Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological and…
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-loving…
The My Wild City project in Bristol comes to an end but the legacy is just beginning!
With support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Avon Wildlife Trust has been working for over…
Sprinkled with diminutive, short-living flowers in spring and parched dry by July, this is a habitat of heathlands, coastal grasslands and ancient parkland.
We're celebrating results seen from North Somerset Council's rewilding work, thanks to information gathered by Rewilding Champions that volunteered with Avon Wildlife Trust on the…