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…

Sometimes, one sets out to find a specific species, and instead encounters several surprises. This summer, at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, I shadowed and assisted the fantastic…

Ready to get your eyes and ears wide open for the Wildlife Trust’s biggest ever Citizen Science initiative to date? Whether you're a local resident or part of a community, school, or…

Itchen Valley Country Park is renowned for its diversity of small mammal species (mice, voles, and shrews). There are 9 small mammal species which are widespread in the UK and eight are present…

Trainee Ecologist Olivia Henderson takes us on an exploration of Hampshire’s two remarkable habitats: chalk grasslands and chalk streams. Guided by her passion for botany, Olivia delves into these…

As part of my traineeship with the Trust, I’ve had the privilege of getting acquainted with several ‘rewilding’ sites.

Nature-Based Solutions Officer, Aggie Thompson, leads on the delivery of a comprehensive ecological monitoring programme at the Trust’s rewilding projects: Wilder Little Duxmore and Wilder Nunwell…

Trainee ecologist Shannon Rae shares her experience with European Nightjars in the New Forest, from their mesmerising aerial displays to their unique churring calls, uncover the mysteries of these…

I am currently a first-year computer science student at the University of Southampton, and I was very grateful to have been offered this 4-week student placement opportunity by the university…

Upon joining the Trust as a trainee ecologist, one of my greatest hopes was to be able to observe some of the rarer butterfly species, especially the silver-studded blue.