Sneaky Twixtmas workparty installing some wooden posts at Marlow Fire Station, to protect the wildflower restoration area 💚
Volunteers happy to burn off a few mince pie calories 💪
Twixtmas Workparty
More Swift Boxes Going Up
We were delighted to install two more swift boxes this morning, to support Marlow’s swift population 💚
With special thanks to Holy Trinity School for their support in fundraising and hosting these boxes, and of course to Bisham Nest Box Group for making and installing the boxes.
We look forward to telling the students all about these important new breeding boxes, when they return from their summer holidays.
We are hoping to install swift boxes on all Marlow Schools this autumn/winter, ready for when they return home to breed next Spring.
To find out more about these amazing birds and what you can do to help: https://wildmarlow.org.uk/projects/marlow-swifts/
Gardening For Wildlife 💚
Thank you to everyone who attended our enjoyable Gardening for Wildlife event on Friday evening 💚 great to see so many faces new and old, taking away inspiration and motivation to help support nature’s recovery by welcoming wildlife into our green spaces 💚
Special thanks to our expert panel for sharing their knowledge and passion 💚
Check out our Much Wilder Marlow project on our website for more top tips – https://wildmarlow.org.uk/projects/much-wilder-marlow/
Ready for a close up
This fella loves the spotlight and is wondering how he can get a cameo in the next @Marlow Murder Club series 
Marlow Fire Station Wildflower Restoration Project
Last year one of our supporters saved a load of daffodil bulbs from Cliveden heading for the compost pile. We planted them to enhance the wildflower restoration project at Marlow Fire Station, to bring some essential early spring pollen sources
Whilst not strictly a native variety the bees and other pollinators didn’t seem to mind in the sunshine this week, so neither will we 
Great to see the cowslips popping up too 
It really is looking pretty diverse now and we can’t wait to see all the blooms this flowering season 
It really is looking pretty diverse now and we can’t wait to see all the blooms this flowering season 
Another Swift Box Installation
Another day another swift box installed in the Marlow area
This time with the support from the fabulous team at @Harrow and Hope. What a beautiful spot!
Thanks as always to the guys at Bisham Nest Box Group for making the box and installing. This one also has a caller to ensure the swifts know of the new potential nesting site, when they come home in May from their long journey from Africa.
To find out more about these amazing birds and if you can help them with providing a suitable nesting opportunity, please look at our website project page
Rare Eagle Sighting in Little Marlow
A short phone video clip of the incredible juvenile white tailed eagle visiting Spade Oak Lake Nature Reserve yesterday (4th March 2025) – what a rare and exciting sighting
Originally from the Isle of Skye, released as part of the Roy Dennis Foundation Reintroduction Project on the Isle of Wight 
Annual General Meeting
At our AGM we heard all about the great work that’s been going on in 2024 as well as what we have planned for 2025. The highlight was definitely watching this short video, created by one of our Trustees, showcasing the otter antics we have captured on our monitoring trail cameras, from the Water Vole Recovery project.
Standing Up For Nature
On 31st Jan, Verity from Wild Marlow popped in to Marlow FM to chat about the recent Bucks Council decisions regarding Spade Oak Lake Nature Reserve in the Little Marlow Lakes Country Park.
There are great concerns regarding the ecological impact the recent proposed SANG provision will have, to meet a planning condition for a housing development in Bourne End.
We wholeheartedly support the delivery of the Country Park, in accordance with our adopted local plan, which will support suitable recreational resources for people and valuable habitats for wildlife These two are not exclusive! So many of us already enjoy this area because of nature. You can see our response here WM Spade Oak SANG Call-In -Jan 25
These two are not exclusive! So many of us already enjoy this area because of nature. You can see our response here WM Spade Oak SANG Call-In -Jan 25You can listen to the short interview here https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again/
Good Morning Marlow, 31st Jan at 10.00am from around 8 mins in.
Standing Up For Nature
On Wednesday, two Wild Marlow trustees attended the Marlow Film Studio appeal hearing, to participate in the ecology roundtable discussion.
We were very pleased to be given the opportunity to raise our concerns, ask questions, request clarification and suggest more robust mitigation and monitoring measures are implemented through legally binding conditions, should this development be given the go ahead.
The Planning Inspector was very supportive in helping us navigate the unfamiliar process, listening to us throughout and ensuring our queries and concerns were heard and clarified where possible. After an extensive visit to the appeal site and listening to all the wonderful wildlife that thrives in that area, we hope she has a true picture of the value, rather than the downplayed description from the developer.
Whilst our strong objection to the inappropriate development remains, it was important for us to be able to share our real-life experience and knowledge of the habitats and wildlife under threat. You can read our objections and the Statement we commissioned, stating the most important ecological concerns we have raised.
