Name: Nature recovery community drop-in event: aquatic habitats
Start: 2026-05-13T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-13T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Haslemere Leisure Centre

September 2025
🌿Wildlife Gardening Event

Featured September 2, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Haslemere Educational Museum 78 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey, United Kingdom

Growing Biodiversity at HomeJoin us at Haslemere Museum for an evening dedicated to the power of gardens - not just as places of beauty and relaxation, but as vital habitats in the fight to restore biodiversity. With 31% of Haslemere’s land made up of urban, suburban and their gardens, the potential for community-led biodiversity action […]

Free
Haslemere Food Festival

September 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Annual community food festival with food stalls, demonstrations and lots of treat. An event for the whole family.
January 2026
Big Garden Birdwatch

January 23 - January 25

The Big Garden Birdwatch is the UK’s biggest citizen‑science wildlife survey. It takes place every year and helps the RSPB track how our much‑loved garden birds are faring. Participants simply spend one hour recording the birds they see in their garden, balcony or local green space over the Birdwatch weekend, and submit their sightings via […]

FREE
February 2026
Swift Recovery Project: Registration Window

February 1 - February 15

Haslemere Biodiversity is launching the Swift Recovery Project, a community‑led effort to welcome swifts back to our summer skies. These extraordinary birds have declined by around 68% in the South‑East since 1994, largely due to the loss of traditional nesting spaces in our buildings. By installing swift nest boxes across key streets in Haslemere, Shottermill […]
March 2026
Swift Recovery Project: Home Assessments

March 1 - March 21

Following February’s registration window, the Swift Recovery Project now moves into its assessment phase. Between 1 and 21 March, our volunteer team will be visiting participating homes across Haslemere, Shottermill and Beacon Hill to check whether each property offers the right conditions for swift nesting. Swifts need a high, sheltered position, ideally under eaves or […]
Dr Philippa Guest to speak at the Surrey Biodiversity & Planning Conference 2026 🌿

March 17 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

WWF Living Planet Centre Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Haslemere Biodiversity is delighted to share that our Chair, Dr Philippa Guest, has been invited to present a case study at the 7th annual Surrey Biodiversity & Planning Conference, hosted by the Surrey Nature Partnership. This respected annual gathering brings together planners, ecologists, local authorities, community groups and nature‑focused professionals from across the county. Philippa […]

£48 – £192
Swift Recovery Project: Nest Box Installations

March 22 - April 16

The Swift Recovery Project now enters its most exciting phase: installing swift nest boxes across Haslemere, Shottermill and Beacon Hill. Following February’s registration window and the March assessment visits, our volunteer installation teams will be fitting boxes between 22 March and 16 April 2026, just in time for the swifts’ return from Africa in early […]
South East Climate Alliance (SECA) Annual Gathering

March 28 @ 11:30 am - 5:00 pm

Holy Trinity Church High Street, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

An annual gathering of representatives of hundreds of climate related action groups, together with members of the public, to hear speakers and workshop popular issues. Held at the new Zero Carbon premises in Guildford, all are invited to come and share their views on how to progress green agendas. Tickets will be available to book […]
April 2026
Wildlife Gardening Gathering & The Museum

April 7 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Haslemere Educational Museum 78 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey, United Kingdom

Join us at Haslemere Museum for a special evening dedicated to one of Britain’s most loved mammals: the hedgehog. We’re thrilled to welcome Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen, known internationally as “Dr Hedgehog”, joining us on screen from her current research base. Sophie is one of Europe’s leading hedgehog researchers, widely recognised for her pioneering studies […]
Swift box installations

April 23 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
May 2026
Swift Streets Launch Event

May 2
Nature recovery community drop-in event: aquatic habitats

May 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Haslemere Leisure Centre Kings Road, Haslemere, Surrey, United Kingdom

Join us 6.30-8.30pm Weds 13th May to explore the rivers, streams and ponds that local landscapes, and the growing pressures they face. With winters now wetter and summers hotter and drier, our challenge is learning how to hold water in the landscape for longer, improve water quality, and support the wildlife that depends on it.This […]

FREE

Events

September 2025

🌿Wildlife Gardening Event

Haslemere Food Festival

January 2026

Big Garden Birdwatch

February 2026

Swift Recovery Project: Registration Window

March 2026

Swift Recovery Project: Home Assessments

Dr Philippa Guest to speak at the Surrey Biodiversity & Planning Conference 2026 🌿

Swift Recovery Project: Nest Box Installations

South East Climate Alliance (SECA) Annual Gathering

April 2026

Wildlife Gardening Gathering & The Museum

Swift box installations

May 2026

Swift Streets Launch Event

Nature recovery community drop-in event: aquatic habitats

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