Get to know our Young Volunteers!
On the first Saturday of March, I joined the 20+ young volunteers who had come out on a cold weekend morning to transform the Avon Wildlife Trust office garden from a tangle of brambles into a…
On the first Saturday of March, I joined the 20+ young volunteers who had come out on a cold weekend morning to transform the Avon Wildlife Trust office garden from a tangle of brambles into a…
Bristol is full of people transforming their neighbourhoods into nature-friendly spaces to benefit both wildlife and people.
Read about volunteering at Avon Wildlife Trust. Making way for the low, warm light and the cooler breeze, Autumn in all of it's glory feels like it has well and truly arrived now, doesn'…
Neill, Kay and the other volunteers at Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock have been monitoring the slow worms at the site for the past five years. Read on to find out what they've…
If you happen to be near rocky places such as sea cliffs, shingle coastlines or even gravel paths during the summer months you will most likely come across sea campion.
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
At night, the pretty, white blooms of white campion produce a heady scent, attracting feeding moths. Look for this wildflower along hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
Just as the bluebells finish flowering in our woodlands, the rose-red blooms of red campion start to brighten up the woodland floor. Look for this pretty plant in hedges and roadsides, too.
We were pleased to welcome back the Volunteer Forum this month.
Avon Wildlife Trust is at an exciting stage of transformation: Grow Wilder is one of the few urban AWT centres and represents a significant education and enterprise opportunity to Bring Wildlife…