Creating new havens for butterflies and barn owls, establishing new wetlands, and saving the under-threat juniper tree are among the projects that will benefit from a funding boost of over £130,000.
Among the projects will be creating a new wildflower meadow at Twyford, near Winchester, to help encourage butterflies and small mammals.
At Slindon, in West Sussex, hedgerows will be restored to help bird species, such as blue tits and yellowhammer, while in Lewes work will take place to restore a chalk stream and provide more wetland habitat for species such as dragonflies and lapwings.
At Queen Elizabeth Country Park, near Waterlooville, there will be a concerted effort to bring back the juniper tree, one of Britain’s three native conifer species that has struggled in recent decades across the UK due to diseases and poor seed quality.
Adapted to chalk downland, it supports a host of unique insects and fungi, such as the juniper carpet moth, and is an important food source for thrushes and fieldfare.
The project will save the country park’s last two juniper trees and plant a wildlife corridor of more than 100 juniper trees.
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