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Growth in more ways than one: my experience of Avon Wildlife Trust’s Grow Leader placement
If you visited Avon Wildlife Trust’s six-acre site, Feed Bristol, and stayed for just an hour, you may interpret it as a huge urban food growing site. You wouldn’t be completely wrong. I did the…
Avon Wildlife Trust begins vaccinating badgers against bovine TB
Avon Wildlife Trust has today begun vaccinating badgers for the first time on one of the conservation charity’s nature reserves, as a way to help tackle the problem of bovine tuberculosis (bovine…
Charfield Meadow – a Wildlife Haven
Quiet and secluded, Charfield Meadow sits beside a railway line in South Gloucestershire. British Rail sold the hectare-and-half of land to Avon Wildlife Trust in 1988, making it one of the Trust’…
Can you help secure 30% of space for wildlife in Bristol by 2030?
It is no secret that wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate and the threat of climate catastrophe is a constant worry. Bristol has even declared a state of ecological and climate emergency…
Support for Bristol's green spaces
Avon Wildlife Trust recognises Bristol's Western Slopes as a vital wildlife corridor, and stands with those people calling it to be protected from development.
Foraging in Bristol
Late summer is rich with nuts and berries ripening on hedgerows and trees in the city as well as country. Gathering and eating wild food is a great experience. It helps you get up-close-and-…
Bristol's Hidden Havens for Nature to be Transformed for People and Wildlife thanks to National Lottery players
A three-year project to transform some of Bristol’s hidden spaces for nature and bring communities closer to the wildlife within them, gets underway this month.
Team Wilder wildlife garden 2024 Dorothy in Knowle Bristol
Bristol’s Hidden Local Wildlife Sites to be Havens for People and Nature, thanks to National Lottery support
A project to reveal some of Bristol’s hidden spaces for wildlife gets underway this week led by Avon Wildlife Trust in partnership with Bristol City Council, with initial support* for National…
My haven
I was privileged to be able to be a volunteer at the start of the Skylarks project. It was my way of “pay back” for all the time I had used Skylarks Nature Reserve before Nottinghamshire Wildlife…
Avon Wildlife Trust Calls for Bristol Local Plan to Give Stronger Protection for City Wildlife
Avon Wildlife Trust has today submitted comments on Bristol's Local Plan published for consultation by Bristol City Council - which sets out how development will happen across the city over…