• The Council carried out a number of initiatives at Portsdown Hill SSSI including an extension of the grazing regime on lowland calcareous grassland, purchasing of specialised machinery to reduce scrub encroachment (with English Nature), and improvements to habitat for the hornet robberfly.
  
  
• Management initiatives to improve habitat for the stag beetle at Hillsea Lines
  
  
• Production of information boards about the Brent goose for key sites in Portsmouth

Contact: Peter Burrard-Lucas peter.burrard-lucas@portsmouthcc.gov.uk