Baydons Meadow Wildlife Group
The group exists to manage Baydons Meadow, a field beside the river in Chippenham, as a hay meadow.
Over the years we are increasing the numbers of wildflowers and invertebrates, and are gradually reducing the incidence of coarse grasses and other vigorous plants.
We are a small group of volunteers, who would welcome help from anyone with a few hours to spare. We meet on the first Sunday morning each month. Please see the Volunteering page for details and dates.
Bat & Moth Evening 8.30pm Friday 30th August at the meadow
Meet by the interpretation board and log seat near the cycle path and blue footbridge over the Avon.
Paul will chat about the bats and lend out several bat detectors for the evening so that we can listen out for the clicks from their calls as we look up for them flitting through the trees just after dusk.
Michael will talk about and show us any moths that visit the moth-trap and white sheet that he will put out there. He also hopes to have run his moth-trap on the previous evening in his garden nearby and to reveal some moths that he has identified and temporarily captured which can then be released.