Botanical Painting Workshops
Learn or develop observation, drawing and painting skills with local artist Sally Pond, painting the natural beauty of plants throughout the seasons. Workshops run bi-monthly, see below for dates…
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Winter moth
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Winter visitors
Birdwatcher Tom Hibbert is dreaming of a twite Christmas
Keeping warm this winter
Feel warmer at home with these simple, free or low cost top tips, written by Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy.
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.
My dinner party
Niamh loves to feed the birds, so makes natural feeders out of pinecones and berries, to help them through the winter. She’ll tie this to a branch so that the birds can feast from it safely.
Hairy-footed flower bee
The hairy-footed flower bee can be seen in gardens and parks in spring and summer, visiting tubular flowers like red dead-nettle and comfrey. As its name suggests, it has long, orange hairs on its…
Flower crab spider
The flower crab spider is one of 27 species of crab spider. The flower crab spider can alter the colour of its body to match its surroundings and to hide from prey. It is not as common as other…
Waxwing winters
Discover the bird that’s a favourite amongst birdwatchers, despite the fact that most rarely see one.
My water filter
Duncan helps to manage the pockets of peatland at Bell Crag Flow, near Newcastle. The ancient landscapes that he works on are around 10,000 years old. These sites are great for wildlife but they…
Wessex Water Guardians Community Project
Together with Wessex Water, we are recruiting a network of volunteers to monitor our watercourses.
Flowering rush
Flowering rush is a pretty rush-like plant of shallow wetland habitats, such as ponds, canals and ditches. Its cup-shaped, pink flowers appear in summer, brightening up the water's edge.