Nature in Harmony
Nature in Harmony is an ongoing wildlife survey and community engagement project based in Harmony Woods and the wider Diamond Wood.
Established in 2020 and led by our Ecology Intern each year, the aim of the project is to monitor ‘what’s living in the woods’, informing future conservation management decisions, and to educate and inspire the local community in concepts of woodland and grassland ecology, species identification, and field survey techniques.
The programme has three main aspects:
annual biodiversity surveying between April and September (wildflowers, birds, butterflies, pollinators),
public citizen science events over the spring and summer,
the Nature in Harmony Exchange Project youth programme.
We are delighted to welcome new 2024 Ecology Intern, Katie Sell, who joined us in January. Katie will start the new season’s surveying in April. As we welcome, Katie, we bid farewell to the outgoing intern, Laura Morrell, and thank her for all her hard work over the course of 2023. You will find a link to Laura’s 2023 Nature in Harmony Report on this page.
If you are able to offer any expert ecological guidance, such as species ID sessions or assistance with surveying, to support our intern or the charity as a whole, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch by emailing katie.sell@andovertrees.org.uk
