Wildlife ID

Discover chalk grassland species of Coombe Bissett Down and improve your identification skills with this handy guide. You can even test your knowledge with the Coombe Bissett Plant Quiz!

Wildflowers of Coombe Bissett Down

Coombe Bissett Plant Quiz

Coombe Bissett Down is well known for its botanical and invertebrate importance, but it is also important for bats! Find out more about them and listen to their echolocation calls in this interactive factsheet.

Bats at Coombe Bissett Down

Find out more about bees and improve your identification skills through this handy Bee ID and Information Sheet.

Bee ID and Info Sheet

Improve your butterfly identification skills with this Butterflies of Coombe Bissett Down guide.

Butterflies of Coombe Bissett Down

Latest

A call for greater support for farmers to increase food security

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust calls for greater support for farmers to increase food security and meet the UK’s nature recovery targets.
Winter Survival Family Event at Langford Lakes

Come and find out how the birds at Langford Lakes survive the winter months.
Wildlife Watch: An event at Langford Lakes

Young Ambassador Izzy was invited to a local kids Wildlife Watch group to see what they do.
The solitary bees of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserves

Join us on Zoom at 7pm for a talk by Liam Olds, showing the results of his solitary bee surveys last year.

Mammals of Coombe Bissett Down: small mammals

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 small mammals.
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.
Art and Craft

Get creative with these fun and informative activities.
Word searches

See what Coombe Bissett Down related words you can find in these themed word searches
Early years

Introduce signs of spring and food webs whilst developing fine motor skills in this fun game.
For teachers

Educational resources including activity packs, chalk grassland species identification, and the process of reverting arable farmland to chalk downland.
Poetry

Write a nature-themed haiku poem
Colouring sheets

Educational colouring sheets for all ages covering key species and features of Coombe Bissett Down