Big Wild Walk
The Big Wild Walk is The Wildlife Trusts' annual fundraising challenge! Walk 30km from 21st October and 3rd November and fundraise to protect the wildlife you love. Sign up today!
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Dog walking FAQ
It is our preference that visitors refrain from bringing their dogs to our nature reserves, however if do you choose to bring your dog for a walk at one of our nature reserves where dogs are permitted, please keep dogs on leads to ensure the safety of both wildlife and visitors. Find out more in this FAQ.
Guided Walks at Westhay with Kevin Anderson
Join our Visitor Experience Officer, Kevin, on a private walking tour of Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve to look and listen for the incredible wetland wildlife at this very special site. Bitterns, Marsh Harriers, and Otters are just some of the highlights of this wonderful spot on the Avalon Marshes.
Exmoor Perambulation - thank you
Thanks for applying to walk for wildlife at the Exmoor Perambulation!
Wild thyme
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Cleavers
Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds.
Lesser celandine
Heralding spring, a carpet of sunshine-yellow lesser celandine flowers is a joy to see on a woodland walk. Look out for it along hedgerows, in parks and even in graveyards, too, from March onwards…
Large thyme
The aromatic fragrance of Large thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It is an evergreen that grows low to the ground, with erect spikes of tiny, lilac flowers appearing over…
Rabbit
Who doesn’t love spotting rabbits hopping through long grass during a walk in the countryside? They are a common sight but it is always a treat to see their curious faces popping up, ears stood…
Nature on the doorstep – a right, not a luxury
Walk out of your front door. How long before you reach a green space alive with birdsong, or feel you can breathe clean air? For millions in the UK, the answer is far too long.
Wellington Castle Fields
A mainly wet grassland site with woodland fringes on a steep north-facing slope on the Blackdown Hills; access is best gained by parking at NT Wellington Monument which you pass on the walk down…
My coffee shop
Friends Dawn and Ann meet up every fortnight for a walk and a catch up on one of their local nature reserves.