Nick Upton / Dewpond on the Ridgeway, recently renovated and relined by the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area project, Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Pollen and nectar flower mix strip with Mustard (Brassicaceae), Common sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and Red clover (Trifolium pratense) bordering a Barley crop (Hordeum vulgare), Marlborough Downs...

TJ Rich / Black and white mongrel sitting amongst Bluebells, portrait. Gopher Wood SSSI, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, UK. May.

TJ Rich / Working cocker spaniel amongst Ramsons and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Gopher Wood SSSI, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, UK

Nick Upton / Clumps of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) and harvested arable field on the Ridgeway ancient track and long distance pathway, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, UK, November 2013.

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Im...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students and gamekeeper Phil Holborrow planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of t...

Nick Upton / Row of nest boxes on posts erected in a farmland hedgerow for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) by Royal Agricultural University students as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area project...

Nick Upton / Dr. Ian Grange of Royal Agricultural University numbering a nest box on a post erected for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area project, Temple Farm...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students prepare to erect a number of nestboxes for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area proj...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students digging planting holes for Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborou...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students and gamekeeper Phil Holborrow planting a hedge in a groove cut by a tractor to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part...