WildLine - your wildlife information service
Welcome to WildLine, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's free wildlife information service. WildLine can answer your wildlife queries, help identify plants and animals that you have seen and provide a wide range of information on the habitats and species found in Hampshire and the Island. If you have a wildlife question, please get in touch*!
tel: 01489 774446
email: wildline@hwt.org.uk
If you have seen a plant or animal and would like to report it to us, please visit our species group webpage to find out how to submit your wildlife records.
*Please note that although we aim to respond to your query as soon as possible, the WIldLine service is not manned 24/7 and so we may not be able to provide you with an immediate response.
WildLine Question of the Month
How can I protect my vegetables from pests in a wildlife friendly way?
A damp spring is wonderful for slugs and snails and is great if you are into molluscs, but can be a real problem if you are trying to grow seedlings in a garden or have tender plants that
molluscs regard as gourmet food. Too often these days we seek a quick fix in the garden and companies play on this by promising instant results if you buy their noxious chemicals. Do remember that taking time to achieve a balance in your garden will actually give you much better results, but may take a season to become effective. Also please remember that not all slugs and snails are bad. The garden snail probably does the most damage and they can easily be collected by hand and moved to a more suitable location. There are lots of wildlife friendly pest control methods available such as copper tape or mats, netting, using sawdust or sandpaper around your plants. For further information please contact WildLine.
WildLine has a regular feature in the Trust's magazine NaturalWorld which is sent to all of our members. WildLine questions and answers from past editions of the magazine can be downloaded below.
