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Touching a tree © Matthew Roberts

Wild Wellbeing - Connecting

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework for connecting to nature. This week we’re going to focus on connecting.

Insect home © David Kilbey

Creating space for insects

Insects have declined by 50% since 1970. Insects play a crucial role in our lives and in wildlife in so many ways that if they were to disappear, life as we know it wouldn't be the same. No…

Wickham and Knowle Climate Action Group

Wickham and Knowle Climate Action Group

Wickham and Knowle Climate Action Group (WKCA) is a small group of friends and neighbours that decided to take practical action following the October 2018 IPCC report and the 2019 State of Nature…

Long tailed tits at bird feeder

The Dawn Chorus

Almost as soon as the clocks jumped forward, it seemed as if the dawn chorus leapt up a notch. From nuthatches to jays, birds all over the UK are joining the chorus to defend territory, attract…

Red tailed bumblebee © Jon Hawkins SurreyHillsPhotography

Social Butterflies and Solitary Bees

We may be feeling we have metamorphosed from social butterflies into solitary bees in the past few weeks, but out there, there are plenty of both butterflies and bees working hard to ensure we can…

Spring blackthorn blossom

Spring is here! Why do we love it so much?

Spring is here! Though we may not be able to go out that much this spring, there is still a lot to look forward to about the season. The days are noticeably longer and warmer, flowers are…

Raised Beds in Frances Annie Place

Frances Annie Place becomes Wilder

Last week work finally started on the development of Frances Annie Place as part of our Wilder Portsmouth initiative. A group of local school girls, and winners of our Wilder Futures Competition,…

Daffodils in Sun, © Graham Dennis

Oil Beetles and Yellow Flowers

Education Officer, Susan Simmonds, takes some peaceful moments away from the chaos of life to notice the signs of Spring in her garden.

Adam Humphry's Wild Garden

Wilder Dreams, Small Spaces

Team Wilder member and Southsea resident, Adam Humphrys, used his small garden to create some big spaces for wildlife.

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