Cleeve Heronry
A large heronry set in woodlands, where herons can be seen flying in and out to their fledglings.
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King’s new National Nature Reserves to leave lasting legacy for people and nature on the Mendip Hills
The south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills have been announced as one of the ‘King’s Series’ of five new National Nature Reserves across the country.
What is a Community Nature Reserve?
Find out more about Community Nature Reserves and how to set one up in your neighbourhood!
Mendip Hills to be declared a “super” National Nature Reserve!
A vast new ‘super nature reserve’, spanning the world-famous Cheddar Gorge and the Mendip Hills and encompassing some of the country’s most precious habitats including five Avon Wildlife Trust…
Team Wilder Community Nature Reserve
What is a Community Nature Reserve? Well, it celebrates and joins local wildlife habitats through gardens, open green spaces, allotments and other community and privately owned spaces to create green corridors and stepping stones for wildlife. they bring people together.
Brandon Hill Nature Reserve
Enjoy stunning views from the top of Brandon Hill - a haven for people and wildlife in the heart of Bristol.
Discover Walborough Nature Reserve
Walborough, just south of Weston-super-Mare, is a 22-hectare site owned by Avon Wildlife Trust since 1995. This fantastic coastal site is part of the Severn Estuary Site of Special Scientific…
North Somerset Levels and Moors Restoration Project
Our work on the North Somerset Levels and Moors is helping to restore a rare and valuable wetland habitat near to the Severn Estuary. Semi-aquatic plants on the moorland, wildflower meadows on the ridges and ancient woodlands all make up this beautiful and special landscape, and a range of birds, plants and invertebrates all depend on this landscape to thrive. We are working with partners Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Internal Drainage Board and North Somerset Council as well as our funders, Wessex Water, to improve this unique landscape for wildlife.
Bristol welcomes goats to Hengrove Mounds nature reserve
We’ve welcomed our newest nature conservation recruits to local wildlife site Hengrove Mounds - goats! Over 75 local people came along to find out more about how Street Goats can help our city’s…
Sculpture Honouring Bristol’s Second World War Women Unveiled at City Nature Reserve
A memorial sculpture celebrating the courage of the women of Bristol during the Second World War, is today being unveiled at Avon Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve, Bennett’s Patch and White’s…
Lovely Ladybirds
A closer look at one of the UK’s most popular beetles.
Cleavers
Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds.