Wildlife Watch Groups
Wildlife Watch Groups offer primary-aged children and their families opportunities to join in with wildlife activities and have fun outdoors.
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For wildlife
Our services for wildlife including ecological consulting in Wiltshire and Swindon.
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.
Submit a wildlife sighting
Sending and recording your wildlife sightings helps us to learn about population changes and trends in Wiltshire's wildlife.
Beekeepers call on the public to help fight record Asian hornet invasion
The British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA) is calling on the public to help fight a major threat to honey bees and other pollinators - Asian hornets.
Be vigilant for Asian hornets
The Asian hornet is a threat to Wiltshire's insects. Learn more about them and what to do if you find one.
Wildlife
Discover more about Wiltshire's wildlife.
Hornet
The fearsome-looking hornet may not be a well-loved insect, but it is actually much less aggressive than the common wasp. It is also an important pollinator and a predator of species that feed on…
Actions for wildlife
Actions YOU can take at home or in your neighbourhood or school grounds to provide habitats for wildlife in Wiltshire.
Salad burnet
A low-growing herb of chalk and limestone grassland, Salad burnet lives up to its name - it is a popular addition to salads and smells of cucumber when crushed!
Great burnet
The egg-shaped, crimson flower heads of Great burnet give this plant the look of a lollipop! It can be found on floodplain meadows - a declining habitat which is under serious threat.
Hornet robberfly
With black-and-yellow markings, the Hornet robberfly looks like its namesake, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it perches in the open, waiting for its…