Bank vole
The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. It is ideal prey for owls, weasels and kestrels.
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Field vole
With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. Hidden among the vegetation of grassland, heathland and moorland, it is not as easily spotted as the…
Water vole
The water vole is under serious threat from habitat loss and predation by the American mink. Found along our waterways, it is similar-looking to the brown rat, but with a blunt nose, small ears…
Protecting Wiltshire’s water voles
The American Mink predates on European water voles. Here is how we are protecting Wiltshire's water voles through habitat creation and mink control.
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.
Bay Meadows
An important wildlife corridor between Ogbourne Maisey and Marlborough.
Clouts Wood
Clouts wood will close for Ash Die Back work from Monday 21 July until further notice. Markham Banks, Church Hill pastures, Diocese Meadows and Kings Farm wood will remain open – but all of Clouts…
New Butterfly Banks Take Flight at Coombe Bissett Down
Last summer as part of a wider butterfly bank project in the UK, we added 4 new E-shaped banks into the landscape at Coombe Bissett Down.
American mink
Escaped or intentionally freed from fur farms in the 1960s, the American mink is now well established in the UK. Its carnivorous nature is a threat to our native water vole and seabird populations…
Nadder Island
This crescent-shaped wooded island in the River Nadder can be viewed from the river bank.
Pellitory-of-the-wall
Pellitory-of-the-wall is a small to medium-sized herb that frequently grows from cracks in old stone walls, pavements, cliffs and banks, and churches and ruins.
Water shrew
The large, dark grey water shrew lives mostly in wetland habitats. It's a good swimmer that hunts for aquatic insects and burrows into the banks.