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Jones's Mill,Pewsey
The name of this Wiltshire Wildlife reserve is puzzling, as there is no mill here although there may well have been one in the distant...
Glyn Coy
Oct 23, 20172 min read


Clouts Wood and Markham Banks, Wroughton
Clouts Wood is part of a quite large nature reserve in Wroughton, Wiltshire. The reserve itself is a connected habitat, which starts with...
Glyn Coy
Oct 2, 20172 min read


Grovely Wood and Little Langford Down
Grovely Wood is big, and as it stands on a chalk ridge it is hilly and interesting. It is so big that I got lost in it when I was looking...
Glyn Coy
Sep 4, 20172 min read


Dunscombe Bottom, Warminster
I had mixed feelings when I looked into visiting this site, as it looked like a tiny slither of land with no footpath access which had...
Glyn Coy
Aug 16, 20172 min read


The Devenish, Salisbury
I visited the Devenish on a hot, humid summer day and appreciated the ample shade provided by the trees and the grassy, steep hills to...
Glyn Coy
Jul 26, 20172 min read


Ramsbury Meadow, Marlborough
I had heard of Ramsbury so many times over the years of living in Wiltshire but my visit to the meadow was also my first time to this...
Glyn Coy
Jul 17, 20172 min read


Morgan's Hill, Calne
If I can encourage you to do one thing in your life, it would be to visit Morgan's Hill on a clear summer's day and just take in the...
Glyn Coy
Jul 13, 20172 min read


Blakehill Farm and Stoke Common Meadows, Cricklade, Wiltshire
Blakehill Farm Please note that this is an important wildlife site and big parts of it are not accessible to the public. If you want to...
Glyn Coy
Jul 12, 20173 min read


Peppercombe Wood, Urchfont
Peppercombe Wood in Urchfont. These place names sound like they belong in Middle Earth, populated by hobbits. But Urchfont is a very real...
Glyn Coy
Jun 28, 20171 min read


Penn Wood, Calne
One of the first things I noticed about Penn Wood is that it isn't a wood. At least, not yet. In 2010 some 10,000 trees were planted and...
Glyn Coy
Jun 21, 20172 min read


Vincients Wood, Chippenham
Like all established woodland, when you walk around Vincients Wood you really feel like it is old. It's not a a large wood - at just...
Glyn Coy
Jun 15, 20172 min read


Conigre Mead, Melksham
While Wiltshire Wildlife Trust manages some large, rural sites it also looks after little pockets of urban wildlife. Conigre Mead is a...
Glyn Coy
Jun 2, 20172 min read


Coombe Bissett Down, Salisbury
One word comes to mind every time I think about my visit here. Stunning. If any site can capture the essence of Wiltshire this is it. 40%...
Glyn Coy
May 4, 20172 min read


Biss Wood, Trowbridge
Biss Wood Biss Wood is a standalone site, separated from Green Lane Wood by a field which will eventually become Green Lane Wood nature...
Glyn Coy
Apr 23, 20172 min read


Green Lane Wood, Trowbridge
If you look at Green Lane Wood from the air it looks like a place under pressure from urbanisation. The North East corner is dissected by...
Glyn Coy
Apr 22, 20173 min read
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