Practical Conservation
Our Bright Future have worked on many projects improving green spaces for people and wildlife while developing the skills of young people.
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Conservation grazing
There are a multitude of grazing animal species which help us manage the land across our reserves. Some are owned and looked after by tenant graziers, while others are living wild and are just as appreciated.
Wild Paths: Film celebrates legacy of conservation career programme
The Wild Paths programme aimed to bring new talent into practical nature conservation across five local Wildlife Trusts, including here in Avon. A short film has now been launched to celebrate the…
Gordano Valley Conservation Group Volunteer
The Gordano Valley Conservation Group is a group that meet on selected Sundays to complete conservation activities.
Meet our new four-legged conservation officers!
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…
Avon Wildlife Trust Supports Stoke Park Conservation Work
Avon Wildlife Trust supports the conservation work Bristol City Council is doing on the Stoke Park estate, which includes work to restore and improve wildflower-rich grassland.
Prince’s Trust – “Get Started in Conservation” Course
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the learning work at Avon Wildlife Trust has had to adjust its ways of working to keep engaging young people with nature whilst on lockdown or whilst schools…
An update from our four-legged conservation assistants at Folly Farm
Just before Christmas last year we introduced four Exmoor ponies to our Folly Farm nature reserve in the Chew Valley. The ponies came from the Moorland Mousie Trust, a charity based down on Exmoor…
Our Bright Future Celebration
Celebrating our work with young people between 2016 and 2021, including campaigning, skills development and practical conservation.
Walking for Wildlife - a Journey through Avon
An ecologist by profession, I have lived in Bristol since the 1980s. The Avon Wildlife Trust gave me my very first job in nature conservation, and in 2009 I returned to the Trust as a regular…
Volunteering with Avon Wildlife Trust's Wild City Action Team
Having started volunteering in the office answering volunteer enquiries, I was keen to have a practical placement with one of our conservation teams so that I could get a feel for what they do. I…
My Wild City – transforming hidden spaces for wildlife and people
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…