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How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.
Raft spider
The chocolate-brown raft spider inhabits bogs and ponds. It can be spotted sitting near the water, its legs touching the surface. When it feels the vibrations of potential prey, it rushes out to…
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Free family event Country Comes to Town comes to Swindon for the first time
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has announced that its free family-friendly event Country Comes to Town will take place in Swindon in May.
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Great Crested Newt Ponds
How to build a mini stone wall
Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
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.
Country Comes to Town 2024 – Swindon
Come along to this fun, family-friendly event to celebrate nature and wildlife with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
Greater pond sedge
A tussocky sedge, Greater pond sedge has stout, upright flower spikes, strap-like leaves and triangular stems. It prefers lowland wetland habitats on heavy soils.