Leigh Woods

This faded seaside resort has a good array of interesting plants within easy reach. Target species will be the Branched Horsetail Equisetum ramosissimum and Smooth…

This is usually the best time of the year in the Avalon Marshes – one of the top birding sites in the country. We would…

Eastwood Farm in Brislington is a small Local Nature Reserve on the banks of the River Avon, near Beeses. The site is managed by…

SPECIAL MEETING This Victorian park may not be the most typical place for a bramble meeting, nor is a bramble meeting typical but the park’s…

Watercress Farm is part of the Belmont Estate and is a rewilding project. The site includes rough pasture, woodland and the Land Yeo river which…

Aust Reserve is a rewilding project near the village of Aust that is overseen by the Bristol Zoo Project.The rewilding will include measures to retain…

Shirehampton Meadow is a small but glittering jewel of calcareous grassland nestled between the busy Portway and the muddy River Avon. As well as delights…

The site includes several gravel pit lakes, mature woodland and parkland. This is a well-watched site and a good variety of birds is expected due…

This wondrous limestone gorge with acidic drifts hosts an enticing selection of species, such as Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris, Common Milkwort Polygala vulgaris, Pale…

Among the conifer plantations here are some fine chunks of broadleaved woodland that boast an extensive list of species including Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana, Common…

Leigh Woods is an ancient woodland located on the Somerset side of the Avon Gorge. It harbours a wide range of scarce and rare species…

This most curious squiggly artificial hill perched between the ring road and Emerson’s Green on the eastern fringes of Bristol hosts an interesting and varied…