10 July 2009
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S.W.A.T Revisited

Well done to everyone who played a part in SWAT in the spring. Here's just a few SWAT video clips to remind you what you all achieved

Zoe Salmon
SWAT roundup

Summary of SWAT events

clipboard
Bus driver survey

See the team in action

Bill Oddie
Laying the turf

Beauticians help out

Simon King
Breathing Place created

The end result

SWAT in pictures - see how the teams got on across the country

Man with Breathing Places sign
The finishing touch to the breathing place in Chelmsford
boy with wheelbarrow
No ones too young for a turn with the wheelbarrow
People passing buckets
Many hands make light work - moving earth in Peterborough
hand swinging mallet
Getting handy with a mallet in Bournemouth
boys with hose
The younger volunteers make a start on the pond
snail on a shoe
A snail finds its own breathing place, on a volunteer's shoe
palets with twigs inside
A tower block for bugs in Southwark
man with wheelbarrow
Everyone had to take their turn with the dreaded wheelbarrow
girl sitting down
One of the younger volunteers takes a quick break in London

You can see more images of our SWAT events by selecting the locations on our map.



SWAT is back!

This autumn your local Springwatch Action Team are pulling on their wellies and dusting down their trowels, ready to continue the great work started in spring. Click on the map below to see how your local SWAT has progressed and find out what plans are in store over the coming few months!





Special thanks go to SWAT's main partners the BTCV (British Trust of Conservation Volunteers), City Councils, Coast & Countryside Trust, CSV, Grounds for Change, The Environment Agency & the Wildlife Trusts

See a full list of partners and colleagues who have helped make SWAT happen





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