Feeling like Spring finally!

It’s the end of winter for us. 28th of Feb officially means we down tools and stop cutting as the birds are busy setting up territories to breed and nest.

For the last few days it has been feeling distinctly spring-like and I have been expecting the first sand martin, little ringed plover and singing chiffchaff of the spring.

Over the winter the volunteer team down at Farlington Marshes have been helping me do some survey work to look in a little bit more detail what the birds have been doing

9 months at HIWWT has gone so quickly and I’ve had the opportunity to do so many lovely things! See what I’ve been up to…

Spring is on its way - and so are lots of baby birds. Keep dogs on leads and keep them safe.

I was asked recently "Why can't you just let nature be nature?" from which I understand the questioner meant, why do we do management on nature reserves?

One of Farlington Marshes' most iconic birds has been putting on a show for visitors in recent weeks

Wood pasture is a particularly interesting habitat type. It is one of my favourites and one that we deal with a little bit in the Solent reserves so I thought that I would write a little bit about…

Martin De Retuerto, reserves manager at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, talks about why this nature reserve has huge personal significance for him