Itchen Valley Country Park is renowned for its diversity of small mammal species (mice, voles, and shrews). There are 9 small mammal species which are widespread in the UK and eight are present…

Trainee Ecologist Olivia Henderson takes us on an exploration of Hampshire’s two remarkable habitats: chalk grasslands and chalk streams. Guided by her passion for botany, Olivia delves into these…

I was fortunate to enrol as a volunteer Solent Seagrass Champion in my second year of my undergraduate course at the University of Portsmouth. Fast forward to my master’s degree and the Hampshire…

On Sunday, our staff, campaign leaders and supporters marched through London, alongside thousands of protesters to urge the Government to end the poisoning of Britain’s waterways.

The fluted bird's nest fungi (Cyathus striatus), is a conical fungus, that look remarkably like – as the name suggests – a tiny bird's nest. This fungus stands out as a fascinating…

This will go down as the summer that never happened! July was the best month, but this is a relative term. There were a few hot days in August but these spells did not last, it then deteriorated…

Organised rock-pooling. That is what I like to call Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's intertidal surveys, they are fantastic!

Early mornings and late summer evenings can only mean one thing in the Solent, it is the perfect time to collect seagrass seed. The sun rises, the tides are low, bright green meadows become…

As part of my traineeship with the Trust, I’ve had the privilege of getting acquainted with several ‘rewilding’ sites.

The spring is always busy with migrants coming and going and insects emerging. Migrants were very late this year with the second part of April being wet and cool.