Get the dates in your calendar now 🗓️ We’ll be bringing our mega free celebration of the natural world back to Bristol, Bath, local regions and online from Saturday 6th–Sunday 14th June 2026 Keep up to date with the mailing list: https://www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/ #FestivalofNature

Planning a bonfire? Check out Avon Wildlife Trust's tips to protect hedgehogs: 1. Only build your bonfire on the day you light it 2. Place it on open ground, not on leaves where they hide 3. Check the entire bonfire first, they tend to hide in the centre Photo © Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography

We're hiring! We are looking for a Programmes Officer to join us on a fixed term 1 year contract throughout 2026. Apply via email before 6am on Monday 17th November – read the full job description: https://www.bnhc.org.uk/job-opportunities

WWT's research shows that just 10 minutes in a wetland setting can lead to an increase in positive feelings. WWT's YouTube playlist brings the rivers, ponds, lakes and wetland reserves to you - wherever you are https://ow.ly/490y50X9e4X #WorldMentalHealthDay Open Planet video, Hydro Motion Media

What autumn wildlife are you looking forward to spotting? Our team have been on the last of our summer trips, enjoying the #wildlife as we head into #autumn, with one of our highlights being adorable seal pups. This pair were spotted at Martin's Haven, #Pembrokeshire 📷 Ellie Turner-Wallace

Want to help the health of your local river? Get involved with the #BigRiverWatch between 19-25 Sep! You just need to download the free Big River Watch app, take 15 minutes to observe your local river and then answer the in-app survey @theriverstrust.bsky.social theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

Feeling the heat this week? Find out how you can help decrease urban heating with Avon Wildlife Trust Try to: use hanging baskets, window boxes, plant trees, add wall climbers and create green bin covers Avoid: paving over gardens or adding fake grass www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/team-wilder-...

Looking for more summer holiday ideas to see you through until September? We’ve rounded up a few nature and fun-filled activities you can take part in, at home or with some of our partners 👇 Enjoy getting out and about in nature this summer!

Have you visited the @banesgreens.bsky.social‬ Climate Hub yet? Step inside the Bath Bus Station to explore the Bath River Line and Bathscape display – a beautiful celebration of nature, community and climate action. Pop in for free before the end of July, open daily

From last month's workshop with @abipalmer.bsky.social for @festofnature.bsky.social with thanks to @literatureworks.bsky.social literatureworks.org.uk/festival-of-...

Festival of Nature 2025 workshops for disabled writers - Literature Works

We recently supported online workshops for disabled writers, programmed as part of the 2025 Festival of Nature in Bristol.

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If you haven't already, we'd still love your opinion this year's #FestivalofNature - how you found the events, what you liked the most, and any suggestions you have for the future. 📝 Share your feedback before 29 June! 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bnhc/festi... Photos by Ania Shrimpton.

Mother Nature threw a buzzing party last week 🎶 🐝 🪩 'Listen to Your Mother' was #FestivalofNature's first ever club night, in collaboration with Club Sol and Rising Arts Agency - and it was a smash hit! 🎧 🌊 Funding for this event was from Youth Climate Action Fund. Photography 📸 Khourie Allen

Hands-up who wants a pop-up wetland at every Festival of Nature #WildWeekend? 🙌 If you've been inspired, bring the magic home with WWT’s free 'Wetlands Where You Live' pack: fun nature activities & wildlife guides for all ages! 🌿 Download your pack: www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet... 📸 Ania Shrimpton

Did you join a #FestivalofNature Community Event? ✨🐝 From nature walks & talks to garden open days, it was amazing to see so many people connecting with each other and the natural world. A massive thank you to all the event organisers who made last week's activities possible! 💚 📸 Guy Manchester

Very enjoyable day talking roots, shoots and stomata @festofnature.bsky.social with @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

That's a wrap on #FestivalofNature 2025! A huge THANK YOU to our partners, sponsors, funders, event organisers, venues and contributors. As well as everyone behind-the-scenes who made this year such a success, from our caterers and security teams, to photographers, musicians & artists. 👏 💙 2026? 👀

@festofnature.bsky.social this weekend 14/15 June in Millennium Square. Visit the University of Bristol Tent and find out how bats can find their insect prey by their superpower of echolocation, how carnivorous plants adapt to growing in wet boggy conditions & much more. Visit: shorturl.at/SDPQ3

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Bringing the outside in - if you missed our workshop with @festofnature.bsky.social this week, we've included some of the content here. Do look up the rest of their programme - a few days left of brilliant things. #WritingWorkshop #CreativeWriting #NatureWriting open.substack.com/pub/louiseke...

Bringing the outside in

Festival of Nature writing workshop with Abi Palmer & Louise Kenward

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The big reveal! This incredible pop-up, living, breathing wetland is right here in Millennium Square in the heart of Bristol, ready for you to explore this Saturday and Sunday as part of Wild Weekend. A @wwtworldwide.bsky.social‬ creation, designed and built by Beautiful Wonder

Celebrate Father's Day this weekend in Millennium Square! Spend some quality time together at Wild Weekend, learning how to build a pond, exploring watery science experiments or sharing your best disco moves with live music on the stage. Free entry, lineup here: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

Wild Weekend at Millennium Square | Festival of Nature 2025

Head to Millennium Square in Bristol City Centre on the final weekend of Festival of Nature for Wild Weekend 14-15 June 2025.

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Great zoom session with 40 watery writers. We splashed words about, linked the particular to wider issues, dived down swallow holes and surfaced at the end with some ideas about how to develop our creative non-fiction writing. Thanks @festofnature.bsky.social for hosting me! #naturewriting

Nic Wilson@nicwilson.bsky.social · last yr.

Getting ready to have a fun hour splashing words around with @festofnature.bsky.social 😆🌊

Another really great thing. Please keep the really great things coming.

Festival of Nature@festofnature.bsky.social · last yr.

We believe everyone should have the chance to connect with the natural world. 💚 So, we've pulled together all of our online and in person #FestivalofNature events that have been designed with Disabled adults, Disabled children and people with chronic illness in mind: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

Free on Sunday afternoon? Then come along to my accessible online watery #naturewriting workshop - Go With the Flow @festofnature.bsky.social. Everyone welcome. We'll be paddling through puddles, chilling in chalk streams and having fun splashing words about on the page. 🌊🌊🌊

Go with the Flow: A Watery Writing Workshop | Festival of Nature | Bristol Natural History Consortium

Explore how to engage with watery landscapes through creative writing techniques with writer and editor Nic Wilson (Land Beneath the Waves: Nature, Place and Chronic illness out in June). This […]

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Making final preparations for this exciting workshop with @abipalmer.bsky.social for @festofnature.bsky.social (supported by @literatureworks.bsky.social) - running Monday online. #NatureWriting #WritingWorkshop #OnlineEvent

Louise Kenward@louisekenward.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm looking forward to joining @festofnature.bsky.social again this year w Moving Mountains - this time with the brilliant @abipalmer.bsky.social - with thanks to @literatureworks.bsky.social - Take a look at their wonderful programme & sign up to the creative writing workshop we're running in June!

Explore 'River Art in the Park' in St Jude's, a free outdoor nature exhibition on display from this Sunday! 🐠🎨 Get outside, head down to Riverside Park and follow the river-themed sculptures along the route, all crafted by local artists (and children!) 🌿 Learn more: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

The talks line-up during Festival of Nature’s #CommunityEvents brings together wildlife experts, community leaders, conservation volunteers and project organisers, all working towards supporting the wildlife & natural environment of the West of England. 🎤 Learn more: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

I'm looking forward to joining @festofnature.bsky.social again this year w Moving Mountains - this time with the brilliant @abipalmer.bsky.social - with thanks to @literatureworks.bsky.social - Take a look at their wonderful programme & sign up to the creative writing workshop we're running in June!

Festival of Nature@festofnature.bsky.social · last yr.

We believe everyone should have the chance to connect with the natural world. 💚 So, we've pulled together all of our online and in person #FestivalofNature events that have been designed with Disabled adults, Disabled children and people with chronic illness in mind: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

Come and see us this Saturday 7 June from 10am to 5pm at the @festofnature.bsky.social Barton Hill Family day. Come along to the University of Bristol's micro-campus and chat with the fantastic researchers and get hand on with some cool experiments and interactive educational games.

Free #FestivalOfNature family day this Saturday 7 June at SouthGate Bath. Head down to the city centre between 10am–4pm for free face painting, bubble performances, water-themed nature activities, crafts and a parading salmon puppet! No booking needed, just drop in.

🎨 Explore the creative heart of #FestivalofNature this June! Our Arts, Crafts & Exhibitions programme brings nature to life through artists, photographers, storytellers - and you! 🌿 Events across Bristol & Bath: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/arts-crafts-and-exhibitions-at-festival-of-nature