The Burley Village Wildlife Group

Peter Riley is a co-opted member of the Parish Council “Community and Environment Committee” and is open to questions or concerns about the Burley Wildlife Group or biodiversity in Burley.

The Burley Village Wildlife Group has been in existence for nearly 20 years, being originally set up by in 2002 to take over the wildlife management of the Sun Lane Nature Reserve, which is renovated land owned by Bradford Council, on what used to be the Council Tip, on the west side of the Village.

The Group began with 6 members and had success in establishing Work Parties to manage the Reserve which is now teeming with biodiversity and a wealth of wild flowers that in turn support a wide variety of insects etc all the way up the food chain.

In addition, the Group have acted on behalf of the village to liaise with Bradford Council on the management of the Burley bypass where grass cuts are now restricted to two per year. As a result of which independent surveys have demonstrated a significant increase in biodiversity.

The need to turn around the decline in biodiversity has never been greater and this is something we can all contribute to.