Habitats
Our work takes place in a wide variety of natural and urban habitats, all of which we’re lucky enough to have within close reach.
One of the most important characteristics of the Chilterns landscape is its internationally rare chalk streams.
Chiltern Rangers help to restore and care for some of these fascinating and beautiful chalk streams.
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We are blessed in High Wycombe to be surrounded by beautiful woodlands rich in biodiversity and full of native species including beech, oak, ash and cherry.
September to mid-March is when we can be found completing a whole variety of woodland tasks including coppicing, creating scallops, and cutting back vegetation to allow light in to promote the growth of smaller plants and the invertebrates they support. In turn these are fed on by birds and bats thereby increasing biodiversity. The trees are chipped and the chips are used to improve the surface of the pathways throughout the woods.
Chalk grassland is a Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat here in the Chilterns. It is a characteristic part of the landscape and home to a wide variety of wildflowers, invertebrates, reptiles, mammals and birds. We work with our partners to enhance and protect these valuable places so nature can thrive.
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In our ever-developing world, urban habitats are small pockets of green critical for supporting nature by providing food & shelter.
These places are also referred to as ‘wildlife stepping stones’ which link to create green corridors through urban areas. They are increasingly important to provide wildlife with places to thrive in the face of a changing climate and urbanisation. Some people refer to this as rewilding in miniature!
The key is to provide pollinators such as butterflies the plants they need to eat, both as larvae (leaves) and adults (nectar). Visiting insects provide food for birds including Pied Wagtail, Robins & Swifts. The food chain is completed by avian predators like Sparrowhawks & even Peregrine Falcons!
