Turning presents into compost for Christmas

10:50am Thursday 27th December 2007

WILTSHIRE Wildlife Trust is appealing to households in south Wiltshire and west Hampshire to give the countryside a Christmas present this year by going green and composting as much as they can from the festivities.

Farmers urged to speak out over costs

12:39pm Thursday 20th December 2007

LIVESTOCK farmers across the region are being urged to speak out over Government plans to transfer millions of pounds of the cost of dealing with animal disease outbreaks onto the industry.

	Smiles at last after a year of many trials
	11:47am Thu 13 Dec 07
	AFTER the trials and tribulations of 2007 there were smiles on the faces of exhibitors, buyers and sponsors at the annual Salisbury Christmas Show at the city's Livestock Market.

Bird experts fly in for seminar

11:21am Thursday 6th December 2007

EXPERTS from several European countries attended a special conference in Salisbury last week and it was a feather in the cap for the local Great Bustard Group.

	Three local rivers are water vole stronghold
	10:58am Thu 29 Nov 07
	THREE of the rivers that flow through south Wiltshire are hotspots for one of Britain's most endangered mammals.

	Great year for Stone-curlews
	10:53am Thu 22 Nov 07
	THIS year's wet and dismal summer may have been disastrous for many of our popular garden birds, but it has proved to have been a wonderful year for a rare species of farm and downland bird.

Fears captive-bred barn owls being released just to die

11:44am Thursday 15th November 2007

A GROWING number of barn owls are being found dead, or injured, in and around south Wiltshire, raising fears by Wildlife Rescue that thoughtless owners are releasing captive-bred owls.

'Turning point'

11:25am Thursday 8th November 2007

THE future of the British countryside is at a turning point according to the outgoing President of the Country Land and Business Association.

Gardens are saving grace for our birds

10:51am Thursday 1st November 2007

OUR gardens could be the saving grace for the future of some of Britain's most-loved wild birds.

	'Vaccinate rabbits'
	10:28am Thu 25 Oct 07
	RABBIT owners are being urged to have their pets vaccinated against myxomatosis following an upsurge in the number of wild and pet rabbits affected by the unpleasant disease.

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