Nature Friendly Bishopthorpe

#TeamWilder

Bishopthorpe currently has an informal Facebook group called Nature Friendly Bishopthorpe which is administered by local residents and they have created the map below and some advice which can be found on this page. Our village is home to some of our most precious wildlife including hedgehogs, swifts, tansy beetle, kingfishers and rare plants. The Parish Council is keen to support community action to support a Nature Friendly Bishopthorpe.

The Parish Council contact for Nature is cllr.carole.green@bishopthorpe.pc.gov.uk

How can you help make Bishopthorpe Nature Friendly?
1. Make your garden wilder – Link
2. Make your local verge a mini meadow How to Create a Wildflower Verge
3. Put up Swift boxes
4. Create a hedgehog highway
5. Balsam bashing
6. Litter picking

iNaturalist App is used across York to record nature sightings so you might enjoy using this around Bishopthorpe as well.   iNaturalist 

This link shows what animal and plant life has been documented on the iNaturalist website for the Bishopthorpe area

Nature Friendly Bishopthorpe Map
Please note that access to any site must only be through public rights of way and permissive paths.

• SwiftMapper
• Big HedgeHog Map
• Big Butterfly Count
• How to make you garden wilder?
• Apply for a Wildlife Gardening Award
• Bishopthorpe Community Orchard
• Why Wildflower Verges?
• Floodplain Meadows Partnership