Desmoulin’s Whorl Snail Discovery
Over the summer, surveys revealed a new record for our Smallbrook Meadows nature reserve – the tiny Desmoulin’s whorl snail.
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Field Cow-Wheat: Hope for this Unlikely Magenta Marvel
Field cow-wheat (Melampyrum arvense) is a striking plant, sending up bright purple sprays of flowers in the summer. Our Conservation Lead for the South, Caroline, describes this peculiar plant,…
How Remote Technology is Helping us Boost Data Collection at Great Chalfield
Chelsie Fuge, Head of Nature Recovery, and Jane Kinney, Project Ecologist, explain the baseline surveying they have been conducting at Great Chalfield, which will help the Trust monitor our impact…
Conservation Careers - Carrie, Director of Nature Recovery
Meet our Director of Nature Recovery, Carrie, who shares her untraditional path into conservation, gives an insight into her day-to-day, and reflects on the highlights and challenges of her varied…
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.
From curlews in the British uplands to negotiations in Colombia: why COP16 matters here in the UK
Tomorrow, COP16 - the global UN nature conference - gets underway in Cali, Colombia. But how does it relate to the UK and why should we be interested? Dr Rob Stoneman, director of landscape…