Our Local Groups

Who we are

Our Local Groups

Every Local Group provides an opportunity for Trust members to join together to discover, enjoy and protect wildlife through guided walks, illustrated talks and meetings. Many also provide practical help on nature reserves and raise significant funds for conservation work. Some spread the word about wildlife and the Trust in local parish magazines and newspapers, or at fetes and fundraising events. All of them encourage new people to support us.

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Bedford

The Bedford Local Group is a friendly collection of people who have a variety of interests in wildlife. We are concerned with supporting and advertising the work of the Trust and promoting a greater understanding of the environment.

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Brackley

For more information about the local group, please contact Alice Adams on 01280 701983 and brackleywt@mypostoffice.co.uk

Cambridge

As members of the Wildlife Trust we want to inspire people about the natural world and to contribute to this at the Cambridge Local Group we organise talks and walks, usually on the last Monday of each month. The group covers the City of Cambridge and nearby villages but welcomes anyone interested to its events.  

Our talks are held monthly from January to April and September to November. They start around 6:45 p.m and finish by 8:45 p.m. Invited speakers cover a wide range of natural history topics, illustrated with slides. Light refreshments (tea, coffee, fruit juice and biscuits) are served. They take place in the Large Seminar Room at the David Attenborough Building (CB2 3QZ) in central Cambridge. There's a small charge which covers expenses, with the surplus going to the Wildlife Trust to support their work, please see individual events for specific pricing.

Our walks in the summer are usually on local nature reserves. Regular events include enjoying chalk grassland flowers in East Pit or along the Roman Road, surveying for glow-worms in East Pit – one of their local strongholds – in July, and bat walks.

If you would like to be added to the email list and to get emails publicising Cambridge Local Group events, please contact cambridge.lgwt@yahoo.co.uk.
For more details please contact Ed Turner, 07738 243676.

Desborough & District

The Desborough Local Group is made up of supporters of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Since its inception, it has grown into a thriving group with a vibrant membership.

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Ely

The Ely local Group of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire started in 2007 and now is flourishing. Find out more on the Ely Local Group page.

For further details about our talks, or indeed any of our events, please contact Will Burdett on willburdett@btinternet.com or 01353 661339. Please mention our events to any friends or family you think may be interested in attending. Our local Newsletters are emailed twice a year.

Flit Vale

The Flit Vale group is based in mid-Bedfordshire and is run by a committee of wildlife enthusiasts who are delighted to be supporting BCN WLT.  The group welcomes all who are interested in natural history and the local flora and fauna in particular.

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Huntingdonshire

The Huntingdonshire Local Group is made up of supporters of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. It is local, run by local people, for local wildlife and to further the aims of the Wildlife Trust in the area.

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March

Welcome all newcomers!  We have work parties at Norwood Road Nature Reserve on the second Saturday of each month, starting at 10am. We are usually there for a couple of hours with a tea break halfway through. 

Spencer Holland is our group leader and he has a wealth of information about wildlife. For more information about the March Local Group contact Mary Barrington at mary.barrington123@gmail.com  or on 01354 657172.

Oundle

Oundle Local Group. For more details please contact Keith Alvey 01832 272666.

Peterborough

The Peterborough Local Group was founded in 2010 and has grown into a thriving group with a vibrant membership. We strive to engage more local people in the work of the Wildlife Trust by providing an interesting and enjoyable programme of events throughout the year.

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Towcester

Contact for group: David Reed, Tel: 01327 352414

The  Wildlife Trust Towcester Local Group hold meetings on every 3rd Monday of the month with the exception of August and December. All meetings start at 7:00pm at the Old Mill, Towcester.

To see the pictures taken by our talented photographer, Nick Holder: Nicks Pics

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