Identifying Wildlife

Last year SACWG’s garden wildlife survey proved very popular and worthwhile, and we were encouraged by the participation and the findings. See the full report here. Despite all our efforts in ensuring the surveys and the training were appropriate and would appeal to...

2026 Bird Surveys

Our bird surveys finish in mid-June, but if you have seen or heard a Curlew, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Kestrel or Dipper, or evidence of breeding Red Kites, anywhere in the Strettons area since April 2026, and haven’t already told us about it, please contact Leo Smith...

Swifts in the Strettons

The breeding season for Swifts is well underway, and the adults will be busy raising their chicks. As with all parents, raising young is such an intense time, the priority to make sure that they are safe, warm and well fed. One of the dangers for birds that nest on...

Toad Patrol Latest

Darkness falls as quiet greetings are exchanged between people carrying strange objects and flashing torches along the ground. Is this a new secret society in the Strettons? It is indeed a kind of society with a great sense of shared purpose but it’s not secret; its...