Editing Wiltshire (section)

== Flags ==
{{Main|Flag of Wiltshire}}
[[File:County Flag of Wiltshire.svg|thumb|The flag designed to represent Wiltshire]]A flag to represent Wiltshire, the "Bustard Flag", was approved by a full meeting of Wiltshire Council on 1 December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wiltshire Council approves flag |url=http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/latestnews.htm?aid=92915 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320035650/http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/latestnews.htm?aid=92915 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=11 April 2010}}</ref> It depicts in the centre a golden [[great bustard]], which had been extinct in England since 1832 but is now the subject of a breeding programme on [[Salisbury Plain]]. It is surrounded by a green and white circle, representing the stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury and also the six surrounding counties. The field consists of alternating green and white stripes, which reference the [[banner of arms]] of the council but also represent the chalk and grass of the county's downlands. The white can also represent peace, and the green joy, hope or safety.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=5 June 2007 |title=The Wiltshire flag unfurls! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2007/06/04/wiltshire_flag_feature.shtml |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hinman |first=Niki |date=2023-06-05 |title=Why today is a special day for Wiltshire |url=https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23567854.today-special-day-wiltshire/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=[[Salisbury Journal]] |language=en}}</ref> The flag has been registered in the flag registry of the vexillological charity the [[Flag Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wiltshire |url=https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/wiltshire-flag/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=[[Flag Institute]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>