Residents go wild!

WORKING for the past year as People & Wildlife Manager at Avon Wildlife Trust, I've often been blown away by the different ways people take action for nature across the city and beyond.

- With Alex Dommett, People & Wildlife Manager

It’s filled me with hope, inspiration, and excitement about the future for people and wildlife in our local communities - one where we're more connected.

Do you ever look out of the window on a bus journey and spot nature reclaiming patches of our city?

I love spotting wildflowers on my daily commute - wild carrot, teasel, vervain, poppy, and evening primrose, all pushing up, often against the odds.

If the bus stops long enough, I get to do a bit of bug spotting too! Scouting out mini nature metropolises for butterflies, beetles and bees, or more recently a charm of goldfinches (around 100! Wow!)

snacking on thistle seeds next to the road.

Nature is nearby. It's the verges on our way to school, work, or a nip to the shops, it’s our nei; bourhood greens, our street trees. It pops up around the bottom of lampposts and through the cracks beneath our doorsteps - maybe it's even closer still, maybe you feel part of nature too?