Donald Sutherland
About our work
Protect and restore
Somerset Wildlife Trust works to protect and restore wildlife on our own nature reserves and in the wider landscape. We do this through developing the counties key landscapes through work on our own reserves and working with neighbouring landowners and other key Somerset people and organisations.
Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), Suffolk, UK. Male on burned and rotting log in garden. Controlled situation. - Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Nature Recovery
We need to create a Nature Recovery Network that extends into every part of our towns, cities and countryside, bringing wildlife and the benefits of a healthy natural world into every part of life.
Greenfinch - Gillian Day
Our people
Find out more about our Trustees and employed staff here at Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Amy Lewis
Team Wilder
Bringing about the change that nature needs. Together. We need your help to tip the balance in nature's favour. We need you to join Team Wilder - people taking action for nature across the county that they care about.
We have over 50 years experience and invaluable help from volunteers, members and supporters but despite that, nature is still declining.
WildNet - Amy Lewis
Campaigning for nature
We campaign for a wilder future, where everyone can benefit from and enjoy wildlife near them.
7-spot ladybird © Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
Our projects
We are involved in lots of projects across the county focussing on various areas from Nature and Habitat and Citizen Science projects to Team Wilder initiatives.
WildNet - Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
Somerset State of Nature
The first Somerset State of Nature report 2023 provides an important benchmark of how wildlife is faring across our county.
Somerset Wildlife Trust's first ‘wilded’ site
When we look at taking a wilding approach, we are aiming to restore natural processes, including restoring missing species, and to see what species and habitats form. This is in contrast to the traditional conservation approach where an outcome is pre-determined and land is managed to achieve this. Find out more about Honeygar, our first 'Wilding' site on the Somerset Levels and Moors.
Stream near Honeygar, Kirby Everett
Honeygar
Honeygar is located between the Trust’s Westhay Moor NNR, Westhay Heath and Catcott nature reserves in the Avalon Marshes, one of the largest and most important wetland areas in the UK.
As the Trust's first ‘wilded’ site - Honeygar will be managed very differently to our nature reserves and is a major project for the Trust, which will happen over many years.
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