Our Partners

Environment Agency
Forestry Commission
Hampshire Ornithological Society
Hawk Conservancy Trust
Natural England
Sparsholt Agricultural College
Test and Itchen Association
The John Lewis Spedan Trust
The Piscatorial Society
Wessex River Trust

Our Projects

Our group is working with the Wessex Rivers Trust, The Piscatorial Society and The Test & Itchen Association on several projects aimed to improve the ecological status of our rivers

River restoration

Uptake of Countryside Stewardship is strong across the group which in turn is leading to a significant increase in the proportion of hedgerows and field margins managed for nature.

Biodiversity in the farmed landscape

Following the example of others there is growing interest in linking fragments of chalk grassland between neighbouring farms, particularly on the steep scarp slopes of the downs.