Stay Wild beyond June!
June is one of our favourite months, enjoying a Random Act of Wildness every day as part of The Wildlife Trusts national #30DaysWild campaign and welcoming summer with the promise of sunny days…
June is one of our favourite months, enjoying a Random Act of Wildness every day as part of The Wildlife Trusts national #30DaysWild campaign and welcoming summer with the promise of sunny days…
Team Wilder is a new approach at Avon Wildlife Trust, which aims to inspire, empower and celebrate actions for nature, no matter how small or large. Team Wilder wants to join actions and groups…
What does it mean to be a fly? True flies are a group of insects, which are characterized by their two wings. That gives them the name Diptera from the Greek “di” (two) and “Pteron” meaning wing…
This week’s blog has been written by Arif Jamal, who is currently on our Grow Leader course, an eight week programme at our Grow Wilder site which aims to develop an understanding of basic growing…
The mass of white, frothy blossom on a wild cherry is a sight to behold. Planted as an ornamental tree, it also grows wild in woods and hedges. Its red fruits are the edible cherries we know and…
The red-tinged, flower clusters of Wild angelica smell just like the garden variety, which is used in making cake decorations. Wild angelica likes damp places, such as wet meadows and wet…
The Wild strawberry produces miniature, edible versions of the juicy red fruits we so enjoy. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come along to a Wildlife…
Our Communications Officer, Abbie Hall, shares a bit more about the amazing places that made a cameo in yesterday’s Wild Isles.
Wild carrot does, indeed, smell of carrots, but the roots are not like our cultivated, dinnertime favourite. Look for this umbellifer on chalk grasslands and coasts.
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Wild privet is a shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and scrub, but is also a popular garden-hedge plant. It has white flowers in summer and matt-black berries in winter that are very poisonous.