Short Term Projects
Alongside our designated long term projects and general recording, we also run specific surveys dedicated to expanding our knowledge of a certain area. Some of these surveys are seasonal, some short-term where others are on an ad hoc basis.
Our current surveys are:
Make a Wildlife Map
Meadows, woodlands, hedgerows, ponds, rivers and other wetlands are constantly changing, year by year, decade by decade. With guidance from the Parish Wildlife Map Toolkit, you’ll be able to make a lasting record of the wildlife that’s around you today. By making a Parish Wildlife Map, your survey and research can be used as a reference not only for current conservation work but also as a lasting legacy for generations to come.
you don’t need to be a professional ecologist or an expert in wildlife identification. Neither do you have to be a trained Cartographer! The most important thing is to have an enthusiasm and interest in your local wildlife and environment. Download the toolkit
It might seem a gruesome subject, but valuable information can be gained from those sad corpses we see every day at the side of the road. Many creatures are so elusive that the only time we get to see them is when they are hit by vehicles. For example, the recolonisation of Wiltshire by polecats has been mainly monitored by collecting corpses and analysing their DNA.
Invasive non-native plants are plants that have not evolved naturally in the UK and cause problems for our native wildlife, our health and our economy. Invasive non-natives are a small fraction of non-native plants in Britain, which all evolved outside of the UK and are now found throughout the UK, but generally exist in a benign state in our ecosystems. The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has two projects aiming to tackle the problems of invasive plants in Wiltshire.
