Wildlife

Words by Helen Reid: Although setting the alarm for 4.30 may sound daunting, it was well worth it. We met … Read More

An update from Oxford Swift City: Meeting to launch the survey – Tuesday 25 April, 7pm, Town Hall The City … Read More

Wytham Woods is an ancient semi-natural woodland, which has been owned and maintained by the University of Oxford since 1942. … Read More

The headline reads, ‘Oxfordshire’s 2021 badger cull – bigger, crueller and more unnecessary than ever before’. ‘1254 badgers were culled … Read More

THANK YOU to all the fabulous volunteers who turned out at 10am to plant trees on Oatland Rec.  We had … Read More

Update from Oxford Swift City team:   First swift sighting in Oxfordshire The first swift reported in the county was … Read More

We are living through a profoundly weird time.  It is hard to plan even into the next week, let alone … Read More

LCWO has led on a whole host of wildlife-focused activities over the past ten+ years, and artist designer Lisa has … Read More

[Reposted from Osney Lock Hydro’s website] Osney Lock Hydro has commissioned a mosaic in celebration of our centuries old relationship … Read More

LCWO wildlife lead Hugo and Chair Helen visited Kingfisher Corner yesterday to do the Big Butterfly Count and spotted 1 … Read More

Great news from LCWO partner Hugh Warwick of HedgeOx, as Bovis Homes, a national housebuilder, has joined forces with the … Read More

As we mentioned in an earlier post, we got a shock when we discovered our photo of a small plastic … Read More

Our friends at Earthwatch’s Naturehood project (currently running in the Florence Park and Marston parts of the city) have identified … Read More

Thanks to the 30+ people who came along to the tree planting planning meeting, following our ACT Now workshop, on … Read More

 Come and get active locally with tree planting. Info meeting 12-1pm on Saturday October 5th at WOCA.

Since making a good hog hole in their fence in Oatlands Road, Helen & Hugo have had nightly visitors this … Read More

As you hopefully will have heard, the weekend of the 13-14 July 2019 is our Midsummer Meander.  The West Oxford … Read More

This spring, I received funding from Oxford City Council through its Green Neighbourhood Grant scheme to design and print a … Read More

Thanks to all who came to the Kingfisher Corner relaunch on a cold and rainy afternoon, and left with bird … Read More

The spring we have teamed up with author, ecologist and hedgehog obsessive Hugh Warwick and his campaign to save Oxfordshire’s … Read More

Last October, LCWO commissioned an ecological survey of Kingfisher Corner, to get an up-to-date picture of the state of the … Read More

Have you seen the heart-rending Iceland Christmas advert which was ‘banned’ earlier this month, prompting an outcry? Here it is: … Read More

For those of you who are interested but couldn’t make the meeting last Thursday, here are some handy notes taken … Read More