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Chalk Stream Champions doing SmartRiver sampling on the Upper Test at Whitchurch Silk Mill © Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

SmartRivers Results for Spring 2023

As our volunteers continue to monitor the Test and Itchen headwaters, the latest SmartRivers results reveal water quality concerns.

Beaver

International Beaver Day 2024

This international beaver day we are celebrating how amazing this ecosystem engineer is and how beavers could help create a wilder wight along the Eastern Yar river on the Isle of Wight.

Drone footage of river and floodplain.

World Wetlands Day 2024

From the tiniest of garden ponds to whole river systems complete with wet floodplains, our wetlands are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the UK.

Harvest mouse

Mice to meet you!

Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces the four species of mice you can see in the UK.

Farlington Marshes by Steve Page

Farlington Marshes – An Uncertain Future?

Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve has an uncertain future. This blog highlights the amazing wildlife that calls this nature reserve home, the history of Farlington, why the site is at risk and why…

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