Conservation

Every year around 125,000 birds migrate here from as far as the Arctic to take advantage of the abundance of food that lives in our mudflat and saltmarsh habitats.

 These birds need the space to rest and feed undisturbed so they can survive the winter and build up enough energy to fly back to their summer breeding grounds.

 Their survival and breeding success relies on coastal users who look out for the birds, move away if they become alert, keep dogs alongside them and follow requests on signs.

We joined Bird Aware Solent for a guided bird watching walk at Bunny Meadows on Warsash Shore.

The girls got to have a go with binoculars and digiscopes and were provided with identification leaflets. It was a really informative walk and we recommend checking their website for more free events like this.

Our family planted 25 trees in the Hampshire countryside for The National Trust.

As part of their Reimagining a Hampshire Estate project, the staff at Hinton Ampner have an ambitious project to plant 60, 000 new trees over the next three years.

We joined a number of other families for a special family tree planting session. There are now 25 hornbeam trees, hand planted by The Brooms, which will hopefully grow and live on for up to three hundred years.

We joined 75 other volunteers and took part in a beach clean led by Final Straw Foundation