Clean up our rivers!
Are you aware of the pollution being pumped into our river and does it worry you? Here are some photos of the impact of sewage discharges from the Noah’s Ark pumping station in Garsdon. Quite honestly they are revolting! In…
Hedgehog Project Survey
Great Somerford’s ‘Team Hedgehog’ were out and about installing camera traps for hedgehogs on the morning of 11th May. This project is a collaboration between Malmesbury and District Natural History Society, Wiltshire Mammal Group and the people of Great Somerford. It…
Living with Swifts – the Sirens of Summer
On 7th May 2024 30 people came to Malmesbury Town Hall to hear about Swifts from Sarah Roberts of North Wiltshire Swifts. Sarah has been involved in bird conservation for over a decade and started North Wiltshire Swifts in 2019…
Bats of Malmesbury and the Braydon Forest
We are particularly fond of bats at MDNHS headquarters, with two committee members regularly volunteering with Wiltshire Bat Group. We are fortunate in Wiltshire to be a bat ‘hotspot’ in Britain, hosting almost all of our 17 native breeding bat species. …