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Keele Wildlife Society is open to anyone who is interested in wildlife. If you would like to meet-up, make friends and share knowledge then this is a society for you!

What to expect?

The society aims to provide a place for people with a love and interest of wildlife to meet. For events and socials, we will go on walks around the Keele campus and further afield to allow time for wildlife spotting and adventures! We also aim to provide inspiring speakers and lectures on a variety of wildlife topics which may inspire and encourage a stronger passion for wildlife.

In our first year (2018/2019), we were shortlisted for Best New Society in the 2019 KeeleSU Society Awards, and won!
A few years later, in the 2023/2024 awards, we also won the Society of the Year Award for Best Activity-based Society!

This year, we will be holding sessions every other week dedicated to learning more about our wonderful wildlife. In these sessions we will further our knowledge by reseaching, holding discussions, and watching relevant films/documentaries in a friendly and relaxed environment. We will be learning about different species behaviour and relation to the natural world, as well as thinking about their threats and potential needs for conservation. As well as this we will be organising walks/trips on campus and in the Staffordshire area to help put into context what we have learnt. Other, even more exciting plans are in the works, so stay tuned! Keele Wildlife society is open to all, and is a great way to get to meet new people, we're looking forward to meeting you all!

Bi-weekly wildlife session: Held on Mondays 5pm until 7pm in Chancellors - Room 0.007 (CBA0.007)

Our additional social events (walks, day trips and pub meets) will be organised and advertised through our society email, Whatsapp group and social media accounts.

Join the Keele Hedgehog Friendly Campus Group here - http://www.greenimpact.org.uk/hedgehogfriendlycampus/register?team.id=9100 - Staff and students all welcome!! It is a great opportunity to get involved with biodiversity on campus. This is completely free to sign up to.

https://www.facebook.com/HedgehogFriendlyCampusKeele/ - Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/KeeleHedgehogFriendlyCampus/ - Facebook Group

Connect with us!

Email: soc.wildlife@keele.ac.uk

Our brand new Discord server!: https://discord.gg/aHQ5NcWktN

Also follow us via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Feel free to join our Facebook Group which you are welcome to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KeeleWildlifeSociety/

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Opportunities for 2020

Happy December!!!

It is the time of year when many will begin to reflect on the past year and make their 2020 to do lists! As a society we also will reflect on the events and progress we have made in 2019 with many more exciting plans being prepared for 2020. This month's newsletter focuses on just a few of the many opportunities open to you with the Wildlife Society for 2020.

Volunteer with Love The Oceans

Love the Oceans was founded in 2014 and seeks to protect vulnerable marine animals in Mozambique through a bottom-up, community-led approach. They offer a volunteering programme lasting between two and five weeks for those who are interested in this area. The non-profit organisation runs multiple initiatives including; teaching local children to swim, beach litter picks to remove plastics and an initiative to be able to reuse rubbish by producing ‘eco bricks’ for building within the local community. These are just a few examples of the work you are able to take part in when you join the volunteering programme next summer!! While volunteering you will be able to take part in a range of tasks, each providing memorable experiences, valuable skills and a chance to build key links within the marine industry, with other volunteers who will become friends for life!! For more information on this opportunity visit the website: https://lovetheoceans.org/

Hedgehog Friendly Campus

Another exciting opportunity for 2020 is the Keele Hedgehog Friendly Campus which has been introduced by the Wildlife Society. As a society, we need to fulfill certain criteria at different levels; by December 20th 2019, we hope to achieve the Bronze level. These are just a few things we need to complete which you can become involved with: write a Hog-Blog about any issue facing hedgehogs, distribute leaflets and create a press release for the Keele University official website. To be involved with this please join the Keele Hedgehog Friendly Campus Group here: http://www.greenimpact.org.uk/hedgehogfriendlycampus/register?team.id=9100 . The group is open to staff and students! It is a great opportunity to get involved with biodiversity on campus and is completely free to sign up to.

Tree Planting

This semester as a society and with the help of staff and students, we successfully planted 300 trees on campus. Across two days, over 30 people volunteered their time to help with this fantastic event. Thank you to each and everyone who got involved; by sharing our event online, planting trees and showing support!!! We hope to continue to leave a positive impact at Keele into the future. One way we hope to do this is by another tree planting event….. keep an eye out for updates over the rest of the academic year!! If you would like to be involved, feel free to contact Keele Wildlife Society via email: soc.wildlife@keele.ac.uk .

*See more about this fantastic event here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/december/tree-planting-climate-change/trees-planting-climate-change.php .

These are just a few ways in which you can be involved to help nature with the Wildlife Society! If you have any ideas of other ways feel free to let us know!

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Upcoming Wildlife Events - February

Upcoming events...

Arboretum Lunchtime Walk

Join us on Friday, 1pm, 31st January 2020 as part of the Health and Wellbeing Week for an Arboretum Lunchtime Walk with Dr David Emley and Dr Peter Thomas. Meeting at the Forest of Light.

Please note, this is not a wildlife society run event but all members are extremely welcome and we really do recommend that you go - Dr Emley & Thomas are very knowledgable about the Keele campus and it's wildlife!

Facebook event - https://www.facebook.com/events/2487454028174113/

Wild Staffordshire Talk

Join us for a fantastic and inspiring talk by Scott Latham, who created 'Wild Staffordshire' a purpose-driven not-for-profit organisation committed to a greener planet earth by starting locally with Staffordshire.

Taking place on Tuesday, 4th February 2020 from 5pm. All welcome to attend. Walter Moberly, Room 0.01.

Facebook event - https://www.facebook.com/events/997475493985740/

Volunteering Week

Volunteering Opportunity - Litter Pick on Campus

We will be meeting at the SU at 10am and will collect litter at multiple areas on campus. Around we will bring everything back with help from estates and weigh and sort it to figure out how much we picked up. Anyone and everyone welcome! Taking place on Wednesday, 12th February from 10am at the Forest of Light.

This also ties in nicely with Hedgehog Friendly Campus!

Facebook event - https://www.facebook.com/events/2568891740047782/

Volunteering Opportunity - Tree Label Clean Up

Meeting at the Memorial Garden (near Clockhouse!) we have been asked to clean the labels and signs in the memorial garden of algae. Dr David Emley may also join us to talk about the cherries and the various other trees in the garden too.

Thursday, 13th February 2020, this will take place between 11am - approximately 2pm but you don't need to be there for it all!

Hope you can make it!!

Best wishes,

Alana Wheat

Keele Wildlife Society President

HogBlog 2: Bronze is Submitted!

Submission for Hedgehog Friendly Campus Bronze

We have now submitted our first accreditation towards the Keele Hedgehog Friendly Campus Bronze Award!!

What the Keele Hedgehog Team have done so far...

7th November 2019 - Launch Working Group
Welcoming staff and students from all faculties and backgrounds!
We have formed social medias' including Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HedgehogFriendlyCampusKeele/ ) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/KeeleWildlife )
We have reminded the grounds team on what to do if they find a sick, injured or orphaned hedgehog.
We've added stickers to the strimmers and some leaf blowers to remind users to check the area for hedgehogs before trimming the grass.
Plans are in place to perform hedgehog surveys around campus in early Spring.
We have done regular student litter picks too - if any staff have done litter picks we would love to know (soc.wildlife@keele.ac.uk).
We will frequently write HogBlogs which can be found on the News section here - https://keelesu.com/activities/society/keelewildlifesociety/

Please join us and get involved for the next accreditations of silver and gold!! Learn more about how you can save and protect these lovely creatures.

Social Media for Hedgehog Friendly Campus

https://www.facebook.com/HedgehogFriendlyCampusKeele/ - Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KeeleHedgehogFriendlyCampus/ - Facebook Group

https://twitter.com/KeeleWildlife - Twitter

Please, follow the social media and help spread the word!

What would it involve for me?

Getting involved in the Hedgehog Friendly Campus will give you the opportunity to be part of the working group in helping to match the criteria of Bronze, Silver and Gold. That can be found here; http://www.greenimpact.org.uk/hedgehogfriendlycampus/

30 Days Wild - Wildlife Trust

Hi all,

This is the final newsletter from me as Secretary for Keele Wildlife Society. For this newsletter I wish to highlight a current campaign by The Wildlife Trust which you can all get involved with - just like members of the committee have been doing!

Check out The Wildlife Trust website here for more info and resources: https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/57739/petition/1

This aims to encourage people to spend time with nature; even 5 minutes while drinking a cup of tea at your front door! Also, the website has a number of ideas to inspire 'Random Acts of Kindness'. Please share with us if you have been doing any of these! And enjoy 30 days of wild!!

As mentioned recently, many of us are experiencing nature in new ways and enjoying the outdoors much more than before. This is fantastic!! In my last newsletter I highlighted this with my time spent walking around the countryside as well as the recent open letter to the society by Sophie (Society Treasurer). It is not just outside of our homes that we are noticing nature in new ways but within our own gardens. For example, this year different flowers and plants have been growing in my garden (see photos!) as a result of seeds being dropped by birds. Although this may not be appreciated by many gardeners, I am very much enjoying them and the wildlife coming to the garden are too!

As always - Keep in touch with us!

Keele Wildlife Society Secretary.

Wildlife Society Calendar!

Keele Wildlife Society now has it's own calendar!

Feel free to add it to your own calendar to stay up to date with what is going on in the world of the Wildlife Society! We will fill you in with all important dates, events and socials so keep your eye out!

To add it, click this link (https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=soc.wildlife%40keele.ac.uk&ctz=Europe%2FLondon) or go to the Keele Wildlife Society homepage on the SU website (https://keelesu.com/activities/society/keelewildlifesociety/) and click '+GoogleCalendar'.

Hope you find it as useful as we do!

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