Using elements from the earth to create natural Christmas decorations is a great way to reduce waste, make your home smell great naturally, and celebrate your love for nature. It’s likely you have…

With Christmas upon us, you might think opportunities to appreciate nature would be rare. In fact, there’s no better time to focus on our natural world. Unsurprisingly, Christmas symbolism is full…

Discover some wonderful winter wildlife as part of 12 Days Wild

It’s December at last, and for lots of us that can only mean one thing – shopping! For many people, however, thinking about festive retail opportunities is tinged with guilt. How can the wildlife-…

For a number of years Avon Wildlife Trust has been working in St Catherine’s Valley on the eastern fringe of Bath, helping landowners manage their land sympathetically for wildlife.

What does it mean to be a fly? True flies are a group of insects, which are characterized by their two wings. That gives them the name Diptera from the Greek “di” (two) and “Pteron” meaning wing…

It’s been a busy 4 months! I have been trying for years to gain a career in conservation, in particular with The Wildlife Trusts. This is how I got on.

Everyone has heard of and seen thistles, and - if they have been unlucky enough - felt them too!

Arthur takes us through his experience of monitoring biodiversity across North Somerset throughout the surveying seasons.

Stinging nettles are one of our most underappreciated plant species, likely due to their reputation as painful weeds. But the humble nettle may be one of our most important wild plants. Let me…