How seeing beavers making a comeback is giving us hope for a wilder future

Before the Second World War, meadows dripping with wildflowers and humming with insects would have been a familiar sight across the UK. However, in Hampshire flower-rich grasslands have declined…

Along hedgerows and woodland edges in early spring, an explosion of delicate white flowers against a backdrop of spiny branches takes place. This is blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), a familiar yet…

The thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), also known as the swollen-thighed beetle, is one of the county’s most striking insects.

Each spring, the avocet, one of Britain’s most striking and scarce wading birds returns to Hampshire’s coastal wetlands. Elegant and unmistakable, with long bluish-grey legs and a graceful,…

A trainee ecologist's quest to record Hampshire's 6 fritilllary butterfly species.

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…

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust have partnered with Emeritus Professor Marcus Grace and Ran Paleg, lecturer in Science Education at the Southampton School of Education to develop a…

What is it that makes our chalk streams special? Deep beneath our feet, an ancient behemoth controls the fate of the waters above.

One of the most fascinating insects to look out for during late summer is the hummingbird hawk-moth, a remarkable visitor that travels thousands of miles from southern Europe and North Africa to…