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Barn owl at home John Holloway

Bringing back our barn owls

17 Dec 2009

The population of barn owls in the Braydon Forest area of north Wiltshire is holding up well, according to a survey carried out by the Trust.

Belted Galloways at Smallbrook Meadows John Rattray WWT

Cows get a taste for town life

10 Dec 2009

New residents moved into the centre of Warminster this week and very snappy dressers they are too; for they wear a distinctive broad white belt around their fine black coats.

Dexter at Morgans Hill  Sarah Marshall/ WWT

Xmas gifts to help the flowers grow

4 Dec 2009

Christmas fever is upon us and the hunt has started for unusual gifts. So how about sponsoring a pony, a sheep, or a cow and giving Wiltshire’s wildlife a very special present?

The Trust has recently launched a scheme called Sponsor a Grazing Animal and is giving you the chance to buy a gift with a difference that has a very practical purpose – the survival of Wiltshire’s grasslands with their incredible wildflowers and the all the wildlife associated with them.

Wiltshire Assembly with postcard for Copenhagen WWT

Wiltshire to deliver climate change message to Prime Minister

4 Dec 2009

A postcard signed by members of the Wiltshire Assembly and which outlines what the county wants out of the United Nations climate change talks taking place in Copenhagen from 7th to 18th December, will be hand-delivered to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the summit by Dr Gary Mantle MBE, Director of the Trust.

Volunteer clears bramble at Oaksey Moor pond WWT

Shake off the winter blues with wildlife work

4 Dec 2009

Looking for a cure for the winter blues? If so you could shake them off in a monthly day of fresh air and activity looking after a jewel of a Nature Reserve near Oaksey in north Wiltshire.

The Trust is seeking volunteers to meet the first Sunday of every month at Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve from 11am to 4pm (or as many hours as you can spare). The first meeting takes place on Sunday 6th December.


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