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Children outdoor learning © Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

Schools Gone Wild in Lockdown

Outdoor learning for schools across the two counties had to change a bit during lockdown, but it hasn’t stopped them and their students from doing some amazing things. Read on for more on what…

Pennington sea wall

Milford Conservation Volunteers in Lockdown

Milford Conservation Volunteers had to suspend their activities during lockdown, but they came up with some creative ways to keep their members engaged and are now looking forward to moving on…

30 Days Wild 2019 © Gemma Paul

Wilder Children for a #WilderFuture

Children from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight are supporting the Trust's vision for a wilder future. They're planting flowers for pollinators, building hotels for insects, and cycling…

Kings Worthy outdoor classroom

The Woodland Walk Project

Team Wilder's latest Wild School is Kings Worthy Primary school, just north of Winchester. They've spent the last 9 years wilding their school grounds and making more spaces for children…

Boy looking into the reflection of Swanwick lakes.

Reflections on Team Wilder during lockdown

As lockdown restrictions ease, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how much Team Wilder has grown literally and figuratively in the last three months. Far from losing momentum, Team Wilder has…

Toad © Darin Smith

Pond life successions

Like a forest has successional stages, so does a pond. As a pond matures, it becomes attractive to different species. And like you manage a forest, you can also manage a pond's succession.…

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar

Attracted to the light

Moths are fascinating creatures. We mostly think of them as the butterflies of the night, and therefore overlook them, but some species can be seen during the daytime, too. They play a vital role…

Wildflowers Swanwick Lakes

How wild are we? Plotting our wildflower plants

Inspired by our citizen science project, I had a wander around my garden yesterday and made a note of these 12 wildflowers that are currently flowering that you might take note of in your surveys…

Isle of Wight Needles

The Green Island Veg Economy

G.I.V.E is a group dedicated to the sharing of all things which can be grown at home or on your allotment. I hope that hundreds, if not thousands of you here on the IOW will join G.I.V.E and…

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