Conservation grazing
Conservation grazing is the use of livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or ponies to maintain and increase the wildlife value or biodiversity of habitats such as grasslands and heathlands.
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Conservation grazing helping nature
Conservation grazing is a forward-thinking method of using livestock for wildlife friendly, sustainable farming. Using livestock for conservation grazing purposes has increased in popularity in…
Amazing Grazing
By making a gift to today, you can help us continue grazing our precious nature reserves across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and ensure these special places continue to thrive.
Thank you - Amazing Grazing
Your support will help us continue grazing our precious nature reserves across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and ensure these special places continue to thrive.
Meon Valley Land Appeal - Members
You have an opportunity to protect a vital part of the Meon Valley
Itchen Abbas Restoration Works
An extensive river restoration project at Itchen Abbas is being carried out by the Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust, with the approval of the Environment Agency. The area includes land which…
Alresford Valley Trail | Chalk Stream Quest
Embark on your Chalk Stream Quest along the Alre Valley Trail in New Alresford!
Meon Valley Land Appeal
You have an opportunity to protect a vital part of the Meon Valley
Grazing in England: A brief history
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…
Salmon’s long journey back to the River Itchen
Atlantic salmon have one of the most remarkable life cycles in the natural world. Born in the clean gravels of rivers like the River Itchen, these powerful fish travel thousands of miles across…
Save Our Salmon: A Call to Action for the River Itchen’s Endangered Atlantic Salmon
The River Itchen is home to one of the UK’s most remarkable yet threatened species—the Atlantic salmon. These fish, famed for their epic migrations from freshwater to the open ocean and back, have been a vital part of the river’s ecosystem for millennia. However, the future of the Itchen’s salmon is now in jeopardy.
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…