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,
a programme of monthly weekend youth activities
We are extremely grateful to our outgoing 2024 Ecology Intern, Katie Sell, and thank her for all her hard work over the past year. You can read her 2024 Nature In Harmony report by clicking the blue button in the right hand column.
We are equally delighted to welcome our 2025 Ecology Intern, Hebe Everington, who joined us in February. Hebe will start the new season’s surveying in April. Hebe will be taking on an extended internship, which will also cover environmental education and connecting children to nature in practical and engaging ways.
If you are able to offer any expert ecological or environmental education guidance, such as species ID sessions, assistance with surveying or leading nature activities, to support our intern or the charity as a whole, we would love to hear from you.
Please get in touch by emailing our admin officer michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk
