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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

I started my last update on the swallows by saying "Really good news on this front." I can begin this one by saying "Even better news this time!" as we now have four second broods. There is a live nest in each of the four stables, one with five, one with four chicks in and definitely chicks in the other two, but can't give numbers yet as the nests are in dark places. One chick fell out this afternoon but was carefully replaced with his siblings so we hope he's learnt his less

Dutch Elm disease wrought havoc on elms in copses and woods. Survivors are often solitary trees in hedgerows that kept socially distanced...

A short video of the 5 chicks from stable one at Parsonage Farm, exploring the world outside their nest-site with an adult alongside. (Click the play button to play the video.)

Swallow chicks 22 June 2023 Janet Brownlie has provided an update on the Parsonage Farm Swallows. She writes: " Really good news on this front. We have three nests with chicks in and two other nests where we're fairly certain there are chicks but it's difficult to see because they're up in the eaves in the dark but definitely adult swallows are going in there. 5th chick at the back? In the first stable the nest has five chicks which have just fledged. The latest photo was t

Update 25 May The chicks have fledged this morning. The first one to leave the nest box was caught on camera below. The parent bird's...

English Heritage has announced plans for 100 wildflower meadows to be established over the next decade to mark the coronation of His...

One of the advantages of having a garden which floods is that you see wildlife close up. Here are some pictures taken this morning of two...

Having reported the sighting of an adult and a hoglet for inclusion in the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's records, an email from the WWT gave...

Earlier this week, Mike D'Apice who is the monitor responsible for the Protected Verge in Stratford Road near Mill Lane, made one of his...

Four different varieties of hardy, white grape-vines have been planted in the field between Gradidge Lane and St Lawrence Church. Prior...

The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has appealed to dog owners to keep their pets on leads when walking through the Trust's local nature...