Flowers for Mother's Day
	12:17pm Thu 28 Feb 08
	A LEADING wildflower conservation charity is asking people to show love for the environment on Mothering Sunday by choosing to adopt a wild flower for their mothers instead of offering a bunch of imported flowers.

	Get up close and personal with owls
	2:22pm Thu 21 Feb 08
	VISITORS to the Hamptworth Estate near Salisbury have the chance to get up close and personal with owls and to have a go at flying them.
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	Slaughtering badgers is never the solution
	2:41pm Thu 14 Feb 08
	THE majority of the Wiltshire public who attended a debate held at Devizes Town Hall were not in favour of slaughtering badgers as a means of controlling tuberculosis.

	Set-aside may be big blow to birds
	12:02pm Thu 7 Feb 08
	MANY vulnerable farm birds could suffer a terrible blow after moves to suspend the setting aside of fallow land resulting in huge losses in nesting and feeding sites across the South East.

Come help clean up the New Forest

11:47am Thursday 31st January 2008

VOLUNTEERS from businesses, parish councils, youth groups and rotary clubs are sought to clean up the New Forest in a litter pick.

	Lambing season to behold at Sparsholt College
	12:32pm Thu 24 Jan 08
	NOTHING warms the heart more than a new-born lamb and visitors to Sparsholt College this weekend may well be treated to the sight as lambing should be in full swing.

	Cash prizes could prove bird in hand
	12:55pm Thu 17 Jan 08
	BIRD-friendly farmers who are doing all they can to help reverse the decline in farmland birds could be recognised and rewarded for their efforts in a major new competition launched by the RSPB and BBC Countryfile magazine.

	Welfare of battery chickens comes under the spotlight
	12:06pm Thu 10 Jan 08
	CHICKENS will move into the spotlight this month when the RSPCA starts a new campaign urging shoppers to make a New Year's resolution to upgrade to higher welfare chicken.

	Hope birdwatchers come out in full force
	11:15am Thu 3 Jan 08
	BUDDING birdwatchers should get ready for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 2008 - the world's biggest bird survey - which takes place on Saturday January 26 and Sunday January 27.

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.

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