Wildlife sightings
We are working towards a Biodiversity Action Plan to formally set objectives, targets and actions for the conservation of biodiversity on campus.
As part of the work we are doing we would like to keep a publicised record of all wildlife recorded on campus sighted by staff, students and visitors. The below table shows the current sightings, if you have an addition to the list please email or contact the Environment Team.
As part of the work we are doing we would like to keep a publicised record of all wildlife recorded on campus sighted by staff, students and visitors. The below table shows the current sightings, if you have an addition to the list please email or contact the Environment Team.
| Date/Time | Sighting | Location | Comments |
| May 2012 | Rabbits | Queens car park | Rabbits have been spotted previously in Queens car park in the planting along the side of Sawyers! |
| Spring 2012 | Regular pigeons, crows and yellow wagtails spotted | From the Helmore 232 Office | |
| March 2012 | Male and Female Mallard | By the entrance to queens and sawyers by queens carpark | Both were laying down, security have informed us they are frequent visitors to the site! |
| February 2012 | Roe Deer | 100 metres from Cambridge campus, near the Collier Road entrance, on Mill Road. Near Costa coffee. | |
| August 2011 | Turtles | River Chelmer | Coming to sun themselves on bits of tree out the water |
| December 2010 | 3 female and 1 male Goosander | On the join between the millpond and the river | |
| March 2010 | Rabbits | Behind Faculty building | Being buzzed by Carrion crows |
| March 2010 | Cormorant | Millpond | |
| March 2010 | Female Merganser | Millpond | |
| February 2010 | Cormorant | Millpond | At the top of the tree in front of Apex Project Consultants Ltd flying down to the pond |
| January 2010 | Shag | Along the river, Chelmsford campus | Spotted diving for fish |
| January 2010 | Pair of mute swans | Millpond | |
| January 2010 | Heron | Millpond, Chelmsford campus | Standing where the pond meets the river, also spotted flying above Rivermead gate towards the pond |
| December 2009 | Kingfisher | Millpond, Chelmsford campus | Perched on some reeds at the Millpond |
| Winter 09/10 | Coots, Mallards, Moorhens and Little Grebe (Dabchicks) | Millpond | Sighted over the winter months around the Millpond |
The RSPB has a useful bird identifier on their website.
We also have identified Broomrape (Orobanche minor), an unusual wild plant growing in many of the shrub beds around Ransomes Way in Chelmsford.
We also have identified Broomrape (Orobanche minor), an unusual wild plant growing in many of the shrub beds around Ransomes Way in Chelmsford.
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