walk: meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Nature Day
The Friends of the Scrubs invite you to our Wormwood Scrubs Nature Day. Come along to any or all of our special events, walk with the experts to learn about the habitats and species that live on the Scrubs and meet the nature experts outside Linford Christie Stadium.
Saturday 10 May:
8.30pm to 10.30pm BAT WALK with Kate McVay, Scrubs Ecology Officer. Come and spot these extraordinary creatures as they silently forage in the darkening sky. Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
Sunday 11 May:
6.00am to 8.00am DAWN CHORUS WALK led by international bird expert David Lindo. See the Scrubs at its most beautiful and hear our birds at their favourite hour - as the sun rises. Meet at Scrubs Lane Car Park.
10am to 11am HABITAT CHAT with Dr Tilly Collins, ecology adviser to FOWWS. You’ll be surprised by the variety of different habitats the Scrubs contains! Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
11.30am to 12.30pm BUTTERFLY HUNT led by Steve Bolton from the Butterfly Trust. Meet at Scrubs Lane Car Park
1.30pm to 2.30pm PLANT IDENTIFICATION TRAIL led by herbalists Roisin Reilly and Pan Pradere. What plants can we find on the Scrubs - and which are safe to eat? Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
3.30 to 4.45pm BUILD A BUG HOTEL/LIZARD LOUNGE - Meet outside Old Oak Family Hub
Click on the image to download the flyer!
LNHS Invertebrate Field Recorder
To take part in this event please sign up using the link here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/invertebrate-field-recorder-day-tickets-1082251065069
to reserve your space. This opportunity has been advertised through the wider LNHS network so please be sure you sign up soon to avoid disappointment.
Stag Beetle Loggeries + forest path maintenance
Meet at Braybrook Street Play Area (W12 0AP)
Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust meeting
Meetings of WSCT are online and open to the public. Details of this meeting and how to watch it are on the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham website here
Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust meeting
Meetings of WSCT are online and open to the public. Details of this meeting and how to watch it are on the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham website here
Spring Scything
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
Release your inner Poldark.
Bring own refreshments.
Waterproof footwear, long trousers and clothing essential. (And put your top on, Aidan Turner.)
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Operation Centaur - help the shire horses!
Meet by Lester’s Embankment (w3w///hidden.below.cafe)
We need folks to come out and act as “banksmen” for the lovely shire horses whilst they are chain-harrowing the recently established wildflower meadow. This work is likey to finish by Thursday afternoon with an additiional date booked for Friday if they are not able to finish.
Spring Scything
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
Bring own refreshments.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Easter Animal Trail
Start: outside Old Oak Community and Children's Centre/Family Hub.
Friends of Wormwood Scrubs will be on hand at this HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FAMILY CHAMPIONS event for families. Volunteers welcome! Contact Sarah if you can help us tell more families about the Friends, conservation and wildlife on the Scrubs.
Dawn Chorus Walk
It’s a sparrowfart start today for the bird enthusiasts of Wormwood Scrubs. Meet at Braybrook Street Play Area and improve your identification skills!
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Great British Spring Clean (litter picking)
Meet at Braybrook Street play area.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Brush Management/dead hedging/tree planting
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium entrance.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Signs of Spring Habitat Walk
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium (W12 0DF)
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at What3Words location w3w///trials.pints.helps
(Not at Linford Christie as previously notified)
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Parakeet Roost Count
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium (W12 0DF)
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium.
Waterproof footwear and clothing essential.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Contact Kate McVay by email or text her if you plan to join this session.
Meadow Management
Meet Kate McVay at Model Aircraft Flying Zone (w3w///robe.they.success)
Meadow Management
Meet Kate McVay at Model Aircraft Flying Zone (w3w///robe.they.success)
Hedgelaying
Link to sign up for hedgelaying: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wormwood-scrubs-hedgelaying-sessions-tickets-1056485900769?aff=oddtdtcreator
Hedgelaying
Link to sign up for hedgelaying: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wormwood-scrubs-hedgelaying-sessions-tickets-1056485900769?aff=oddtdtcreator
RSPB/idverde partnership presentation
Online - Zoom presentation. Link to sign up for online presentation: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rspb-talk-working-in-partnership-to-deliver-for-nature-in-london-tickets-1059028826729?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Scything/pruning
Meet at Linford Christie Stadium W12 0DF. We will be working just north of the Central Copse and Model Aircraft Flying Zone to scythe long grass, cutback scrub and prep the hedge for the first hedgelaying sessions next week.