Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Blog

Wildlife in winter

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Reserve Manager Neil Pullen sets out the natural wonders worth looking out for around the county over the winter months. Read more

Scattering and nattering at Coombe Bissett Down

Volunteer Jeni Bell explains how WWT is working to attract priority butterfly species to southern Wiltshire Read more

Building a Butterfly Bank at Coombe Bissett Down

Volunteer Jeni Bell tells us all about the new butterfly bank at Coombe Bissett Down Nature Reserve. Read more

Forest Meadows Project

Community can get involved in new Swindon urban meadows project Read more

Mass climate lobby: how did it go?

Staff and supporters attended the Mass Climate Lobby of Parliament on the 26th June, to speak to Wiltshire's MPs about how to restore wildlife in Wiltshire. Find out how we got on! Read more

Calnes New Youth Group - River Warriors

Gemma from our Waste Education team has joined forces with River Clean Up and Friends of Abberd Brook to start up a new Environmental Youth Group in Calne, River Warriors. Read more

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Orchard Pruning & Maintenance

Spend the day in our orchard and woodland, learning to identify and maintain fruit trees for optimum production

Fungi Illustrations

Be inspired by the beautiful setting of Langford Lakes nature reserve and learn to draw and paint different species of fungi

Bumblebee Illustrations

Be inspired by the beautiful setting of Langford Lakes nature reserve and learn to draw and paint native bumblebees using watercolour

Tool Sharpening

A one day course learning the fundamentals of sharpening green woodworking tools.

LANGFORD LAKES NATURE RESERVE, Steeple Langford

Take a walk at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve around the four beautiful lakes to spot birds including kingfisher and maybe even an otter.

Webcam at Langford Lakes

Take a look at our webcam at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve

LOWER MOOR including Clattinger Farm, Lower Moor Farm, Sandpool and Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow, Cricklade

Lower Moor opened in 2007 and is the gateway to Clattinger Farm, Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow, Lower Moor Farm and Sandpool nature reserves.

BLAKEHILL FARM including Stoke Common Meadow, Cricklade

This former military airfield is being turned back into wildlife-rich hay meadow.

Nature Reserves Map

CLOUTS WOOD including Markham Banks, Kings Farm Wood and Diocese Meadows, Wroughton

A walk through this Site of Special Scientific Interest takes you from stream-soaked valley floor, up steep slopes to level land at the top.

GREEN LANE WOOD including Biss Wood, Trowbridge

This ancient woodland was given to us in 1991. The wood connects with our Biss Wood nature reserve and the Green Lane Nature Park.

The Repair Academy

The Repair Academy is a social enterprise start up dedicated to reducing waste, providing skills and training for young people and offering affordable goods to low-income households.

PENN WOOD, Calne

This new nature reserve has seen many transformations in its history since it was farmland.

What we do

Since 1962, we've been taking action to protect our natural environment here in Wiltshire and Swindon.