Langford Budville Biodiversity Audit 2022
This was undertaken by ecological consultancy Clarkson & Woods and combined digital information with expert local knowledge to identify our most valuable local habitatsand carbon sinks, as well as the most effective spaces for recovery networks and wildlife corridors, including opportunities to link with neighbouring parishes.
Out of this work, two amazing habitat creation opportunities have emerged. One is a potential wildlife corridor running from Langford Heathfield reserve through Runnington to Fox’s Field and on to the Basins and beyond.
This is a symbol of our need to work together onall this. We hope to cooperate with Transition Town Wellington on this ambitious project.
The second is a very real outcome: a Jubilee Wood of more than 600 trees. This has now become a reality thanks to the generosity of the Hendy family of Langford Lakes, who solved thefirst problem of finding a site.
Grants and advice from the Woodland Trust, Asda and the National Lottery have enabled the trees and guards to be secured. Planting of the new Jubilee Wood will be undertaken by the community in January 2023.
The audit is attached and can be found in our file share section of the website.