The return of the great bustards
During the 19th Century, the Great Bustard was hunted to extinction, but now they are back!
During the 19th Century, the Great Bustard was hunted to extinction, but now they are back!
One of the 20 largest ancient woodlands in Wiltshire.
Hedge mustard is a tall plant with small, yellow flowers atop tough stems. It likes disturbed ground and grows in hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
Favouring shady spots in woodlands and hedgerows, Garlic mustard can grow very tall. It has small, white flowers and, as its name suggests, smells faintly of garlic.
A planting event hosted by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust was held at the end of January to kickstart a major tree planting programme at Great Wood.
Listen out for the cat-like, 'kee-yaa' calls of the buzzard as it soars high over farmland and woodland. Once suffering from severe persecution and pesticide poisoning, it has made a…
Wiltshire & Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are rolling out a landscape-scale project to locate, monitor and conserve the remaining breeding lapwing.
With its prominent, wavy crest, the great crested newt, also known as the 'warty newt', looks like a mini dinosaur! This protected species favours clean ponds during the breeding season…
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.