This blog is written by Bonnie Waycott, a first-time intertidal survey volunteer, and provides a beautifully vivid account of her day at Keyhaven.

In autumn 2024, the Trust and Abri launched a brand-new partnership to help make the Mansbridge estate in Southampton a wilder, greener, and more connected place to live.

During April to…

This year, our Wilder Communities work, funded by the Reaching Communities programme which is part of the National Lottery Community Fund, has brought people together across Hampshire and the Isle…

The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is being billed as a way to unlock growth while restoring nature. But beneath that promise lies a serious risk to wildlife and wild places they –…

As autumn slips into winter, thousands of redwings – small thrushes from the far north – arrive in the UK from Iceland and Scandinavia, driven south by colder weather and dwindling food supplies…

As October brings misty mornings and crisp evenings, one of our most familiar garden visitors - the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) - is preparing for its long winter sleep. These round,…

As autumn paints Hampshire’s woodlands in rich shades of gold and crimson, one of the county’s cleverest birds is hard at work preparing for the winter ahead: the Eurasian jay.

Slugs and snails might not be the first creatures we welcome into our gardens, yet these humble molluscs are essential players in the natural world.

Hampshire’s gardens, hedgerows and woodland edges take on a special character in autumn, with berries ripening, fungi pushing up through damp soil and leaves beginning to turn. Among this seasonal…

If you picture a British snake, chances are you’re thinking of the grass snake - sleek, greenish-grey, and marked with that unmistakable yellow-and-black collar behind its head. As the UK’s…