There’s a huge range of ways you can get involved in our work across the county from practical volunteering to family events, finding adventures on our reserves with all the family or going wild in your own back garden.

All across Somerset people are coming together in their schools, churches, work places and communities to do what they can to help nature recover.

Taunton is our county-town and is a town that still retains a rural, easy-going charm, lying in a natural valley between the Quantock, Blackdown and Brendon Hills. The town has retained a diverse array of wildlife despite continued growth, and although habitat connectivity throughout and around the town is quite limited, sites within Taunton still count rarer species like kingfisher, barn owls, dormice, water voles, otters, and bats amongst the wildlife contingent.

The aim of the Bat Watch Taunton is to enthuse everyone about wildlife mapping and the fascinating world of bats, and to monitor changes in both the variety of bat species and the number of bats, that we have across Somerset.

We are seeking interested parties for reedbed cutting for our reserves as part of the Bogs and Bittern: Species Survival Fund project, delivered by Somerset Wildlife Trust. Find out more.