Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project

Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife aims to protect the outstanding wildlife interest of the Avon Gorge

🚶🚶‍♀️As always an absolute joy of a Tapestry of Trees session on the Granny Downs in celebration of this year's Bristol ...
06/05/2026

🚶🚶‍♀️As always an absolute joy of a Tapestry of Trees session on the Granny Downs in celebration of this year's Bristol Walk Fest🚶‍♂️
🌞🐦🐝The sun shone, birds sang, bees buzzed & our stunning trees blossomed🌸
👫Thank you to Friends of the Downs & Avon Gorge for sharing this event with us - we just love our annual session together👬👭
💚My favourite tree this year on the Granny Downs tree trail is the red horse chestnut - you can see a photo below of us underneath it📷

❓Did you know that we survey the dormouse population in Forestry England's beautiful Leigh Woods.🪾Leigh Woods is a fabul...
27/04/2026

❓Did you know that we survey the dormouse population in Forestry England's beautiful Leigh Woods.
🪾Leigh Woods is a fabulous National Nature Reserve & part of the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife SSSI/SAC🦡🦔🦋
🪲🪳🦟As an ancient woodland with all the fabulous habitat features associated, this gorgeous creature thrives here🌳🪵
🌿Dormice are arboreal & spend their time in the trees except while hibernating during the winter months🍂
🍃At this time of year, some dormice have woken up from hibernation & moved up into the summer nest boxes, where they continue sleeping for a little longer🎋
👀We begin surveying the boxes in April & any dormice located are carefully sexed, weighed & checked before being replaced until they wake properly from torpor
📅Surveys of the nest boxes will continue every month until autumn, to monitor the health of the population🙋‍♀️

🌺🌾Come & delve into the Downs & Avon Gorge in all their spring glory; from beautiful native tree species🌳🌱🌿to the tiny i...
21/04/2026

🌺🌾Come & delve into the Downs & Avon Gorge in all their spring glory; from beautiful native tree species🌳🌱🌿to the tiny invertebrates🦋🐝🐞🐛🪲which call this habitat their home.
🔎Seek out our nesting pair of resident peregrine falcons🐦& meet the conservation goats🐏in the Gully to find out what they do🪻🌸🎋
💁‍♂️A friendly session full of nature & local heritage with Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife to celebrate City Nature Challenge 2026💁‍♀️
📆Sunday 26th April 🕰️11am-12.30pm
🚶‍♀️‍➡️Suitable for adults & children over 12.
Part of City Nature Challenge 2026, on Clifton Down & the Gully.
💷Donations welcome – pay what you can.
📝Booking required: https://avongorge.org.uk/whats-on/

🐦What a fabulous time we had at day break last Saturday morning on our Dawn Chorus Spectacular🐦🐦‍⬛🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶‍♂️The wonderf...
15/04/2026

🐦What a fabulous time we had at day break last Saturday morning on our Dawn Chorus Spectacular🐦🐦‍⬛
🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶‍♂️The wonderful naturalist & expert Mike Dilger led us through the various Downs habitats to discover the orchestra 🎶🎵of birds singing one-by-one as dawn arrived🌄
⏰Despite the very early start & initially wind💨 & rain ☔️we were able to pick out clearly an amazing array of birdsong to hone in on, including: greenfinch, green woodpecker, chiff-chaff, blackcap, blackbird, great tit, song thrush, goldcrest, dunnock, blackbird, robin, blue tit, wren, woodpigeon, jackdaw - we even saw a heron fly close by right over our heads🐟!
☕️After a couple of hours we were more than ready for our delicious hot breakfast waiting for us at the Downs cafe🍳🥐
photo credits: blackbird, chiff chaff, dunnock, song thrush Denice Stout, green finch, robin Kathi Held,

🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️🏃We're so looking forward to our Easter holiday nature club next Tuesday, on Durdham Downs & the University o...
07/04/2026

🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️🏃We're so looking forward to our Easter holiday nature club next Tuesday, on Durdham Downs & the University of Bristol Botanic Garden🎋🌸🌼🌻🌺
🐦It's all about our gorgeous Downs birds which are singing their hearts out & making their nests🪺at this time of year
🎶We'll tune in to their beautiful songs🎵, play games🏃‍➡️, follow a fun trail together & head over to Sea Walls to discover & spot the fastest animal on the planet - our peregrine falcons🐦‍⬛
🥪After a packed lunch in the beautiful Botanic Garden, join in with everybody to make your own stunning willow bird feeder, amongst other feeders, to take home🏃‍♂️‍➡️
Tuesday 14th April 10am-3pm
Book here: https://avongorge.org.uk/?event=spring-into-easter-childrens-holiday-nature-club-2&event_date=2026-04-14
Suitable for 7-10 year olds on their own or with a sibling/friend

🏃‍♀️‍➡️We’re delighted to feature twice in Bristol WalkFest🏃‍♂️this year🚶Look out for 'Tapestry of trees on the Granny D...
30/03/2026

🏃‍♀️‍➡️We’re delighted to feature twice in Bristol WalkFest🏃‍♂️this year
🚶Look out for 'Tapestry of trees on the Granny Downs' 🌳Sunday May 2nd & our new heritage story session ' Promenades & panoramas' 🎭Sunday May 10th🚶‍♀️‍➡️
📅To book onto either of the above Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife sessions: avongorge.org.uk/whats-on
💁‍♂️We're excited💁‍♀️
The Walk Fest programme is packed full of events taking place across Bristol!
📆Find out more about Bristol Walk Fest: www.bristolwalkfest.com/events

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