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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust brought the countryside to Devizes to showcase their work and livestock. Taking over the town centre on Saturday, 28th September, the Trust brought its rare breed Herdwick sheep and Dexter cattle to the Market Place to meet locals and visitors. As well as meeting the livestock, visitors had the opportunity to meet […]
After a successful fundraising campaign to save the much loved Kings Farm Wood, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is officially opening it for the public on 12 September 2013. In an action packed day, the Trust will be taking people on guided walks throughout the afternoon and evening. Trust staff will be available to talk about the […]
During a night of bat surveying at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Blackmoor Copse nature reserve, researcher Phil Brown from the University of Bristol identified a barbastelle bat. This is the first confirmed sighting of this elusive and rare species of bat on the reserve. Working with the Trust’s reserves officer, Ashley White, Phil set up traps […]
A pair of rescued ring tailed lemurs have given birth to a baby boy at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. Mum Hasina and dad Julien are part of a troop of the playful Madagascan primates which live in a walkthrough enclosure at the Wiltshire safari park. Both were rescued as youngsters from unsuitable living conditions […]
Keepers at Longleat’s Jungle Kingdom have got their hands full looking after their newest arrivals – a quartet of rescued boa constrictors with a total length in excess of seven metres. The four giant snakes, the largest of which is called Zeus and measures 2.2 metres in length, were all re-homed at the Wiltshire attraction […]
Longleat Safari & Adventure Park is turning Deadly this Easter and there’s only one person to call – Steve Backshall, star of CBBC’s wildly successful Deadly TV series who will present a programme of live shows at Longleat on Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April. This special event marks the launch of the new […]
It may be best known for its African animals, but it’s a rare native species that’s now causing excitement at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. This week, staff reported sightings of a wild otter close to a stream in the centre of the Longleat estate. Jon Cracknell, Director of Animal Operations said: “We’d started getting […]
They may not be the top of many people’s festive wish list, but keepers at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park really want socks for Christmas. And staff at the Wiltshire attraction don’t even mind whether they’re odd or even single socks. For the winter stockings are destined to be used as cosy sleeping quarters for […]
It might be raining a lot this month but the downpours in Wiltshire are good news for a troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. The rhesus monkeys have been making the most of the wet weather and are having great fun in the puddles. For the younger monkeys it a great chance […]
The first ever National Gardening Week takes place from 16th-22nd April. Organised by the RHS, it aims to get the nation growing. The Royal Horticultural Society is also promoting the RHS Britain in Bloom 2012 campaign which aims to replenish some of Britain’s lost wildflower meadows (which have been in serious decline since the 1930’s). […]
