BS13 Hedgehog Project

13/04/2026

Morning Hartcliffe, Withywood and South Bristol,

This Saturday the Hartcliffe Big Tidy and Community Event/ Gathering!

What: - a community event to bring the community together with a common cause of communuty and tidying up hartcliffe and withywood.

Where: - Morrisons Car Park (Peterson Avenue BS13 0BE) and a number of local Parks & Green Spaces.
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When: - Saturday 18th (this saturday), 10.30 am - 13.00 pm

How: - just turn up, no cost, no ticket needed, say hi, have a chat, see some friends, meet a few new faces, have fun, maybe pick a few bags of litter, return abandoned trollies.

1 Bag of Litter = 1 Raffle Ticket
1 Abandoned Trolley = 2 Raffle Tickets

Turn Up, Connect, Participate, Get Rewarded, Make a Difference!

You know it makes sense, and even if it doesn't there will be Tea, Coffee, biscuits, a bouncy castle and a Raffle with Awesome Prizes.

We would love you to join us see you there this Saturday 😃

Let's Clean up Hartcliffe and Withywood for nature, our hedgehogs, our kids and ourselves

🧃🥫🚯🚮♻️🎁

04/03/2026

Afternoon BS13 Hedgehog Project followers, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Highridge, Bishopsworth, Headly Park, & Bedminster Down local residents,

Do you want to know what Bat species are flying over your Garden?

Sharing on behalf of Peter, Do you want to know which of our furry winged insect and midge eating friends (bat species) are flying over your garden? 🦇 🦇🦇

If so, I'm extending my previous bat survey work in BS3 (see attached report) to cover BS13, and I'm looking for sites to survey. If you live in BS13 and are interested, please contact me direct at [email protected] for more details.

Please let me know your postcode so that I can get an idea of where you are in BS13. Thank you. Peter

Photo/ diagram just to grab your attention 🙃

Kind Regards

BS13 Hedgehog Project 🦔🦔🦔

25/01/2026

Morning Friends of BS13 Hedgehog Project, residents of BS13, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Headly Park, Highridge, Bishopsworth, Bedminster Down, South Bristol, and Nature, Wildlife, Film and Community lovers,

I hope your all well, and I am delighted to say and announce that the Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group is hosting a Free Short Nature, Wildlife and Enviromental Short Film Screening Night at Zion, January 29th, 7.00/19.00 - 10.00/22.00 pm. 💚🎥🎬

There will be a series of short films with all locally made, sourced, produced about Bristols Wildlife and Nature by and with local residents, community, people, volunteers, students and film makers.

We would love for you to join us on the night, to celebrate bristols incredible Nature, wildlife, enviroment, and the amazing local residents, community, volunteers, students, and film makers incredible films.

Including Nikki incredible, beautiful and harrowing film about the battle to save Yew Tree Farm and Catherine plight, fight to save the farm and legacy at the farm in Last Working Farm.

Green BS13 Climate & Nature Group Free Film Screening
Thursday January 29th
7.00 - 10.00 pm (19.00 - 22.00 pm)
Zion, Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7JW

Donations welcome to both Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group and Zion to help us keep making a difference in the community.

Kind Regards

Luke, Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group & Zion

Thanks to .bristol and many more for giving us permission to screen your beautiful films.

See you Thursday 29th January at from 7pm.



Please help us share far and wide .bishopsworth

15/01/2026

Morning BS13 Hedgehog Project, Residents and Community of Hartcliffe, Withywood and BS13,

I hope your all well, and I am delighted to say and announce that the Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group is hosting a Nature, Wildlife and Enviromental Film Screening Night at Zion, January 29th, 7.00/19.00 - 10.00/22.00 pm.

There will be a series of short films with all locally made, sourced, produced about Bristols Wildlife and Nature by and with local residents, community, people, volunteers, students and film makers.

We would love for you to join us on the night, to celebrate bristols incredible Nature, wildlife, enviroment, and the amazing local residents, community, volunteers, students, and film makers incredible films.

Including Nikki incredible, beautiful and harrowing film about the battle to save Yew Tree Farm and Catherine plight, fight to save the farm and legacy at the farm in Last Working Farm.

Green BS13 Climate & Nature Group Free Film Screening
Thursday January 29th
7.00 - 10.00 pm (19.00 - 22.00 pm)
Zion, Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7JW

Donations welcome to both Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group and Zion to help us keep making a difference in the community.

Kind Regards

Luke, Green BS13 Climate and Nature Group & Zion

08/11/2025

Hi BS13 Hedgehog Project followers, Hartcliffe and Withywood Residents and local community,

Morning, we know you love our spikey little hedgehog/ hedge pig Friends, but maybe you have a love for Nature, wildlife, the enviroment and many more mammals?

The Mammal society is looking for members for a brand new Bristol group! 🎉😁🦊🦌🐁🦔🦫🦦🦇🐎🐂🐑🐐🐖🐗🦭🐬🐋🐿🐇🐀🦡🐾🎊

Weather you're a newbie to wildlife,want to learn more or someone who's been interested in nature for years everyone would be wlecom3 to apply and get involved.

Here's their link if you'd like to get involved!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWKEUGk7vIn5YMuw60fzsF8Svovtja1MJT7ROPH77-XcxtwA/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawN6fOdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBFZEFNN2FHWEJQVk5sd0k4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhChsdZOpAU3_SetL2_QJll5iuIlaX-pwV4dQf7MfUn83Yd2cXaBrVctNipB_aem_vL1xOGdnPTe-ZhCxBa3fmw

Kind Regards

BS13 Hedgehog Project

02/11/2025

Evening BS13 Hedgehog Project followers, Residents of Hartcliffe and Withywood and the local community,

🧚‍♂️🧙‍♀️🧜‍♀️👻😁 Happy Halloween and Fright Night! 👽🤡🦸‍♂️🧛‍♂️🧟
I hope you and the kids had an amazing night dressing up, decorating your house/ windows and gardens as well 🍬🍫trickle treating 🍭 and embracing the spooky, Samhain, and Day of the Dead Spirit.

I want to talk to you about your lovely, creative, spooky and frightful carved Pumpkins and Pumpkin Latterns. That add so much to the Halloween evening.

Sadly a lot of pumpkins are irresponsibly discarded and dumped in Green and Blue Spaces, Parks, and Nature rich spaces within the community after Halloween without any thought for or thinking it will benifit wildlife sadly for most UK wildlife this isnt the case.

Pumpkin isn't a native natural food source for any UK wildlife and whilst a few table spoons can be useful to small few speacies of native UK wildlife to a lot of wildlife particulary Hedgehogs it's actually a strong laxative and has the effect on them causing diarrhea and vomiting at a time they have just likely had a potentially second brood of hoglets, and all are trying to find the last possible morsels of food whilst preparing to hibernate over winter.
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Sadly this dihorea and vomiting can cause severe dehydration, malnutrition, and even starvation leading to the death of many hedgehogs particualry small young hedgehogs/ hoglets born this year. 🦔☠️🍊🤢🤮💩💀

So please either use your Pumpkin 🍊 remains to make something beautiful in the kitchen like a autumnal spiced Pumpkin soup, Pumpkin Pie for thoose of you with a sweeter tooth, put it in your food bins or donate your Pumpkin remains for composting securely out of reach of Hedgehogs at either Hartcliffe City Farm at the Haybale Cafe or at the Heart of BS13 Roundhouse entrances in the signed pumpkin donation bins/ baskets on Crosscombe Drive and or Belgrave Crescent. 🙏

Let's protect our local Hedgehog population, and the beautiful local wildlife and feed our compost piles instead.

Kind Regards

Luke and the BS13 Hedgehog Project and thank you for the collaboration with Heart of BS13, Heart of BS13 Flower Farn and Hartcliffe City Farm for protecting Hedgehogs and local Wildlife.

17/10/2025

Hey BS13 Hedgehog Groups, Hartcliffe and Withywood Residents and community,

Just a reminder the Ignite Plan Survey Presentation Event is on tomorrow (Saturday 18th Oct) 10.45 am - 16.00/ 4.00 pm at Merchants Academy.

We would love to see as many local residents and members of the community there as possible.

A free lunch will be provided to all attendees, and free cake in the afternoon plus ample tea and coffee.

Come see the results of the survey, have your say and be involved in the next step of the Ignite Plan.

Kind Regards

LukeThe BS13 Hedgehog Project & The Ignite Plan

20/09/2025

Hey Friends of BS13 Hedgehog Project, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Bishopsworth, Highridge, Headly Park, Bedminster Down Residents and Community,

Morning, today is the beginning of this weekends Get Growing Trail 2025 which is on the whole of this weekend Saturday 20th (today) and Sunday 21st (tomorrow). (Individual Sites Opening and Closing Times may vary).

Some of your local amazing charities and local Green Spaces are involved some of which include:
- Hartcliffe City Farm (Hartcliffe BS13 0HQ)
- Heart of BS13 Roundhouse Site (Sunday only at 12.30 - 14.30 pm, BS13 0DA via Your Park - Bristol and Bath through Looking After Your Emotions Session)
- Bedminster Down Community Farm - (Bedminster Down C Allotments BS13 7AF)
- Belfast Walk Community Garden - (Filwood/ Knowle BS4 1LB)
- Bramble Farm - (Knowle West Northern Slopes BS4 1AW)
- Redcatch Community Garden - (Redcatch, Knowle BS4 2RD)
- Lush Greens - Whitchurch (opposite Asda Whitchurch, BS14 0ST)
- Woodcraft Community Orchard (Brislington BS4 4QT)
- Windmill Hill City Farm (Bedminster BS3 4EA)
- Dame Emily Park (Bedminster BS3 1DL)
- The Bristol Rainforest (BS2 8QU)
- Roots n Fruits St Paul's Learninf Centre (BS2 8XJ)
- St Werburghs City Farm and Propogation Place BS2 9YJ)
- Long Ashton Growers Community Coperative (BS41 9NA)

Get outside and go and visit some of your local amazing Community Assets, Charities and Community Groups and Green Spaces

Hope you have an amaz8ng weekend and discover or rediscover some of your local amazing places and within the City of Bristol..

Link for Bristol Good Food 2030 Get Growing Trail Below for more details and all the sites listed across Bristol:
https://bristolgoodfood.org/2025/07/28/get-growing-trail-2025/

Kind Regards

BS13 Hedgehog Project

We're taking part in the Bristol get growing trail 20th and 21st September! Come and visit our wellbeing and market gardens 🦋🌱

The get growing trail gives opportunities to dive into Bristol’s vibrant community of fruit and vegetable gardens, encompassing allotments, orchards, and urban farms. Running 20-21 September for a harvest event this year, the trail offers a unique opportunity to explore the city’s green spaces and get involved with community growing, all while enjoying free entry to these lush havens.

There are some amazing places and projects around the city on the list this year including in South Bristol! Check out the website for more info:

https://bristolgoodfood.org/2025/07/28/get-growing-trail-2025/

29/08/2025

Hey BS13 Hedgehog Project, Hartcliffe and Withywood Residents and Community, just wanting to highlight a fellow local charity and the amazing work Sol, the team and volunteers are doing at Heart BS13 Flower Farm and the fact they are being featured on BBC Gardiners Wolrd tonight (Friday 29th August) 8.00 pm! Amazing Kind Regards BS13 Hedgehog Project

We are very excited to finally be able to share the news that we will be appearing on BBC Gardeners World this Friday!

Last month, we were visited at the flower farm by Joe Swift and his team, who we talked to about all things flowers - what we grow, our approach, and our charity's mission and values. The interview was part of a series on local heroes and Joe spoke to some of our brilliant volunteers who shared their experience about helping out here on the flower farm and what it means to them.

We are really grateful for the opportunity to share our work and passion with a wider audience - you can watch us live on BBC 2 at 8pm on Friday, or catch the replay on iplayer!

29/08/2025

Hey BS13 Hedgehog Project, Hartcliffe and Withywood Residents and community,

This wonderful event is happening as we speak at Hartcliffe City Farm with Bristol Avon Rivers Trust and Bristol City Council.

Still plenty of time to get there, do a mini beast ID, paint a fish and make a river friendly logo house, and even grab a coffee and cake from the hay bale cafe whilst supporting our local City Farm, and the local Rivers Trust.

Kind Regards BS13 Hedgehog Project

Bristol Avon Rivers Trust are hosting a stall in the farmyard TOMORROW, with a range of free fun river-themed activities to families to enjoy 💙🐸

Visit the farm between 10:00 and 15:00 to learn about our river restoration work in Manor Woods Valley and Crox Bottom, whilst searching for river creatures, painting your own fish keyring, or operating a Lego sustainable drainage demonstration.

The Hay Bale Cafe will be open all day for drinks and snacks, too!

For more information about Bristol Avon Rivers Trust or to contact us, visit https://bristolavonriverstrust.org/event/free-river-themed-fun-hartcliffe-city-farm/.

18/08/2025

🚨 We need your help! 🚨

Our FREE Summer Holiday Play Scheme in Hartcliffe (for ages 8–16) is at risk of reduced funding if we don’t get enough children signed up this week. We don’t want to lose this amazing opportunity for young people — especially those on Free School Meals (FSM).

✨ What’s on offer:
• 🍳 Cookery – make your own lunch
• 🎨 Crafts – bunting, mono-printing, pencil-making, bubble wands
• 🔥 Campfires – learn fire-making with flint & steel
• 🎲 Games – scavenger hunts, giant Jenga, giant Connect 4

💡 Cost: FREE! Includes lunch + a meal to take home.

👧👦 Open primarily to children on FSM and their families.
😊 This year we also have spaces on some days for children not on FSM.

📅 Runs 23 July – 29 August
📍 Hartcliffe
ℹ️ Full programme: www.heartofbs13.org.uk/whats-on/

👉 Booking is essential — please spread the word so more families can benefit. Every sign-up helps us keep this fantastic programme running ❤️