Download your free Big Count 2022 pack as part of the Great Somerset Wildlife Count.

Download your free Big Count 2023 pack as part of the Great Somerset Wildlife Count.

Download your free pack for The Big Count 2025 as part of the Great Somerset Wildlife Count.

With an estimated 124,500 gardens in Somerset, covering 19 square kilometres of the county, these spaces have huge potential for nature. If we all gave a little bit more space for wildlife within our gardens, just image how much habitat we would create overall for nature. Gardens can also help us buffer the impacts of surface flooding, pollution run off, create cooler climates around our homes and are fantastic for our health and well being!

We're on a mission to help everyone in Somerset who looks after a garden to give more space to wildlife, here you'll find tips and downloads and ways to connect with others.

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.

Run for Wildlife at this night run organised by Channel Events. High up on Brean Down with dramatic views across the Bristol Channel, you'll even run through the fort! Choose from the 5k or 10k distances and raise funds in aid of Somerset Wildlife Trust.

Run for Wildlife at this night run organised by Channel Events. High up on Brean Down with dramatic views across the Bristol Channel, you'll even run through the fort! Choose from the 5k or 10k distances and raise funds in aid of Somerset Wildlife Trust.