Drainage, Ditches and Buzzing Biodiversity

Recorded Thursday 28th August 2025

This webinar explores how Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) — the shallow channels, grassy basins, and ponds built into modern developments — can do far more than manage rainwater and prevent flooding. When designed with nature in mind, SUDS can become vital habitats for birds, amphibians, and especially pollinators like bees and hoverflies — bringing wildlife right to our doorsteps.

Guest speakers

Andrada Opris is a researcher at Edinburgh Napier University.

Craig Macadam is Co-Leader and Director of Conservation at Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust

Supporting documents

The slides from the presentations can be viewed and/or downloaded below.

Past and future webinars

We are running four webinars as part of our 2025-26 Winter Webinar Series, culminating in an in-person day event in April 2026.

The theme of our 2024-25 Winter Webinar Series was Biodiversity and Planning.