Since April this year our Horticulture Apprentice, Lucy, has started a project to record and identify the moth species on our grounds; this involves setting […]
Tag: environment
Big Butterfly Count 2023
One of our Gardeners, Adam, took part in the Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count on Friday 4th August in the Lower Hoopern Valley at Streatham […]
Green Flag Award 2023-24 Winner!
We are delighted to announce that the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus has been officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks and green […]
Hedgehog Awareness Week
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week – hedgehogs in the UK are at risk of extinction due to habitat loss, development, roads and litter with populations declining […]
Bird Survey Highlights Winter 2022-23
Bird surveys carried out by an independent consultant every year in spring/summer and again in winter have been in place on the Streatham Campus for […]
Clearing Works Project – Higher Hoopern Valley
The Grounds Mitigation Team’s latest project has been to clear the Streatham Campus Higher Hoopern Valley woodlands and watercourse system of invasive plants. This area […]
Sustainable Safe Grounds Machinery
The Grounds Team are committed to continuously improve our sustainable ways of working and to move away from using fossil fuels. In line with this […]
Join Us for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
Join the Sustainability Team on Friday 27 January for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on Streatham Campus. Weatherproof clothing advised. Feel free to bring drinks, […]
Bug Hotels Expert Input – BBC Bitesize Article
We are very proud that one of our Gardeners, Colin Brown, has shared his expert knowledge of bug hotels with the BBC which has been […]
M-arb-ellous Upcycled Bench
We have a strong sustainable and biodiversity ethos within the University and the Grounds Team arboristrists practise this as much a possible by regularly creating […]