Greetings, from Frome Wild Bunch, Jenny here to look at new actions for wildlife.
The Frome Wild Bunch supports, promotes and encourages nature friendly gardening. This falls in line with Somerset Wildlife Trust vision to encourage and support a county rich in wildlife for everyone. The Trust has established a Nature Recovery Plan. that looks at approaching conservation differently. Moving from traditional site based conservation to creating corridors, stepping stones and buffer zones for wildlife. Working on a Nature Recovery Network, locally and nationally. We can all help with this to increase the biodiversity around us.
Gardens, parks, urban nature spaces are seen as vital in this plan. They play an important if not essential part in providing wildlife corridors across Somerset. Supporting wildlife in your gardens and wild spaces is essential in helping to create these connecting habitats. These corridors or stepping stones, enable movement of species and gene flow, which is seen as vital in our changing climate as well as all the other environmental pressures, like pollution, destruction of habitats etc.
Stepping stones like woodlands, allotments, gardens, window boxes, ponds, provide a very important place for animals to rest, recover, feed before they move on. Here we can watch, observe and enjoy our wildlife if they come to visit. Corridors can help wildlife movement, migration and escape areas. Corridors can be rivers, hedgerows in parks and fields, green spaces that connect so wildlife can be safe and move.
Creating a wildlife garden is not difficult and is enjoyable. A small pond or a small water container brings so much life and can be a lifeline to animals. Learning and observing wildlife can be rewarding as well as helping the wildlife we can develop understanding to support, create and connect habitats.
The Nature Recovery Network has collated evidence that shows that if 1 in 4 people take visible action for nature we can create a ‘social tipping point’, when social behaviour moves others to do the same. Be that 1in 4 person, take visible action for wildlife, spread the word, share your wildlife encounters, joys and help nature recovery in Frome, in Somerset and beyond.
The extended June gathering of the Wild Bunch takes place on Thursday 12th June from 1.30pm to 4.30pm at Christ Church during Great Big Green Week 2025 – join us for a relaxed, family-friendly event exploring simple things you can do at home – whether you’ve got a garden, a balcony, or just a few pots – to help support wildlife. Find out more at bit.ly/wild-bunch-june.
