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Call to help protect endangered house martins by reporting nests
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (474+ words) Residents are being urged to help protect an endangered bird by reporting nests spotted under the eaves of buildings. The Hampshire House Martin Project, led by Hampshire Ornithological Society, aims to build a clearer picture of where house martins are…...
Zoo celebrates scimitar-horned oryx once declared extinct in the wild
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (426+ words) A zoo has marked a special day dedicated to an antelope once extinct in the wild. Marwell Zoo celebrated the second International Scimitar-Horned Oryx Day on Sunday, August 16, highlighting its decades of conservation work to help bring the scimitar-horned oryx…...
Hampshire Wildlife Trust column - Summer skies and a clouded yellow encounter
1+ week, 2+ day ago (562+ words) Clouded yellow (Image: Margaret Holland) Bright, fast-flying and impossible to ignore, the clouded yellow butterfly is a striking migrant which arrives in Britain from southern Europe and North Africa each year, bringing a splash of Mediterranean colour to our summer…...
Businesses across Hampshire help raise £16,000 for South Downs projects
2+ week, 4+ day ago (522+ words) More than £16,000 has been raised for charity over the past year as businesses across Hampshire and Sussex are giving back to help nature. The funds come from the South Downs National Park’s Visitor Giving Scheme, which encourages voluntary donations from…...
Businesses offered incentives by Southern Water to reduce water usage
2+ week, 5+ day ago (286+ words) Businesses are being offered financial incentives to cut their water use. Southern Water has relaunched its You Save, We’ll Pay scheme, offering businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight a 10 per cent discount on their wholesale water charges if…...
Tribute to former Winchester conservation officer Andrew Rutter
3+ week, 2+ day ago (200+ words) THE Hampshire Chronicle leader does not usually write about individuals but will make an exception following the death of Andrew Rutter on July 25. Mr Rutter was the first conservation officer at Winchester City Council appointed in 1974 and served until 1999. READ…...
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust - Meadowsweet's summer feast for wildlife
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (452+ words) July is the perfect time to spot meadowsweet in flower. Growing in damp meadows, along riverbanks and beside ditches, this native wildflower is hard to miss. Its tall stems are topped with frothy clouds of creamy-white flowers and a distinctive…...
Two rare and endangered horses born in Winchester reintroduced to the wild
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (400+ words) The release of the rare Przewalski’s horses in Kazakhstan. (Image: Oliver Le Que) Two endangered horses born in Winchester have been reintroduced to the wild. Shara and Togs, both female Przewalski’s horses, have been returned to their native habitat in…...
Mission to bring back extinct New Forest cicada after 30 years
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (393+ words) Conservationists are working to bring back a long-lost singing insect that vanished from the UK three decades ago. The last record of the New Forest Cicada was in 1996, but a recent "horticultural heist" led by the Species Recovery Trust at…...
'Nuthatch visiting the feeder' captured in our Picture of the Week
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (96+ words) New Forest event to celebrate creativity in the countryside Wildflowers, insects and birds discovered on churchyard walk Longhorn beetle resting among hogweed in our Picture of the Week Rare insects return to the New Forest after restoration work Each week,…...