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The Oxstalls biodiversity project partially-funded by the European Regional Development Fund has won a \u2018nature-based solutions\u2019 award from the Countryside Charity Gloucestershire (CPRE).<\/p>\n
The joint award is between the University of Gloucestershire and Gloucester City Council. It\u00a0recognises the work of Kevin Farmer, Head of Maintenance at the university, and the university\u2019s Estates team in re-wilding land along Wotton Brook between the southern Oxstalls campus boundary and the northern Plock Court Wetland Reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The project linked these two areas of University of Gloucestershire property with a natural verge and meadow and focused on improving the biodiversity of four specific areas on site, by replanting hedgerows, establishing a linear wildflower meadow and widening the bank of the Wotton Brook to create a more varied waterside habitat. The project has improved wildlife habitats and strengthened the ecological links throughout the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n