By Ellie Parker, Marine Officer at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

‘Shall I make my jellyfish a hat now that it’s getting closer to summer?’ is not a question I had anticipated when preparing for the Seagrass Workshop I was running for primary school children…

Thanks to the incredible support from the community of writers, poets, artists and book lovers, 'Wild Seas, Wilder Cities' has continued to raise money for the Trust’s Solent Seagrass…

I was fortunate to enrol as a volunteer Solent Seagrass Champion in my second year of my undergraduate course at the University of Portsmouth. Fast forward to my master’s degree and the Hampshire…

As October comes to an end, so too does the five-year journey of the EU LIFE funded ReMEDIES project. Since its inception in 2019, this vital initiative, led by Natural England, has worked…

Organised rock-pooling. That is what I like to call Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's intertidal surveys, they are fantastic!

Early mornings and late summer evenings can only mean one thing in the Solent, it is the perfect time to collect seagrass seed. The sun rises, the tides are low, bright green meadows become…

During National Marine Week (27 July – 11 July) dive into the magical underwater world and celebrate all things marine…including what lies underneath the waves of the Solent!

The common…

Wherever we live in the UK, we’re all connected to the sea. For this year’s National Marine Week, we’re celebrating this connection and highlighting why a healthy, thriving marine environment…

In 2022, we formed a sustainability group in Bembridge. We were a small group searching for some initial projects to inspire us. I agreed to manage a project to create some interpretation signage…