Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust
covering the counties of Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight
, England
.
They are the leading local wildlife conservation charity in Hampshire and the Island. They care for 57 wildlife reserves – more than 6500 acres (26.3 km²) of valuable wildlife habitat – and provide volunteering, education and training opportunities, enabling individuals and communities to provide sustained benefit to these essential wild places.
As well as managing their own land, they also provide advice to other landowners on how to manage their land with wildlife in mind. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trsut carries out surveys and gathers data to monitor how local wildlife is doing. The aim of the Trust is to protect wildlife on land and in the sea – so that everyone can enjoy a future rich in wildlife.
The Wildlife Trusts partnership
The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...
covering the counties of Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
and the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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They are the leading local wildlife conservation charity in Hampshire and the Island. They care for 57 wildlife reserves – more than 6500 acres (26.3 km²) of valuable wildlife habitat – and provide volunteering, education and training opportunities, enabling individuals and communities to provide sustained benefit to these essential wild places.
As well as managing their own land, they also provide advice to other landowners on how to manage their land with wildlife in mind. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trsut carries out surveys and gathers data to monitor how local wildlife is doing. The aim of the Trust is to protect wildlife on land and in the sea – so that everyone can enjoy a future rich in wildlife.