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Your support will help us continue grazing our precious nature reserves across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and ensure these special places continue to thrive.
Down to the Coast: Wetland Restoration
Our Wetland Restoration project enhanced key sites in the eastern Isle of Wight as part of Down to the Coast. Working with partners and landowners, we restored habitats, created a nature reserve, and raised awareness about these incredibly important havens for wildlife.
Conservation grazing
Conservation grazing is the use of livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or ponies to maintain and increase the wildlife value or biodiversity of habitats such as grasslands and heathlands.
Conservation grazing helping nature
Conservation grazing is a forward-thinking method of using livestock for wildlife friendly, sustainable farming. Using livestock for conservation grazing purposes has increased in popularity in…
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Welcome to our online shop where we sell, seasonal or Trust made products to raise funds to help us create a wilder Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Wetlands
Teeming with insects, rich in plants and a haven for mammals, wetlands offer an unforgettable experience. They play a vital role in supporting wildlife, purifying water and capturing carbon.
Grazing in England: A brief history
It has often been said that a squirrel could once make its way from Land’s End to John o’ Groats without ever touching the ground. Were England’s forests ever so dense that this could have been…
Spring meadows
Walking through a wildflower meadow is one of the quintessential experiences of an English spring, and one that many of us look forward to year on year.
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
Wild wetlands
Wetlands are special places characterised by high water levels, waterlogged soils, and specially adapted plants. They might be permanently wet or only flood seasonally. Wetlands include marshes, wet grassland, floodplains, and fens.