Staff from ConocoPhillips
supported the Trust on 21st July as part of the company's annual
Community Day.
Eighty staff from ConocoPhillips' Warwick
office spent the day working with Trust staff, helping to improve
habitats for local wildlife, particularly moths and butterflies.
One team helped clear wildflower meadows of invasive shrubs and
trees, which if not kept in check can soon decimate delicate
wildflowers - the food source of most moths and butterflies.
Another team worked on creating a moth
mural, which will be painted on the walls at Brandon Marsh Nature
Centre, providing a colourful identification chart for the many
visitors coming to Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.
Judy Green, business improvement
coordinator for ConocoPhillips, said "We were delighted to be
able to support the fantastic efforts of Warwickshire Wildlife
Trust in protecting wildlife and natural places throughout
Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. We are always on the
lookout for worthy projects that would benefit from the time and
support of our staff through our annual Community Day. This
year the majority of our Warwick workforce got involved."
"Our overall aim was to spend the day
doing something that will make a real difference, and it's exciting
to know that the work our staff undertook on 21st July will have a
lasting effect, not just for the local wildlife, but also the
local community and visitors that come from further
afield."
Phil Dickin, director at the Trust said
"We are really grateful to ConocoPhillips for its support. The
work the company has committed to undertake would have taken the
Trust twelve months to complete - we really can't thank them
enough."