Pill Paddock
An old allotment transformed into a reserve by the local community, now an excellent spot for birds and butterflies.
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Team Wilder TWEAS story Pill Paddock
Pill Paddock and Penny Brohn UK received advice from the Team Wilder Community Ecologist. Be part of Team Wilder and support actions for nature at home and in the community to benefit people and wildlife.
Bennett’s Patch and White’s Paddock
Wildflower meadows, native woodland and wildlife ponds house bats, badgers, hedgehogs, and abundant plant, bird and butterfly species.
Pill woodlouse
The defensive mechanism of the pill woodlouse is very recognisable - it curls itself into a tight ball, only showing its plated armour to its attacker. It is an important recycler of nutrients,…
Piddock
Piddocks are a boring bivalve. No, we don't mean dull... we mean that it bores into soft rock, creating a burrow. In fact, they're the opposite of dull - they glow in the dark!
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…
Sculpture Honouring Bristol’s Second World War Women Unveiled at City Nature Reserve
A memorial sculpture celebrating the courage of the women of Bristol during the Second World War, is today being unveiled at Avon Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve, Bennett’s Patch and White’s…
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.
Brandon Hill Nature Reserve
Enjoy stunning views from the top of Brandon Hill - a haven for people and wildlife in the heart of Bristol.
Discover Walborough Nature Reserve
Walborough, just south of Weston-super-Mare, is a 22-hectare site owned by Avon Wildlife Trust since 1995. This fantastic coastal site is part of the Severn Estuary Site of Special Scientific…