Guided Walks

Join the team at Somerset Earth Science Centre for a minibus tour of one of the countries largest working Limestone Quarries..

Simon Clarke, Senior Reserves Manager for Natural England will be giving a broad talk about the beautiful landscape and wonderful wildlife of Avalon Marshes and Shapwick Heath.

Join artist Tanya Josham in the beautiful surroundings of the Earth Science Centre, carving Bath Stone, using traditional hand tools,
drawing inspiration from the centres geological collection of rocks and fossils.

Over the last ten years the Somerset Levels have successfully attracted a variety of new birds some of which have bred here
for the first time. Roger Lucken’s talk will focus on some of these species, discuss the potential for further expansion and look at
the role of the Levels in providing a platform for colonisation of other parts of the UK..

Join us for a day of scrub clearance to help prevent encroachment of scrub into limestone grassland of Draycott Sleights.

A guided minibus tour of a working limestone quarry with Aggregate Industries geologist Eddie Bailey.

Fungus Foray led by Les Cloutman.

Come and meet the Somerset Wildlife Trust at our Magnicent Meadows stall at the Wells Food Festival. Wells, Somerset.

Join Alys Laver, WWT Senior Conservation warden, for a talk about the construction and management of Steart Marshes, as salt marshes and fresh water wetlands for wading birds and wildfowl and their value as habitats for people and wildlife.

Les Cloutman is an ecologist and well known local naturalist who has a passion for the wildlife of the wonderful county of Somerset so join him for a journey through the seasons.

Learn the ancient skill of drystone walling on a practical task day with Mendip Hills AONB volunteer team and Avon Wildlife Trust.

Field trips and workshops to learn about the Story of the making of the Mendip Rocks!

Take a guided walk to discover the geological gems and Unconformity at Vallis Vale and Jurassic sea beds and neptunian dyke at Tedbury Camp, near Frome.

Take a guided walk around Blackmoor/Charterhouse reserves to see remains of post-medieval & Roman lead industry.

Currently involved in a project to manage invasive species in the River Avon, Neil Green is an ecologist who has developed an interest in invasive alien plants and their control in the natural environment.

Take a walk around Torr Hill in Wells with geology teacher David Rowley from Wells Cathedral School to make a geological map of the rock types and geological structures present.

Neil Garrick-Maidment will give a talk on Seahorses and the Seahorse Trust which helps preserve and conserve the marine environment around our coast (in particular Devon and Dorset) and, in partnership with other organisations, other vulnerable coastal sites around the world..

Join the team at Somerset Earth Science Centre for a minibus tour to see one of the countries largest working Limestone Quarries.

Back by popular demand, Michael Jordan returns to lead a fungus foray; he will give hints on identification and the dangers of mis-identification.

If you’ve an interest in marine wildlife, love the coast and want to increase your knowledge, then come join our first day-long Coastal Conference to celebrate the wonderful wildlife to be found along our coast

A walk with Roger Moses of the Mendip Society around the industrial remains of the Somerset Coal Field.

Family fun day with rocky activities and guided tours of the geology and history of the Gorge, by Natural England, Mendip Hill’s AONB, Somerset Earth Science Centre..

Join a coastal walk with a number of coastal and marine experts and visit several beaches.

Take a walk to explore the lesser known aspects of Cheddar including nature reserves and the source of Cheddar Spring Water.

Join Brian Roberts-Wray for a talk on how the wide and varied habitats of Morocco make it home to a fascinating variety of birds, some of which will seem familiar to British birdwatchers, but are in fact distinct sub-species.