Bristol's coming together for nature
Our Community Ecologist, Eloise Jenninger, on how the Nature Together partnership is going to create a wilder future for Bristol.
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Foraging in Bristol
Late summer is rich with nuts and berries ripening on hedgerows and trees in the city as well as country. Gathering and eating wild food is a great experience. It helps you get up-close-and-…
Support for Bristol's green spaces
Avon Wildlife Trust recognises Bristol's Western Slopes as a vital wildlife corridor, and stands with those people calling it to be protected from development.
Bristol City Councils commitment to nature's recovery being tested!
In February 2020, Bristol City Council made headlines across the country for being the first city to announce an ecological emergency. Equipped with a new One City Ecological Emergency Strategy…
The Bristol Ecological Emergency Strategy – a blueprint for a more ecologically resilient city for people and for wildlife
When we entered lockdown in March, it was even more apparent to me just how important it was for people to be able to connect with nature on their doorstep. The buzz of insects, wildflowers…
Bristol's Ecological Emergency Declaration Signals a Nature Recovery for the City
The declaration of ecological emergency made jointly today by Bristol mayor, Marvin Rees and Avon Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, Ian Barrett, signals a pioneering approach to reversing the…
Our strategy
Avon Wildlife Trust has an ambitious strategy to secure nature's recovery across our region. Our vision is nature as the solution, a flourishing future for wildlife and people together.
Growth in more ways than one: my experience of Avon Wildlife Trust’s Grow Leader placement
If you visited Avon Wildlife Trust’s six-acre site, Feed Bristol, and stayed for just an hour, you may interpret it as a huge urban food growing site. You wouldn’t be completely wrong. I did the…
Changes to Bristol Allotment Tenancy Agreements
Bristol is a city full of green-thumbed growers and gardeners who want to plant, dig, grow and harvest their own fresh food. With over 5,500 allotment plots managed by, or on behalf of, the…
Grow Wilder: Road-map to a sustainable future for Bristol?
One of the most intriguing stories behind the clean lines and urgent angles of Bristol’s modern skyline is its rich history of local food production. It takes a little ‘digging’ to find it because…
Greater knapweed
The ragged-edged, purple flower heads of Greater knapweed bloom on sunny chalk grasslands and clifftops, and along woodland rides. They attract clouds of butterflies.
Greater celandine
Greater celandine is a very common plant that spreads easily in the garden, on waste ground and in hedgerows. It is considered a weed, but the small, yellow flowers provide nectar for insects.