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Nature and Wellbeing group in Somerset

The work of the Somerset Local Nature Partnership’s Nature and Wellbeing group has been going from strength to strength since it formed in 2021.

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Celebrating our Wilder Coast

Somerset Wildlife Trust, along with Wildlife Trusts across the UK, are celebrating National Marine Week from the 22nd of July to 6th of August. Guest blogger Arthur Blackwood has more...

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Boom Time for Bitterns

If you are out and about on the Avalon Marshes nature reserves over the next few weeks and hear what sounds like a distant foghorn, then it may well be one of our resident bitterns.

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A proper Plan for Water or just a damp squib?

Government today published a new plan to ensure ‘clean and plentiful’ water – this means tackling sewage, farm pollution, and ensuring sustainable water supplies for society, while making sure…

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The legacy and future of the Local Area Groups

For almost as long as the Trust has been operating, we have had the support and enduring commitment from Local Area Groups. Here we explain the legacy and future of those groups as we move forward…

Damaged peatland landscape

Somerset’s Precious Peat

There is an estimated 11 million tonnes of carbon stored in Somerset’s lowland peat — but that carbon, and the peatlands themselves, are under threat.

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