Integrating pest management with nature recovery in Wiltshire
Can broad scale arable agriculture be compatible with the diverse and abundant insect life that indicates and underpins landscape scale nature recovery?
Can broad scale arable agriculture be compatible with the diverse and abundant insect life that indicates and underpins landscape scale nature recovery?
Following heavy rain across Wiltshire & Swindon, floodplains have provided essential protection against floods in our towns and cities.
Southern Reserves Manager, Ashley White, reflects on the conservation works that have been carried out at Coombe Bissett Down over the past three years of the project.
A spring delight, the wood anemone grows in dappled shade in ancient woodlands. Traditional management, such as coppicing, can help such flowers by opening up the woodland floor to sunlight.
Donald MacIntyre from Emorsgate Seeds tells us how to make, manage and mow a mini garden meadow.
Laurence suffers less from depression since he started conserving orchards. Playing a part in the management of places which support wildlife is proven to improve wellbeing, and you don’t need to…
Wasps are well-known, and unfortunately not very well-loved! But give these black and yellow guys a chance, as they are important pollinators and pest controllers.
Famed for its tapping in the middle of the night, supposedly heralding tragedy, the Deathwatch beetle is a serious wood-boring pest. In houses, their tunnelling can cause major damage.
John has worked in fisheries management for over 25 years. He has seen our waterways at their best – and their worst. He knows firsthand how devastating unhealthy rivers can be for wildlife and…
A climbing plant of woodlands, hedgerows, riverbanks and gardens, Hedge bindweed can become a pest in some places. It has large, trumpet-shaped, white flowers and arrow-shaped leaves.
The most common wood ant is the southern wood Ant, or 'red wood ant', which is found in England and Wales. An aggressive predator, it plays a vital pest control role in our woodlands.…