Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Blog

Bringing wildlife back

Ian Jelley explains why helping nature recover is as essential for us as it is for wildlife. Read more

How to protect hedgehogs and build a wildlife-friendly bonfire at home

It’s set to be a record year for back garden bonfire celebrations on 5th November, but please check bonfires before lighting. Read more

Living with spiders

Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours? Read more

Gardening for wildlife this autumn

Our friends at Vine House Farm share their top tips for wildlife gardening this autumn! Read more

The secret world of fungi

Autumn is the perfect time to look for fungi, but what hides beneath the towering toadstools? Read more

Fun in the sun for young people in Wiltshire

Our Milestones team have been working alongside Youth Action Wiltshire to deliver a summer activity programme for young people in Wiltshire. Read more

Latest

Mammals of Coombe Bissett Down: grey squirrel

Oliver Davies, with the assistance of a trail camera, has spent the last two months exploring the lives of the reserve's more elusive mammals. In this blog post, we discover more about the reserve's grey squirrels.

Mammals of Coombe Bissett Down: Fox

Care Farms

Care farms provide a supervised, structured programme of farming-related activities. Contact with nature has a powerful role to play in helping those with learning disabilities, mental ill-health, Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), and social and communication difficulties.

The Willows Care Farm

Following on from the success of Lakeside Care Farm, we recently expanded with a second care farm, called The Willows Care Farm, which opened its doors to students in November thanks to generous donations to our appeal.

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, and enjoy watching the wildlife from home.

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 WOODLAND COMPLEX, including Green Lane Wood and 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.