A grant from the South Downs Trust Sustainable Communities Fund has been awarded to the Arundel Community Orchard Group to assist the city develop into a haven for wildlife.
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According to folklore, the identify Arundel is derived from the French hirondelle which means swallow and certainly, the hen seems prominently in town’s coat of arms. Yet the variety of swallows, swifts and home martins has been in sharp decline in Arundel, as throughout the nation. That is all set to alter, on account of a brand new grant from the South Downs Trust Sustainable Communities Fund.
The grant has been awarded to the Arundel Community Orchard Group to assist Greening Arundel (a newly-formed alliance of native organisations concerned in greening initiatives), which goals to assist the city develop into a haven for wildlife.
Located as it’s close to the river and adjoining to farmland, the Community Orchard gives a great location for the deliberate set up of a home martin tower, which ought to present a home for brand spanking new colonies not solely of home martins, but additionally bats.
Outgoing co-chair of the Community Orchard Group, Nell Patton welcomed the award of the grant and declared that, “the tower might be a beacon, a landmark, a visual image of what Greening Arundel is attaining for the advance of the city’s atmosphere and bio-diversity.”
The initiative is being guided by Paul Stevens, Hirundine Champion for Sussex Ornithological Society. In cooperation with long-standing native residents, Paul has been surveying the places of present and previous colonies, in addition to assessing different conducive places in Arundel. Paul will current his findings on Monday 23 October from 7pm at Fauna Taproom within the city
Local residents might be inspired to “Bring Back the Birds” by signing as much as have nest cups and packing containers put in on their property.
Councillor Carole Beaty, a member of the Greening Arundel committee, commented: “We are thrilled that our aim to make Arundel a haven for wildlife is being supported by the South Downs, as well as the Royal Horticultural Society. Swallows, swifts and house martins were at the heart of Arundel in the past and, through this new initiative, we aim to ensure that they will be an integral and thriving part of our future too.”
