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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.
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…
Slowing down fast fashion - Sustainable Fashion Week!
Did you know that are currently enough clothes on the planet to last a further six generations? And yet 100 billion items of new clothing are created each year! This cheaply and rapidly made…
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…
Sparks pre-loved fashion shop
Avon Wildlife Trust opened its first pre-loved clothing pop-up shop this month as part of a new creative arts and sustainability hub in the old Marks & Spencer building on Broadmead in Bristol…
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…
Roadside Verge to award-winning Local Nature Reserve - an illustrated talk by Bob Buck
Roadside verge to award-winning Local Nature Reserve - an illustrated talk by Bob Buck from the local charity St Georges Flower Bank. Three and a half decades of conservation success.
Your local nature reserves
Most people live within a few miles of a Wildlife Trust nature reserve. From ancient woodlands to meadows and wetlands, they’re just waiting to be explored.