This weekend marks an important date in the conservation diary. Saturday night is International Bat Night, an annual celebration of one of the most fascinating of our planet’s species. Frequently…

The ongoing decline in biodiversity across the UK is without doubt one of the biggest challenges we face – both globally and here in the UK. Happily, some local authorities are responding to the…

My Wild City is a celebration of the wild places we have in Bristol. Funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund is helping us bring people closer to their local green spaces in 8 different…

Bats get a bad rap. Deemed blood suckers, they are associated with vampires. Yet bats help humanity in many ways. Let us clear up the myth first. Yes, there is a vampire bat but only in the…

For a number of years Avon Wildlife Trust has been working in St Catherine’s Valley on the eastern fringe of Bath, helping landowners manage their land sympathetically for wildlife.

Having started volunteering in the office answering volunteer enquiries, I was keen to have a practical placement with one of our conservation teams so that I could get a feel for what they do. I…