Our March 2025 newsletter is out!

Featuring updates on find out about toad patrols, litter patrols and swift boxes, and details of how to get involved with local citizen science initiatives, including water quality testing and biodiversity surveying.

Read the latest issue and sign up via the box on the right to make sure you never miss an update!

Join the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch - 24-26 January 2025!

Starling

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch is this weekend! 

It's easy to get involved. 

Tell the RSPB!

1. Register here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/big-garden-birdwatch/submission

2. Choose one hour on 24, 25 or 26 January 2025 

3. Count the birds you see in your garden or in one of our local parks. You can do this online or download and print this pdf.

4. Send your results to the RSPB (even if you saw nothing, it still counts).

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tell us too!

5. (Optional) Tell us too! We are monitoring biodiversity in the Parish and would love to know how birds are doing here. Comment on this post, email us at chapelbiodiversity@gmail.com or comment on our Facebook page. 

Welcome

Welcome to the website for Chapel-en-le-Frith's Biodiversity Group!

We are a voluntary group interested in putting into practice a biodiversity action plan to address the complex factors that affect ecosystems and wildlife habitats in Chapel-en-le-Frith.

We welcome anyone with a love for nature and wildlife, interested in protecting our precious ecosystems. Membership of the Group is currently free, and available to anyone who lives or works in Chapel-en-le-Frith or surrounding areas. 

We have agreed five priority areas of concern for 2025: 

• monitoring biodiversity in CEF
• encouraging and supporting swift populations
• the health of our waterways
• litter picking to protect and encourage wildlife
• exploring options to support biodiversity on currently unused land in our parish

We will also be supporting other ongoing activities throughout the year, such as RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch and toad patrols.

Get involved

The best way to find out about new and ongoing activities is to join our email list via the subscribe box on the right hand side of the page. Enter your email address and click "subscribe". It's that easy!

Alternatively, email us at chapelbiodiversity@gmail.com

If you have any questions, email us and we'll do our best to help!

You can read our constitution here and our privacy policy here.

For areas we cover, see the Parish map