A community that protects, encourages and celebrates nature through conservation and collaboration.
Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG) is a volunteer-run donation-funded Constituted Community Group that focuses on community involvement to protect local wildlife through education, conservation and collaboration, preserving the natural spaces and species in the London Borough of Ealing. Please note, we are not a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation or rehoming organisation.
02/06/2026
This , we’re celebrating every person who has ever given their time, energy, and passion to EWG.
Our volunteers are a fundamental reason we can do what we do, and we couldn’t be prouder of this community 💚
Thinking about getting involved? Head to our website and check out our upcoming Facebook events to find out more about how to volunteer with EWG.
01/06/2026
Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 EWG Photography Exhibition, our 10th annual edition! 📸
Since 2017, our community has been capturing the extraordinary nature on our doorstep.
Ten editions later, this year's exhibition is a celebration of everything EWG and the people of Ealing have built together, made possible in partnership with Ealing Council.
And when we say open to everyone, we mean it! You don't need to be a photographer. You don't need a fancy camera. Some of our most memorable entries have been taken on phones: what matters is the story behind the shot.
🌿 Six categories (including Young Wildlife Explorers for under 16s)
📍 Photos must be taken within the London Borough of Ealing within the last five years
📅 Deadline: midnight, 31 July 2026
Find out more about the categories, guidelines, and how to submit: https://ealingwildlifegroup.com/photography-exhibition/
We can't wait to discover Ealing's nature through your eyes (and lenses) 💚
31/05/2026
June is packed with ways to get closer to the wildlife on your doorstep.
Our events are for everyone; come to connect, to learn, or to help make Ealing a little wilder.
What better way to say goodbye to spring and welcome summer than with your local wildlife community?
We can’t wait to see you out there 💚
31/05/2026
Something’s coming tomorrow 📸📸📸
Any guesses? 👀
Photo credit: Nigel Bewley
22/05/2026
When temperatures spike, urban wildlife has nowhere to go 🌡️
City animals depend on us: our gardens, our balconies, our willingness to leave a little water out and a little wildness in the corners.
You don’t need a big outdoor space to make a difference.
👉 Swipe through for six small things that really help and share with your friends and family to spread the word.
What a night 🌿✨
Last night we gathered for our Annual General Meeting — a chance to look back on a remarkable year, and to mark something even bigger: ten years of making Ealing wilder.
We introduced a new board, new officers (Amita, Anna, Colleen, and Claudia), and our new Chair, Ben, ready to lead us into the next chapter 🙌
We also celebrated Sean McCormack, our founder, as he steps down as Chair after a decade of extraordinary dedication.
Sean isn’t going anywhere, he’ll be getting stuck in as our Conservation & Rewilding Officer, but we wanted to say loudly and clearly: Ealing’s wildlife, green spaces, and community are transformed because of you. Thank you, Sean 💚
Here’s to the year ahead and the decade beyond. To everyone who came last night and everyone cheering us on: we couldn’t do this without you.
11/05/2026
May is flying by, but there’s still plenty we have in store for you! 🌸
Join us for our remaining events this month, including our AGM on Thursday, a chance to come together, reflect on an incredible year for wildlife in Ealing, and help shape what’s next for EWG. We’ll also be announcing our new Chair 👀
We hope to see you at one of our events and watch this space for our June lineup!
First harvest mouse release of 2026: 233 mice, multiple genetic lineages, sourced from across the UK 🐭
Harvest mice have declined sharply across Britain, but they’re an important part of healthy grassland ecosystems, as prey, as seed dispersers, and as an indicator that a habitat is in good shape. Getting them back into Ealing is part of a longer effort to restore that balance.
This is our fifth year releasing harvest mice across different areas of Ealing, and we’re grateful for the turnout and excitement from our community.
A huge thanks to our volunteers, the ‘mousewives’, the local rangers, and our partners for making the Ealing Harvest Mouse Project possible: Battersea Park Children's Zoo Calderglen Zoo & Country Park Ealing Council Horsenden Farm New Forest Wildlife Park Heather Ryce and a special shoutout to Jon Ranger!
09/05/2026
And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Hedgehog Awareness Week! 🦔
This week we’ve talked about why hedgehogs are in trouble, what’s threatening them, and the small things each of us can do to help. But awareness without action only goes so far, so this final post is all about what comes next.
Swipe through for everything you can do right now, from hedgehog-ifying your garden to getting your whole street involved. And if you’ve ever wanted to get more hands-on with local wildlife conservation, we’ve got options for that too.
Hedgehog Awareness Week might be over, but hedgehogs need our help all year round 💚
📣 Based in Ealing? Get about 10 neighbours on board to create hedgehog highways and we’ll come and drill them for you. Reach out: [email protected].
08/05/2026
Day 6 of Hedgehog Awareness Week and, as we continue celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we’re back with more from Dorothy 🦔
If you watched the extra footage from BBC Wild London we posted yesterday, you’ll already know her. This is Dorothy’s garden in Hanwell, the very place where David filmed the hedgehog segment. But long before the cameras arrived, Dorothy had already been quietly transforming her garden into one of Ealing’s best hedgehog havens.
Hedgehog highways on both sides of her garden. A hedgehog house. A pond ladder. A night camera. And she’s even fostered sick hedgehogs back to health and released them at home with Ealing Hedgehog Friends
It started because a friend told her about their work with hedgehogs, and that enthusiasm was contagious. Now Dorothy passes it on herself, telling everyone she meets why hedgehog highways and community action matter.
📩 Inspired to do the same? If you’re based in Ealing and can get about 10 neighbours on board, we’ll come and drill the highways for you. Message us at [email protected] to find out more.