We want to know what species are present in our parish and where they are. To find out, we will be doing some organised surveys, but also we want to encourage everyone to record what they see.
We have chosen 20 species that we are especially interested in knowing more about and we are making the reporting of these as easy as possible.
We are offering two methods for reporting sightings. The easiest, which can be used for our ’20 Selected Species’ is via our website form below
The other method is via iRecord which requires more detail but goes directly to a national biological recording system that we can retrieve data from - but you’ll need to add our activity code when you fill in the form.
events & surveys
We'll use this page, as well as our Facebook group, to advertise our upcoming events and surveys.
Everyone is welcome to join our events, we hope to see you there!
Events
SSWCG wildflower growalong
Volunteers are growing wildflower plugs for planting out in verges around the village, to improve the biodiversity and help our pollinators - and also because they look good! We did this in 2021 and it was a great success, we produced more than 1600 plants, which volunteers planted out in October 2021. Many of these are now becoming established around the village.
June 2023 - SSWCG Quiz Night - Thursday 15th June
July 2023 - Dragonfly walk - Date TBC
August 2023 - SSWCG and Amenities Charity BBQ - Sunday 27th August
South Stoke recreation ground.
Surveys
June 2023 - Bat walk - Date TBC
Meet at the Perch & Pike.
April - August 2023 - Wildflower walks
Our wildflower walks continue in 2023 and we have added some new locations to our schedule.
All surveys are on Thursday evenings, 18.00- 20.00
Date Meeting point What3words
April 13 Bench at White Hill Quarry ///songbook.buying.outdoors
April 27 The Street outside Herons ///lawyer.steroids.magazine
May 11 Ferry Lane outside Ashmount House ///scrubber.this.printout
May 25 Lower Meadow access point beside The Old Chapel ///lung.sampled.newlyweds
Jun 8 Bench at White Hill Quarry ///songbook.buying.outdoors
Jun 22 The Street outside Herons ///lawyer.steroids.magazine
Jul 6 Ferry Lane outside Ashmount House ///scrubber.this.printout
Jul 20 Lower Meadow access point beside The Old Chapel ///lung.sampled.newlyweds
Aug 3 Bench at White Hill Quarry ///songbook.buying.outdoors
Aug 17 Ferry Lane outside Ashmount House ///scrubber.this.printout
July 2023 - Glow worm walk - Saturday 22nd July
We walk around the village and look for glow worms - will we see more than last year?
Past events
May 2023 - Dragonfly walk - Sunday 28th May
May 2023 - South Stoke May Fayre - Monday 1st May
March 2023 - Hedge planting session, Sunday 5th March
February 2023 - Fruit tree maintenance event on the recreation ground, Sunday 5th February
January 2023 - Hedge planting sessions, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th January
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October 2022 - Chilli & quiz night at the Perch & Pike
May - September 2022 - Sunflower growing competition
August 2022 - Bat walk and nature trail at open gardens event
July 2022 - Glow worm survey
June 2022 - Dragonfly walk
Spring & summer 2022 - Wildflower surveys
May 2022 - May Fayre stall, visit to Brightwell cum Sotwell Community Orchard, and curry & quiz night at the Perch & Pike
April 2022 - No Mow May sign design competition & Simon Booker's talk on 'Giving a Voice to the Animals of Oxfordshire' talk.
March 2022 - Jubilee Tree - South Stoke recreation ground
Throughout 2022 - Hedgerow survey
January 2022 - Hedge planting