Family events, walks, talks and training. There are lots of interesting events taking place in or around the Avalon Marshes. Our events page has lots to offer whatever your age, interest or expertise.
Spring is almost here, the days are longer, the birds are singing and the trees are budding. Why not dust off your walking boots or wellies and explore the Avalon Marshes to see what wildlife you can spot?
The Avalon Marshes is a landscape of rich resources, not of coal and iron but of food, peat and water. These give the marshes their special character and have left a wonderful legacy of history and archaeology.
The Avalon Marshes is a very special place to see and enjoy wildlife whatever time of year you visit. There are four National Nature Reserves and lots of other areas teeming with wetland wildlife.
Catch up with some of Spring’s earliest arrivals such as Sand Martins and warblers, and hear the first of the booming Bitterns on Shapwick Heath’s annual Spring Bird Walk, accompanied by staff and volunteers with expert bird knowledge to help you with… Read more…
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With fifty male booming bitterns recorded last year, the Avalon Marshes is one of the best places in the country to find this shy and elusive bird. Join us on an early morning walk to come and listen to the… Read more…
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Join us along the Discovery Trail at the Ashcott Road end of our reserve to hunt for mini-beasts in the woods, have a go at pond-dipping and get bird-spotting tips in the Tower Hide overlooking the reedbeds of Meare Heath…. Read more…
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