Specific per square metre statistics are hard to come by, although Senior Environmental Scientist, Jay Neale, is seeing if he can get me exact numbers on how much water run off will be effected, how flooding can be helped in urban areas & how many litres can expect to be filtered by the soil.  As soon as I have that info I will update this page.

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What Jay did tell me was that cities like London spend £1,000,000s on flood control and that wild pockets like Pocket Protection's would play a definite, free, natural and beneficial role in flood control without all of the bureaucracy.  He told me, "Rewilding helps to protect the soil…  Improving the soil through the plants and the careful conservation, creates much better water retention helping flood prevention."

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I've also been lucky enough to speak to Professor Alastair Driver, who thinks that small mammals, insects and birds will use these spaces and he even brought up other benefits that I hadn’t considered, like the savings on carbon emissions by stopping the land from being mowed continuously and the lack of water pollution because we will be stopping any pesticides that may have been being used before. Each individual patch only has a tiny impact but if the numbers move into the 1000s then the combined impact is significant, along with all the other BENEFITS.

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It looks like we will be trying to create a kind of cluster of pockets as quickly as possible within small areas for butterflies and other wildlife to move between effectively and from which to grow. So rather than purchasing 3 pockets miles from each other as standalones we will purchase 3 in close proximity to better help the local wildlife. This pattern will be copied across the U.K, generating 1000s of pockets within close proximity, breaking up our urban landscape and allowing life back in to thrive as quickly as possible with long term goals for the continued well being of any insects and wildlife that show up. 

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The focus is on ‘bio-stability’ rather than purely on ‘biodiversity’... So giving the species that show up a stronger base from which to thrive from a few pockets near each other rather than depending on one lone pocket of wilderness. It allows species to escape predators and other stuff that I am still very much learning about, creating a more balanced, natural environment for them.  

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It's looking most likely that the pockets will be a blend of Cornfield Annuals and Meadow Flower Perennials, providing help to 1000s of insects and pollinators - from Butterflies to Bumble Bees - which will also reinvigorate local food sources for the birds in the area and even wood mice, who enjoy a mix of seeds/insects.