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Wight Conservation is the largest privately owned estate on the Isle of Wight which is dedicated to faming in the best interests of wildlife. It owns, or rents 2027 acres, 2.2% of the Isle of Wight’s land mass. The principle farm is at Wroxall, near Ventnor, but there are important conservation sites at Mottistone, Brighstone, Shorwell and Havenstreet. Few areas can match its diversity of important wildlife habitats and species.
last updated: Mon, 06 Apr 2015
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Monthly Diary - May 2008 - Wight Conservation
The May 2008 farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes Nature for Farming Award, natural flora and highland cattle
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Monthly Diary - April 2008 - Wight Conservation
The April 2008 farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes global warming, global hunger, highland cattle and the Nature of Farming Award.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - December 2007
Photographs from the December 2007 gallery featuring woodland pond restoration.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - October 2007
Photographs from the October 2007 gallery with the hedgehogs, highland cattle and wild flowers.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - July 2007
Photographs from the July 2007 gallery with the brown hare, landscapes and a study in horns.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - june 2007
Photographs from the June 2007 gallery including woodland and wild flowers.
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Bats - Wight Conservation
(updated june 2007)
Wight Conservation commissioned Ian Davidson-Watts, one of the UK's leading bat experts, to carry out bat surveys...
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - May 2007
Photographs from the May 2007 gallery with landscapes, wild flowers and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - April 2007
Photographs from the April 2007 gallery including woodland and wild flowers.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - March 2007
Photographs from the March 2007 gallery with farming, wild flowers and landscapes.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - February 2007
Photographs from the February 2007 gallery with ladybirds, wild flowers and landscapes.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - January 2007
Photographs from the January 2007 gallery including fungi and highland cattle.
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Walks 2007 Programme for the Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight
A programme of guided walks on the estate aimed to inform people about our conservation projects
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - December 2006
Photographs from the December 2006 Gallery of Highland cattle on the Isle of Wight.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - November 2006
Photographs from the November 2006 Gallery including Highland cattle and Isle of Wight landscapes.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - October 2006
Photographs from the October 2006 Gallery including children's day with the beagles.
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End of Year Diary - 2006
The end of year 2006 farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes end of year review, bats, Adam Wright's fifth entomological survey, captal restoration work and more success with highland cattle.
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Monthly Diary - August/September 2006
The August and September farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes Bob Wright's Obituary, The Farm, Hay-making and Hightland Cattle Success, Migrating Birds at Rew Farm
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - August 2006
Photographs from the August 2006 Gallery including Highland cattle and Isle of Wight landscapes.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - April 2006
Photographs from the April 2006 Gallery including wild flowers, horses and Highland cattle. Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Early Bronze Age barrows
The mounds, or barrows, on Mottistone Down are burial sites that date from the Early Bronze Age, around 4,000 years ago.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - Barry's Gallery
Photographs taken by Barry Issacson of the Wight Conservation Estate. The Wight Conservation Estate manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Birdlife - Isle of Wight
The provision and management of good bird habitats are priorities for Wight Conservation. During 2005 we commissioned two separate ornithological surveys...
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Bird Species (archive)
The Isle of Wight is important for birds, both for those species which breed here and the migratory birds passing over
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Isle of Wight chalk grassland
Chalk grassland is the name given to the specific community of plants which is able to tolerate the alkaline soil conditions found in areas where the underlying bedrock is chalk. A range of distinctive invertebrates are associated with the habitat...
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - December 2005
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including Rew Farm, landscapes and Highland cattle.
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Monthly Diary Pages from Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight
Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Monthly Diary - April 2006 - Wight Conservation
The April farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes birdlife, DEFRA, a report on Rew Farm, and Highland Cattle
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Monthly Diary - December 2005
The December farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes woodland pond restoration, RSPB farmland bird survey and the purchase of Rew Farm
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Monthly Diary - February 2006 - Wight Conservation
The February farming and countryside diary of Isle of Wight estate includes "a great triumph for our Highland cattle" and a conservation review.
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Monthly Diary - January 2006 - Wight Conservation
The January 2006 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate includes red squirrels, NFU Conservation Award, woodlands, hunting, shooting and Highland cattle...
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Monthly Diary - June and July 2006 - Wight Conservation
The June and July 2006 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including conservation at your house, poisonous weeds, set-aside, bird surveys and Highland cattle
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Monthly Diary - March 2006 - Wight Conservation
The March 2006 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including wildlife, birdlife, Rew Farm hunting and Highland cattle
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Monthly Diary - May 2006 - Wight Conservation
The May 2006 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including foxhunting, birdlife, and Highland cattle
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Monthly Diary - November 2005 - Wight Conservation
The November 2005 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including Barry's diary,
hunting and Highland cattle
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Monthly Diary - October 2005 - Wight Conservation
The October 2005 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including a visit to the Highland Cattle Show and the Isle of Wight Foot Beagles children's meet.
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Monthly Diary - September 2005 - Wight Conservation
The September 2005 farming and countryside diary of the Isle of Wight estate including a walk with the National Trust, RSPB survey, woodland and downland management
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Dormouse - Wight Conservation
The Dormouse is the most elusive and the least seen of all the mammal species on Wight Conservation's estate...
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Conservation Education - Isle of Wight
Wight Conservation's landscapes with access to the public make ideal settings for a variety of educational projects across the curriculum from primary school to higher education...
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - August 2005
Photographs from the August 2005 Gallery including a walk with the National Trust, heathland restoration and wild flowers. Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - February 2005
Photographs from the February 2005 Gallery including a natural woodland pond, highland cattle, red squirrels and wild flowers.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - February 2006
Photographs from the February 2005 Gallery including highland cattle and wild flowers.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - The Final Days Hunting
Pictures of the The Isle of Wight Foxhounds' final meet before the ban. It was held at Ashengrove Farm. The day ended in semi darkness an Wight Conservation's Idlecombe and Rowborough property. As "home" was blown on the hunting horn, many people were unashamedly in tears.
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Red Fox - Wight Conservation
The Red Fox is included in the mammal section despite it not being either an endangered or protected species. It is appropriate because it was to secure the future for the Isle of Wight Foxhounds that Wight Conservation came into being...
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - 1
Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - 2
Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - 3
Wight Conservation manages woodland, heath and downland on the Isle of Wight for the benifit of the biodiversity
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Wildlife - Habitat
Farming for wildlife is all about creating, enhancing or maintaining habitats. Without habitats, there is no wildlife. Some wildlife has become endangered or rare through a combination of loss or damage to habitats, or climatic change. At Wight Conservation, all our effort is devoted towards habitat management.
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Brown Hare - Wight Conservation
Although not a protected species, the Brown Hare is short listed in the UK and local Biodiversity Action Plans for Conservation. Hares are to be found in most areas at Wroxall Manor Farm, in the fields and in Wroxall Copse...
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Highland Cattle
Highland cattle are the ideal choice for conservation grazing and are an essential tool for Wight Conservation...
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Wight Conservation - history and archaelogy
Wight Conservation's landscapes reflect the long history of man's habitation on the Island as well as telling some of the complex geological story. The ridge of chalk downs stretching from west to east across the south of the Island, which dominates much of our estate, is some 60 million years old and was thrown up by the same upheavals that brought the Alps on the continent into being..
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Wight Conservation. Sensitive land management on the Isle of Wight
Wight Conservation is the largest privately owned estate on the Isle of Wight which is dedicated to faming in the best interests of wildlife. It owns, or rents 2027 acres, 2.2% of the Isle of Wight's land mass. The principle farm is at Wroxall, near Ventnor, but there are important conservation sites at Mottistone, Brighstone, Shorwell and Havenstreet. Few areas can match its diversity of important wildlife habitats and species
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - January 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including ancient woodland, landscapes and Highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - July 2005
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including wild flowers and Highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - July 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including "Farm Sunday, a visit from conservationists wild flowers and highland cattle .
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - June 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including wild flowers and highland cattle .
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - March and June
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including "Inside Wroxall Copse" wild flowers and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - March 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including evidence of badgers, Rew Farm, gorse management and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - May 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including woodland management, Flora, landscapes and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - November 2005
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including woodland management, veteran trees, landscapes and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - October 2005
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including Isle of Wight Foot Beagles and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - September 2005
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including a mysterious find, woodland, fungi and highland cattle.
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Pictures of Wight Conservation Estate on The Isle of Wight - September 2006
Photographs of the Wight Conservation Estate including woodland and highland cattle.
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Red Squirrel - Wight Conservation
The Red Squirrel is to be found in all Wight Conservation's woodlands. Abundance varies, but since it is shy and seldom seen on woodland walks, no records are kept. Populations fluctuate, depending upon the harshness of the winter and the food availability in the spring...
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Veteran Trees
Veteran trees are amongst the countryside's most valuable treasures. They have an unrivalled aura of grace, romance and history. Wight Conservation is proud of its veteran trees which exist in the two former wood pastures, Wroxall Copse and Rowborough...
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Walks on the Isle of Wight
We strongly believe that education plays an important role in making people of all ages aware of conservation issues and the importance of the varied landscapes on the Isle of Wight, over 50% of which are designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our guided walks, which are part of the various walking programmes promoted on the Island, aim to inform people about our conservation projects and to stimulate discussion over a wide range of conservation issues....
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Walks on the Isle of Wight - Summer Walks Programme- archive
We have put together a programme of four walks for this Spring and Summer which aim to show the diversity of Wight Conservation's landscapes and illustrate how the various conservation projects actually work on the ground. The walks are all led by one of Wight Conservation's staff who will talk about the history and archaeology of the area as well as landscape restoration and, most important, explain how farming for wildlife can be successful....
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History of woodland on the Isle of Wight
When the glacial age retreated, the space left was taken up by trees. Within a short time, lowland Britain was completely covered by wild woodland, or Wildwood. It grew wild, regenerated itself and suffered no intervention until the natural evolution of browsing animals and, later, man. Wildwood had a basic cycle: as it matured, its thick canopy shaded the forest floor, cutting out the sunlight to the under storey and ground cover, leaving it relatively bare...
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Wight Conservation - Woodland Management
Apart from the large Brighstone Forestry Complex on long term lease to the Forestry Commission, we have six separate woodlands in-hand, totaling 241 acres. They have been gradually acquired since 1990. The woodlands are all broadleaved in character, although with the exception of Wroxall Copse, there have been limited conifer plantings over the last 60 years. Wroxall Copse is entirely an Ancient Woodland site, while four of the others have important Ancient Woodland elements....
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