Wilder Little Duxmore

Wilder Little Duxmore is our first rewilding site. The site, a former arable farm, discharges into the Wootton Creek which in turn runs into the Solent. As the Trust restores it to natural wildlife habitats, this will directly reduce nitrate inputs into the Solent. Since we have taken on this intensively managed farmland and started the rewilding process it is now full of rich arable flora with a great array of wildlife returning.

Special wildlife: By summer Wilder Little Duxmore comes to life with Kestrels hovering over the reserve. The site is fantastic for small birds such as goldfinches, linnet, skylark and starlings. They feed on the seeds available in the rough grassland which has developed naturally following the cessation of arable farming. Grass snakes, Adders, and lizards can also be seen in amongst the grasslands on a hot summer’s day.