Scimitar-horned oryx calf. Credit: Marwell Wildlife
One of the most threatened antelopes in the world, the scimitar-horned oryx, has been born at Marwell Zoo.
Marwell Zoo is celebrating a pair of very cheeky little Guianan squirrel monkeys, born earlier this month.
A new woodland area is being planted at Marwell Zoo as part of a groundbreaking initiative to provide a source of nutritious food for its animals
28 and 29 July 2018, at the Hawk Conservancy Trust. Coming up during the summer holidays of 2018 is a special weekend event with wildlife TV presenter and naturalist Martin Hughes-Games. Martin is one of the UK’s most popular and respected naturalists and zoologists, best known as one of the presenters of the BBC’s successful live […]
Improvements to make a tributary of the River Itchen more wildlife-friendly will start this month at River Park, Winchester. The £45,000 scheme is funded by Winchester City Council and managed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Parts of the river near the River Park Leisure Centre will be planted with locally-grown wetland plants, […]
The much-anticipated ‘Wings of Africa’ display at Hampshire’s Hawk Conservancy Trust will be launched this Easter, starring new birds and, for the first time, meerkats. ‘Wings of Africa’ will be performed every morning at 11.30am, throughout the main season, and will feature birds new to the Trust, including Sacred Ibis, as well as old friends […]
The official launch of Top Gun of the Sky took place at the Hawk Conservancy Trust on 9th November. It is a poem based children’s book seen through the eyes of a Peregrine Falcon, written and illustrated by Fawley Refinery employee Martin Bradley. It is the first book Martin has ever had published and it’s […]
TV naturalist Chris Packham opened the new restaurant at the Hawk Conservancy Trust in Weyhill last night. He started by giving an interesting speech about the former incarnations of the restaurant, including the very first one in 1966 – a timber clad caravan in the car park which was frequented by scarlet macaws with a […]
