https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/projects daily 0.75 2024-04-05 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/projects/permissive-path monthly 0.5 2022-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/eac6b6cb-4ea5-42ea-af2b-4aa16e14d8af/IMG_6582.jpeg Projects - New permissive path beside Tilmore Brook - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/projects/reptile-monitoring monthly 0.5 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/4a4772a3-a129-441e-b1d7-6ee12d804e55/IMG_2177.jpeg Projects - Reptile Monitoring - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/news daily 0.75 2025-10-20 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/news/planting-wildflower-plugs monthly 0.5 2023-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1680965478832-KO0NI2BVO8C3R7BQL6XX/IMG_2534.jpeg News - Planting wildflower plugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/news/d7n0jwt9021dvmzee7qj35273k0ld4 monthly 0.5 2023-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/f826fa8a-5fb4-4ae9-b048-2eb467bf1322/image.jpg News - MMCT awarded Commendation from Petersfield Society - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/news/mayor-opens-new-path-for-merritts-meadow-ak3f4 monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/eac6b6cb-4ea5-42ea-af2b-4aa16e14d8af/IMG_6582.jpeg News - Mayor opens our new path - thanks to Churchers College! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/news/website-8xlfb monthly 0.5 2022-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/b96c5d17-0345-462e-a1cc-2629bd82989f/3731A3DE-EE47-4B3A-B37D-0DF8FE6795DA.jpg News - Welcome to our new website! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/home daily 1.0 2022-05-30 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-05-30 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/about daily 0.75 2022-06-27 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/gallery daily 0.75 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/dca56088-0f23-43c1-93e7-fa87018e3467/23A4F1FB-8F00-438B-9818-C61CB08DA881.jpeg Gallery Our volunteers clearing scrub along the brook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/66ac438a-a8e1-40ca-999c-9eccdf26a0f0/0932BF66-C336-44EF-B829-512D451EEF5E.jpeg Gallery clearing the brambles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/0d2ce51c-a049-4da3-b8e0-2a8fd2cb7baa/E4B8FE38-5EB8-4446-82C7-2AAB1911440F.jpeg Gallery One of our local volunteer groups at work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/0230d113-4cc9-4133-b15f-64c2319885ea/5D06BEC3-6E4A-4337-8D8E-D6E81768FB8E.jpeg Gallery On a lovely Autumn day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/b5933663-1854-4610-894c-d561e639d4d7/DDA2B586-5A16-47E2-B5ED-91E7C6AA7F77.jpeg Gallery Flooding over the winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/fb96962d-a917-42fd-a4fb-c736c58ecb35/56ADE6FA-5F28-4579-A31A-1783AB19AACE.jpeg Gallery 5 Large Ash trees with Ash dieback had to be cut down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/b8c86b3d-4fcb-48b1-a7b6-26a95e6b6ca3/CD0F34D1-07DB-4882-BFB1-29BB14E25A42.jpeg Gallery Clearing brambles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/7659fc57-c36b-427b-a485-a51583d7fa7c/1EC0A3F6-A822-4C25-9DF8-97614D1288B9.jpeg Gallery Some of the Trustees of Merritts Meadow Conservation Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/4a4772a3-a129-441e-b1d7-6ee12d804e55/IMG_2177.jpeg Gallery Slow worm under a roofing felt -part of the monitoring project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/f69aacf1-a230-43be-9e70-513e9b26a2a2/IMG_2180.jpeg Gallery Bumble bees on the comfrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/91723955-fc8c-4580-8003-9807d12b1420/IMG_2157.jpeg Gallery Encouraging wildflowers on the grass adjacent to North Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/eac6b6cb-4ea5-42ea-af2b-4aa16e14d8af/IMG_6582.jpeg Gallery The beginning of our new path along the brook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/91b3a3f3-082f-4f92-91be-c708baedcffb/8EC4CFD6-D062-40F0-9E76-7909BCE1724C.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/a314f413-e591-4c09-973f-6a93a9ac968f/B46BB2AE-D67F-412E-83E3-281896F4A843.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/94063e23-762e-49ca-a525-5dfc56f59360/9BB44D80-DBC5-4FB2-A802-298D389226A1.jpeg Gallery https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/wildlife daily 0.75 2022-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/f69aacf1-a230-43be-9e70-513e9b26a2a2/IMG_2180.jpeg Wildlife - Plants & Trees The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust surveyed our site in May 2021 and this is a list of plants and trees that they found on the site at that time. We hope we will be adding to this list over time as we improve the quality of the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/31d2ba87-ce64-42e2-b1b7-1c32f816623d/Merrits+Meadow+Nature+Reserve+-+Map1024_1.jpg Wildlife - Map This map shows the variety of habitat we have on the site, enabling a wide variety of wildlife to thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1655821692183-ILISW40VLWI7B8GF9WSE/unsplash-image-MjLvSqmAdcY.jpg Wildlife - Butterflies We have a wide variety of butterflies and moths. Those that have been sighted this year include: the Large and Small White, Comma, Brimstone, Small Skipper, Speckled Wood (pictured), Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Orange Tip, Meadow Brown and Peacock. We aim to start monitoring more throughly and consistently next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/186aca8f-8217-40a8-9d52-291e3f8aea31/slow-worm-5204847_960_720.jpg Wildlife - Reptiles We know that we have numerous slow worms and common lizards. In the future we hope to survey our reptiles regularly in order to get a better idea of numbers, hoping to encourage more as we improve the sunny grassland slope and move the current path to avoid disturbing these reptiles. Please see Projects for details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1655825188908-QEGT0G9VJEOB0EAY6FZC/unsplash-image-MhR96538Oms.jpg Wildlife - Birds We have a wide variety of birds. Click below to see the list of some regularly viewed on the reserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1655821969429-OYGEMHUDLNPA130H0KAX/unsplash-image-OMCgkp1oZ3Q.jpg Wildlife - Mammals Foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, field mice and bats are seen regularly. We recently put up some bat boxes on trees on the old railway embankment. https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/sightings daily 0.75 2022-06-26 https://www.merrittsmeadownaturereserve.com/birds daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1653925525513-YCJQ3BWYEVANV13ZQKBY/great-spotted-woodpecker-7167422_960_720.jpg Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1653925567240-T1QS7Q0ZL3CVCCDD26NM/goldcrest-6129204_960_720.jpg Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1653925617592-SNZ1JO2BBIU4KFN5YYWX/grey-wagtail-3996994_960_720.jpg Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625bf19cc08d7b1c8e72cc6e/1653925659240-51HOUDDPKE8FJH6X5D9E/tree-creeper-4911787_960_720.jpg Birds