City Stadium Wildflower Meadow Creation

Join Wild Ouseburn to create a new wildflower meadow!

Following from our Urban Rewilding session at the (soon-to-be) City Stadium meadow on Saturday 22nd March, we are hosting more opportunities for you to come along and take part!

Tasks will be practical, including rolling and moving turf (with wheelbarrows) to create habitat piles. Everyone is welcome! Wear clothes and boots you don’t mind getting muddy, and bring a drink with you.

If you are interested in soil invertebrates, this is also a brilliant chance to come along and help record the species here for the Wild Ouseburn project! Worms, beetles and centipedes are just some of the creatures we’ve discovered, amongst some intriguing larvae…

You’re welcome to stay for the whole time, or just a little. Every minute you can spare is a huge help to create this wildflower meadow.

No need to RSVP, just turn up! If you have questions, please feel welcome to contact us at wildouseburn@wildintirgue.co.uk

DATES + TIMES

Sunday 23rd March

2.30pm – 4.30pm (turf rolling only)

Monday 24th March

9am – 12pm + 4.30pm – 6pm

Tuesday 25th March

10am – 5pm

Wednesday 26th March

9am – Finish

MEETING LOCATION

Meet us at the (soon-to-be!) wildflower meadow

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HOW DID IT BEGIN?

In 2024 during a Wild Ouseburn Sunset Bat Survey, Common Pipistrelle bats were recorded feeding over a section of grassland near Warwick Street, which was part of Urban Green’s ‘Let it Grow’ campaign. This was the first time bats had been recorded feeding over this part of the City Stadium during surveys!

Wildflower meadows and grasslands rich in biodiversity are an incredibly important habitats, but are increasingly rare in the Lower Ouseburn Valley. Their plants provide nectar for pollinators, attracting insects for Sand Martins, Swifts and bats, and the long vegetation offers shelter for small mammals – and a hunting ground for Ouseburn’s Kestrels.

You can read a report on Ouseburn’s Butterflies by Mike Jeffries to explore how vital these habitats are here.

Working with Newcastle City Council and the Ouseburn Trust, the Wild Ouseburn project has been given the opportunity to restore some of this grassland habitat, to create new wildflower-rich meadows on part of the City Stadium for nature and people to enjoy.

This wildflower meadow creation has been funded by Wild Intrigue, and supported by Newcastle City Council, Ouseburn Trust and Newcastle Nature Networks.