With the increasing pressure on our countryside, urban areas are becoming important havens for wildlife. In cities and towns all over the country people are now becoming aware of the wildlife to be found on their doorstep.

In Britain we have over a million acres of gardens (and window boxes!), we also have hundreds of thousands of acres of parks and green areas around public and industrial buildings.  With a little thought and sympathetic use, many of these have the potential to become havens for all kinds of wildlife.

As part of this new awareness, Oxford Urban Wildlife Group was set up to:-

* Help you discover the city's wildlife and wild places.

* Help protect wildlife already in the city.

* Help to encourage more wildlife into the city.

* Provide newsletters to tell you what is going on.

* Hold walks and talks, practical tasks and surveys.

* Give you practical help and advice.

To see text of our latest newsletter click HERE

To see lists of some local wildlife publications click  

Local books on wildlife

lINKS fOR OTHER LOCAL WILDLIFE ORGANISATIONS

Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire www.anhso.org.uk

Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust http://www.bbowt.org.uk

BTCV (local site) www.btcv.org/thamesandchilterns

Friends of Trap Grounds www.trap-grounds.org.uk

Oxford Conservation Volunteers www.ocv.org.uk

Oxford Friends of the Earth www.oxfoe.co.uk

Oxford RSPB www.rspb-oxford.org.uk

Oxfordshire Amphibian and Reptile Group http://www.oxfordshire-arg.org.uk

Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum www.oncf.org.uk

Oxford Ornithological Society http://www.oos.org.uk

Rare Plants Group www.oxfordrareplants.org.uk

Shotover Wildlife:  www.shotover-wildlife.org.uk

University of Oxford - Continuing education www.conted.ox.ac.uk

West Oxford Wildlife Group www.wowg.org.uk 

Wycombe Wildlife Group www.wycombewildlifegrp.co.uk