Reserves and Land Management
Our practical conservation volunteer groups carry out essential habitat management tasks for the benefit of local wildlife. Find out more.
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Filming and photography at our nature reserves
Avon Wildlife Trust's nature reserves are an inspiring location for filming and photography. TV, media, and production companies can submit requests to film at our sites, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Bog asphodel
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
Raised bog
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
Blanket bog
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…
Team Wilder Bog Gardens
Be part of Team Wilder and support actions for nature at home and in the community to benefit people and wildlife. There are many good reasons for creating a bog garden, starting with the fact that they can be visually stunning and abuzz with nature, from frogs and toads to dragonflies and damselflies.
What is a Community Nature Reserve?
Find out more about Community Nature Reserves and how to set one up in your neighbourhood!
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…
How to make a bog garden
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
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.
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.