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A wildlife walk & bird photo guide for Sharpness’s canal, dock & Severn area

Being next to the Severn Estuary and on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, the Sharpness Docks area is honoured to be home to a wide range of bird species. Other wildlife habitats are provided by the woods on the ...Read More

The accidental wetland gardens of Sharpness + inspiration for your garden from WWT

For a few years I have been observing how nature creeps into a concrete jungle - often spotted in unexpected places, not just the brownfield sites. Walking around the Sharpness docks last summer, a couple of new invasions caught my ...Read More

Chic and wild in Berkness – part two

I love wildflowers and there are hundreds of beautiful and intricate species growing in the UK. It is hard to choose favourites since there are so many fab ones. But two of my most favourite ones - for very different ...Read More

Chic and wild in Berkness – part one

Amber loves Sarah’s Field

I’m Amber and here I am at the grand age of 17. That is pretty old for a big dog, especially as I am half Alsatian. I am also a quarter greyhound and a quarter unknown. When I was ...Read More

Create your own nature journal of local wildlife

Now that summer is truly underway, there is a magnificent variety of wildlife to be seen all over the Berkeley Vale area. Wildflowers and insects, birds and trees, grasses and snails, and more. You may even spot furry mammals if ...Read More

Things to keep out of the water system

Living near internationally important wetlands, it is extra important for us all to take care to not pollute our environment. Not everything that goes out with the water can be washed away or removed before the water is recycled back ...Read More