YACWAG

YACWAG has made the decision that we will no longer be posting on this social media platform. We will continue to post on Instagram and Facebook, so please do look out for us there 💚🍃

@dantft @Steve4Yatton Thanks both - looking forward to continuing to work with you to push for real gains for nature in North Somerset. That would be a great legacy for our 25th year 💚

The City Nature Challenge starts today! ✨ Between 26 - 29 April, photograp and record as much local wildlife as you can. Simply download the @‌iNaturalistorg app, take a photo of the nature you spot, and upload. 📲 Find out more👇 bnhc.org.uk/city-nature-ch… #CityNatureChallenge

Spring is in the air! 🌱🌼 🐦🎶 Join Trevor and Mark for a bird walk on Saturday 16th March at Cadbury Hill. Booking essential, email birds@yacwag.org.uk if you plan to come along

All welcome tonight to this talk - Richard Croucher will be taking us on a virtual exploration of YACWAG's reserves and the wonderful wildlife making a home in them

Tomorrow will be the last evening of the 'Nature Is Our Neighbour' #WindowWanderland in Yatton and Congresbury. Check the map of participating wondows, take a walk or cycle and enjoy the creativity of our communities 💚 windowwanderland.com/event/yatton-a…

Head to Yatton to enjoy this amazing #WindowWanderland display created by @stpetershospice team 😍 There's still time to register and create your own #NatureIsOurNeighbour window before 15th Feb - households, businesses and community groups are taking part windowwanderland.com/event/yatton-a…

Planting #TreesForClimate at Cobthorn Reserve to create a wood pasture landscape for bats in the years ahead... always knew our volunteers were pretty speedy 💚🌳🦇

🪶Our home is their home🪶 Without #swift bricks there's no safe, permanent nesting habitat for swifts in the UK. ✍️Write to 💌Housing Minister Lee Rowley MP, DLUHC 4th Floor Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF asking him to #mandate swift bricks. #TheFeatherSpeech

A fantastic effort from the team of volunteers at YACWAG's Cobthorn Reserve this morning, planting 42 trees to mitigate climate change and improve the habitat for bats 🌳🦇💚 Thanks to @forestofavon for all the support

Don't miss this talk on Thurs 25th Jan from Gil Martin of @belmont_estate about how this regenerative family estate is helping people and businesses reconnect with nature and each other. Register to attend at bit.ly/3TeMefg

Come along to workshops in Yatton and Congresbury on Sat 6th Jan for tips, tricks and free materials to create your window display ahead of the Nature is Your Neighbour #WindowWanderland 15-17th Feb

🗓️ Dates for your 2024 diary! Whether talks, art and craft or practical conservation days are your thing, we've got something for you this winter 💚❄️

Amazing work by volunteers today at Congresbury station on the 🍓Line clearing annual scrub growth and checking bird boxes. 🫶❤️. Thanks @yacwag More dates to follow for anyone interested in helping

Find out more about amazing crickets and grasshoppers with Fred Giles at the Chapter House, St Mary’s Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH on Thursday 9th November at 7.30pm. Free to members, £3 non-members (children and students free). Refreshments. eventbrite.com/e/little-jumpe…

YACWAG celebrating #AppleDay at Kenn Moor Orchard, where traditional varieties of apple tree are thriving thanks to a team of volunteers keeping them watered over summer. Raking up was followed by apple cake and cider kindly provided by @thatchers_cider 🍎

Join YACWAG and expert Fred Giles for a fascinating introduction to 'Little Jumpers: British Crickets and Grasshoppers' on Thu 9th Nov at 7.30pm, Chapter House, St Mary's Church,Yatton. Free to members. Refreshments available. Book now via Eventbrite eventbrite.com/e/little-jumpe…

Dormouse walk this Sunday 24th September at Cleeve, book your place by email for further details 🐭

YACWAG has been involved in providing more info for visitors to the #StrawberryLine at Congresbury Station. Big thanks to Steve Rea, who has led the renovation project. More improvements are coming, including reedbed restoration and woodland management 💚

This wonderful Wasp Spider, a Mediterranean species that is spreading north with climate change, was spotted on a YACWAG reserve recently wrapping up a Meadow Brown butterfly