Weasel
Weasels may look adorable, but they make light work of eating voles, mice and birds! They are related to otters and stoats, which is obvious thanks to their long slender bodies and short legs.
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Mammals of Coombe Bissett Down: Weasel
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…
Teasel
The brown, oval, spiky seed heads of the teasel are a familiar sight in all kinds of habitats, from grassland to waste ground. They are visited by goldfinches and other birds, so make good garden…
Small teasel
A prickly, tall plant, the Small teasel is closely related to the Common teasel, but has much smaller, more rounded flower heads. It prefers damp, open woodlands.
Wessex Water Guardians Community Project
Together with Wessex Water, we are recruiting a network of volunteers to monitor our watercourses.
Wessex Chalk Streams Project
We restored sections of the Hampshire Avon and its tributaries within Wiltshire.
Wider Wylye
A 5-year project focusing on the headwaters of the River Wylye.
Stoat
The stoat is a small mustelid, related to the weasel and otter. It has an orange body, black-tipped tail and distinctive bounding gait. Spot it on grassland, heaths and in woodlands across the UK…
Water Quality Testing of the Bristol Avon in Wiltshire
Water quality citizen science.
River Wylye to be enhanced through a new collaboration between conservation charities and farmers
The Wylye Chalk Stream Project has been successful in the second round of the Government’s Landscape Recovery scheme.
Bank vole
The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. It is ideal prey for owls, weasels and kestrels.
Morgan's Hill
Morgan's Hill in Calne is known for its orchids, butterflies and for the general quality of chalk grassland and wildflowers.