Glyn Coy
Winter Blues
I've been taking a bit of a hiatus from my Wiltshire wanderings this winter, but to prepare myself for spring and summer my focus has...
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Glyn Coy
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
Devizes White Horse
Carved in 1999, this is the youngest of the carved White Horses and is located at bank field, close to Roundway Hill. It was created to...
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Glyn Coy
- Nov 9, 2017
- 1 min
Hat Gate, Marlborough
I found this tiny nature reserve on the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust website when I was looking for places to visit near Marlborough and...
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Glyn Coy
- Oct 23, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Oct 2, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Aug 16, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 17, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 13, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 12, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jun 28, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jun 21, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jun 15, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- Jun 2, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Glyn Coy
- May 4, 2017
- 2 min
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%...
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Glyn Coy
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2 min
Biss Wood, Trowbridge
Biss Wood is a standalone site, separated from Green Lane Wood by a field which will eventually become Green Lane Wood nature park....
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Glyn Coy
- Apr 22, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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