Eating outdoors makes mealtime an adventure. Avon Wildlife Trust has been working since 1980 to bring nature to the city. Here are five of our Bristol nature reserves, perfect for picnics.

“In case we have not understood yet, it’s quite simple: everything is connected!”

Meadows in summer are rich and wild. Grasses punctuated with splashes of colour are growing fast in the long, light days. In turn bees, butterflies and other pollinators abound, feeding on nectar-…

When Zoe was young she went for walks in the countryside every weekend. She thinks that a love of nature and being outside should be encouraged and when it starts young, it stays with you.

Ella volunteers at Avon Wildlife Trust’s My Wild Child where she helps children learn about the nature around them.

If you’re out for a summer’s evening walk or drive, you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a black and white creature scurrying across a lane or skirting the edge of a woodland, its stocky…

Five ways you can connect with the nature and green space around you this summer with your young nature-lovers.

This summer we’ve given school children the chance to have a close encounter with some intriguing wildlife which has kept them company in their classroom before being given a helping hand to the…

If you happen to find yourself in a woodland on a late summer day with striped sunlight in the glades, then you may be lucky enough to spot our largest native wasp species, the hornet.

By Grenville Johnson, Avon Wildlife Trust Wildlife Champion, and St George in Bloom chair and founder

My wildlife journey began in 2004 after I retired as head teacher. Born, raised and…