40th Birthday
We belatedly celebrate our 40th birthday with events and celebrations across the Trust.
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This Earth Day, help us celebrate Grow Wilder’s birthday!
It’s a very special day here for us at Avon Wildlife Trust – not only is 22 April celebrated as Earth Day, but it also marks the start of the Green Match Fund week, which means that for one week…
North Somerset Levels and Moors Restoration Project
Our work on the North Somerset Levels and Moors is helping to restore a rare and valuable wetland habitat near to the Severn Estuary. Semi-aquatic plants on the moorland, wildflower meadows on the ridges and ancient woodlands all make up this beautiful and special landscape, and a range of birds, plants and invertebrates all depend on this landscape to thrive. We are working with partners Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Internal Drainage Board and North Somerset Council as well as our funders, Wessex Water, to improve this unique landscape for wildlife.
My dinner party
Niamh loves to feed the birds, so makes natural feeders out of pinecones and berries, to help them through the winter. She’ll tie this to a branch so that the birds can feast from it safely.
Lovely Ladybirds
A closer look at one of the UK’s most popular beetles.
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
My outreach
Elliott has turned his passion for the natural world into study and that study into a career. He now spends his days sharing his wildlife knowledge with people of all ages, from 4-year-old’s…
The day Sir David Attenborough visited Avon Wildlife Trust
Ahead of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday on 8th May 2026, we're reaching into our archives to retell the story of his first visit to Avon Wildlife Trust in 1985.
Our magical moors: wetland wonderlands
Avon Wildlife Trust's Nature and Climate Manager, Jen Robertson, writes about the importance of climate resilience on the magical North Somerset Levels and Moors
Ebdon Farm
Avon Wildlife Trust has acquired a former dairy farm on the North Somerset Levels and Moors, called Ebdon Farm.
Wilder Waterways
Working with Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART), we will work across the Land Yeo in the North Somerset Levels and Moors to increase biodiversity throughout this internationally rare landscape.
Award winning, bloomin’ marvelous gardens!
It’s party thyme for these award-winning green spaces! Meet our Team Wilder Wildlife Gardening Competition finalists.