ARNOS VALE CEMETERY

19.04.2025

The Invertebrate Section AGM will be combined with a field meeting at Bristol’s grandest Victorian cemetery with a surprising amount of life: from solitary bees…

WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM BIOBLITZ

26.04.2025

A 2-day event, Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th April, to which BNS is contributing. Become a nature detective for the day at Westonbirt Arboretum’s spring…

Conham River park

27.04.2025

Meet at Conham River Park Car Park, 53 Conham Hill, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3AW. Please car share if possible. Parking is free. We will walk…

Lower Failand & Tanpit Woods

11.05.2025

This will be a walk though local farmland and woodland. With the breeding season in full swing and most summer migrants now returned it…

PORTISHEAD COAST

11.05.2025

This is an excellent trip for those who are new to geology. All will be explained and there will be lots of discussion! The low…

Stockwood Open Space

18.05.2025

Stockwood Open Space is a Local Nature Reserve owned by Bristol City Council and managed in partnership with Avon Wildlife Trust. It has a wonderful…

RSPB Ham Wall

24.05.2025

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

SAND BAY: Beach & Dunes

24.05.2025

The sandy substrate of Sand Bay is ideal for a wide range of sand-adapted species such as the millipede Cylindroiulus latestriatus, the woodlouse Armadillidium album,…

EASTWOOD FARM LNR

07.06.2025

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

Blagdon Lake

08.06.2025

Details to Come.

Get to know Congresbury Yeo (YACWAG)

08.06.2025

In 2015 the Yatton and Congresbury Wildlife Action Group (YACWAG) held an event called Know the Yeo on the Millennium Green at Congresbury. It…

DUNDRY SLOPES

15.06.2025

With a fabulous aspect and a view over Bristol to the estuary, Dundry boasts some fine grassland with north-facing slopes and hanging woods which are…

Frogden Quarry, Oborne, Dorset

15.06.2025

Frogden Quarry is one of the few remaining where the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian) is quarried. It is noted for its ammonites and other fossils and…

Charterhouse & Velvet Bottom

22.06.2025

Details to come.

Society AGM

25.06.2025

Your presence is needed! The Society’s AGM, which was scheduled for 19th March at the Create Centre, was sadly undermined by the road works on…

Forest of Dean

06.07.2025

Details to come. (NB date has changed)…

Spaniorum Hill, Easter Compton

20.07.2025

SPANIORUM HILL Sunday 20th July, 2:30pmThis area of meadows, scrub and woodland lies near the village of Easter Compton, just across the M5 from Cribbs…

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The areas of interest offer something for all our members, be they a beginner, lifelong amateur or professional.

With close links to Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, and Bristol University, we’re always able to access information and expertise.

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