Photo Competition
Our annual photo competition, celebrating the wild places and wildlife of Somerset, is open for entries until 1st September.
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Thank you for entering the 2025 Photography Competition
Thank you for entering the 2025 Photography Competition
Aspiring photographers invited to enter Somerset Wildlife Trust competition
Somerset Wildlife Trust’s annual photography competition has opened for entries from photographers of all ages and experience levels.
The SW Coast 50!
A sponsored walk, jog or run for wildlife! Raise vital funds for wildlife in this 10k, 25k or 50k fully supported and route marked challenge organised by Ultra Challenge.
South West Coast 50 Challenge
A challenge event you can take on at your pace. The South West Coast 50 Challenge invites you to walk, jog or run a distance of
your choice, along a signed route, with free food and drink at regular rest stops, plus support including medics, marshals and
massage. Get the ‘Ultra Challenge’ support & hospitality all the way – helping you to push yourself further and achieve
something really special for Somerset Wildlife Trust.
your choice, along a signed route, with free food and drink at regular rest stops, plus support including medics, marshals and
massage. Get the ‘Ultra Challenge’ support & hospitality all the way – helping you to push yourself further and achieve
something really special for Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Celebrating our Wilder Coast
Somerset Wildlife Trust, along with Wildlife Trusts across the UK, are celebrating National Marine Week from the 22nd of July to 6th of August. Guest blogger Arthur Blackwood has more...
Wilder Coast Project legacy
Despite the amazing diversity of habitats and wildlife along Somerset’s fifty miles of coastline, it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. This vibrant piece of coastline includes sand dunes, rocky shores, cliffs, salt marsh, tidal estuaries, mud flats and coastal deciduous woodland, with 80% having environmental protection.
Coast path critters: a spotter's guide
As Winter moves into Spring, many of you will be venturing out into nature more. If you have access to the sea, perhaps you will be planning some coastal walks. From quiet estuaries and towering…
Young people to take action to improve Somerset’s coasts and rivers in new Blue Influencers scheme
Ambitious plans to improve the environment in and around Somerset’s coast and rivers will be spearheaded by young people, thanks to a new scheme which has brought funding into the county.
Somerset Wildlife Trust Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Somerset’s largest nature charity celebrates diamond anniversary with species count, photography competition, and one-time-only Gala Dinner
Chitons
Found on rocky shores around the UK, Chitons are a kind of mollusc identifiable by their characteristic coat-of-mail shells.
Wild Beach
Work with local schools and youth groups to develop and deliver outdoor learning opportunities, which use the coast to give children a connection with nature and provide them with valuable personal experiences.
We engage with each school or group over a period of weeks/terms, not just offering one-off trips to coast, which allows young people to increase their knowledge of their own stretch of coast.
We engage with each school or group over a period of weeks/terms, not just offering one-off trips to coast, which allows young people to increase their knowledge of their own stretch of coast.