Countesthorpe Parish Council is participating in Leicestershire County Council’s Blue Campaign which aims to promote biodiversity by re-introducing wildflowers and plants to roadside verges. In March 2021, an area on Leicester Road, between Buckingham Road and the Sewerage Works entrance has been designated at wildflower verge. In June 2021 the charity, Naturespot, will carry out an assessment of the existing wildflowers and grasses in the area so to inform the Parish Council of the most appropriate wildflower seeds and grasses to sow. By summer 2024 the wildflower verge should become fully established. Further detail of BLUE campaign can be found at Blue Campaign's Website.
Naturespot has set up a page on their website for the Parish Council to add a list of wildflowers and wildlife. However, the Parish Council welcomes all to be involved, so once the verge starts to become established, anyone who spots wildlife, whether plants, animals or fungi, can submit a record of their findings on the website. If you manage to catch a photograph, all the better as these can also be uploaded to Naturespots's webpage dedicated to the Leicester Road wildflower verge.
This is the guidance for for submitting spottings on the Naturespot site.