events & surveys
please join us!
Our season of events and surveys has come to a close for 2025 and we're now planning for 2026. Please let us know if there's anything n particular you'd like us to include. Bats, hedgehogs, fungi, hands on activities, family-friendly activities, citizen science projects? We'd love to hear from you. Please email us
No need to sign up for the wildflower and invertebrate walks - just come along to the meeting point. No experience necessary. App usage welcomed!
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July 2025 - glow worm walk and survey
July 2025 - an evening with Simon Booker
June 2025 - Dragonfly walk
June 2025 - Moth recording
May 2025 - Butterflies at Lardon Chase
May 2025 - Dawn chorus walk
April 2025 - Pond dipping
March 2025 - Gardening for Wildlife talk by Wild Oxfordshire at the Perch & Pike
February 2025 - RSPB Otmoor
January 2025 - Hedge planting, Guy Hildred land
December 2024 - White Hill Quarry maintenance
November 2024 - Pub Quiz and Chill evening
August 2024 - White Hill quarry glass clearance and hedge maintenance
August 2024 - Pond dipping, South Stoke
July 2024 - Glow Worm survey
July 2024 - Wildflower and insect walk, Swan's Way
July 2024 - Day trip to Knepp re-wilding project
Jun 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, White Hill Quarry, Thursday 27th June
Jun 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, The Street/Herons. Thursday 13th June
May 2024 - South Stoke May Fayre stall, Monday 6th May, noon
May 2024 - SSWCG Annual General Meeting, SS Village Hall, Tuesday 7th May
May 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, Ferry Lane, Thursday 9th May
May 2024 - Guided tour of Ewelme watercress beds Tuesday 14th May
May 2024 - Tour of Lardon Chase 26th May 2024
May 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, Lower Meadow, Thursday 30th May
April 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, White Hill Quarry, Thursday 11th
April -2024 Light maintenance of White Hill Quarry, Friday 12th
April 2024 - Tour of Withymead nature reserve, Sunday 21st April
April 2024 - Wildflower & insect walk, Swan's Way, Wednesday 24th April
April 2024 - Pub Quiz at Perch & Pike, Thursday 25th April
March 2024 - Maintenance at White Hill Quarry, Sunday 24th March
February 2024 - Hedge planting session on The Park, Sunday 25th February
February 2024 - Planting wildflowers, Sunday 18th February
February 2024 - Visit to Otmoor nature reserve Saturday 10th February
January 2024 - Tree planting - Sunday 21st January
January 2024 - Hedge planting - Sunday 14th January
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December 2023 - Hedge planting - Sunday 10 December
October 2023 - Grass cutting & clear up session at White Hill Quarry
September 2023 - Dragonfly walk
April - August 2023 - Wildflower walks
August 2023 - SSWCG and Amenities Charity BBQ - Sunday 27th August
August 2023 - Bat walk - Friday 4th August 2023
July 2023 - Glow worm village walk - Saturday 22nd July
June 2023 - SSWCG Quiz Night - Thursday 15th June
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
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