It’s Valentine’s Day and it’s not just us who might be looking to get a date. As the winter months will soon be ending, much of the animal kingdom will be wanting to attract a mate. Here’s what to…
Dense, swooping flights of starlings, dipping and turning overhead against a dusk winter sky were a common sight in Bristol 30 years ago. So common was the spectacle, that starlings – alongside…
During the October half term, the Avon Wildlife Trust Our Bright Future team and a group of young voluntary conservationists visited Aardman studios for a grand day out! These budding…
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…
I have a lot of respect for people who strive to turn their interests into a career. This left me with a paradoxical feeling that whilst my own interests were in ecology and the environment, my…
This week we’ve welcomed four Exmoor Ponies to our Folly Farm nature reserve in the Chew Valley to start work as our conservation assistants! This sturdy native breed is excellent for conservation…
Dappled sunlight, autumn rains, carpets of fallen leaves and fluctuating temperatures create the perfect conditions for fruiting fungi to appear across our landscapes.
The droning hum of a mosquito disturbing you on a summer’s evening as you try to sleep; the angry buzzing of a wasp as it lands on your jam; the line of ants steadily marching over your sugary…
By Charlotte Targett and Louise Treneman, Avon Wildlife Trust Living Landscapes Assistants
We often break the habit of regular time outdoors once the seasons change. But tune your senses…
Eight local wildlife sites, eight distinct neighbourhoods across Bristol, eight communities of children, families, professionals and older people, eight hidden havens for wildlife and people. Over…
