Living with spiders
For some people, the slightest glimpse of a spider is enough to inspire shrieks of fear and the fear in being bitten. In reality, very few spiders here are capable of biting a person, and the…
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'Living by the Ash Tree Waters': A Retrospective
When it comes to chalk streams, exploration and learning go hand-in-hand. In Andover, Appleshaw, and Vernham Dean, residents have taken a journey of creative discovery.
Wildlife sanctuary sites
Our wildlife sanctuaries are not accessible to the public. These sites are our most fragile nature reserves, or are rewilding sites in the process of recovery. As sanctuary sites, they play a vital role in helping the rarest and most vulnerable species across our two counties thrive, free from disturbance.
Living downstream of beavers - residents’ perspectives five years on from release on mainland Britian
This international beaver day we are celebrating the effect beavers can have on downsteam communities.
Beavers are back in Britain, with upwards of 25 releases of these industrious rodents…
Communities living on Test and Itchen rivers in line for National Lottery support
A new project working with communities to celebrate and protect the headwaters of our Test and Itchen rivers has been given the green light
Reading a landscape - trainee ecologist Harry Munt shares his experience with us
As part of my traineeship with the Trust, I’ve had the privilege of getting acquainted with several ‘rewilding’ sites.
Just how safe are our designated sites?
Many of our most precious wildlife sites have legal protections, but what does this mean in practice?
Some protection reinstated for at-risk Local Wildlife Sites
Thanks to a Wildlife Trust campaign, Local Wildlife Sites have been reinstated in the National Planning Policy Framework as sites on which development should be restricted.
Farmers group together to restore nature across the local landscape
Hampshire farmers work together to improve the natural environment.
National Planning Policy Framework & Local Wildlife Sites
Yesterday the Government released the new National Planning Policy Framework for England. And the good news is that Local Wildlife Sites are back in!
Creating new nesting sites for terns
Sometimes conservation problems require imaginative solutions – and for the Trust,
one of the latest and very best examples is our work to save the terns of the Solent
one of the latest and very best examples is our work to save the terns of the Solent
King diving beetle
Britain's largest 'diving beetle' is an impressive creature, though it's not easy to find.