Mendip Hills AONB
Conserving and enhancing the Mendip Hills AONB
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Grassland Management on the West Mendips
With breeding bird activity increasing, we’ve put away our chainsaws and brush cutters for the time being, and have instead been concentrating on infrastructure based work.
The Mendip Society
Regular walks in the wider Mendip area
Mendip Hills
The Mendip Living Landscape encompasses some 30,000 ha and covers the distinctive range of predominantly limestone hills stretching between Frome and Western-Super-Mare. The Mendip Hills are historically a key area of Somerset Wildlife Trust delivery and it’s extremely biodiverse, reflected in numerous designations over a relatively small area.
Quantock Hills AONB
The work of the Quantock Hills AONB involves collaborating with a network of organisations.
Blackdown Hills AONB
The Blackdown Hills AONB is a designated protected landscape. It is looked after by a partnership of local authorities, government agencies, conservation organisations and community groups and by small team of staff based in Hemyock.
Habitat Management for Mendip Dormice
A funded project to help farmers and land managers to reconnect and restore habitat for one of Mendip’s most charismatic species.
Mendip Hills Farm Cluster
Learn more about how members of the Mendip Hills Farm Cluster Group work together to deliver environmental benefits.
Supporting action for a Wilder Mendip
We provide training, advice and support to communities and land managers in Mendip to take action for nature. Key to this is enabling people to share skills and work together to conserve, connect, restore and create wildlife habitats.
Woodland Management on Mendip for Dormice and Beyond
Mendip is home to a number of wonderful Tilio-Acerion woodland sites. This particular type of woodland is typically only found on shallow base-rich soils on steep rocky slopes, such as the…
Mendip butterfly project a soaring success
Somerset Wildlife Trust has now successfully completed its year-long ‘Making Space for Butterflies in Mendip’ project with Aggregate Industries (AI), which worked to improve butterfly habitat and…
Mendip woodlands and wildflowers get a funding boost
Somerset Wildlife Trust are excited to announce a new project with Aggregate Industries (AI), working to create, enhance and restore species-rich grasslands and woodlands in the Mendip area.