This website is a central hub for all the postcode wildlife groups in Bristol, UK, the first of which was the BS3 Wildlife group. This group was born from the original, My Wild Bedminster project, which aimed to increase local biodiversity and raise people’s awareness of the wildlife around them. The group and project inspired other groups to be set up across the city.
All groups are run by volunteers and activities vary from group to group, and can include surveys of birds, butterflies and other animals, along with audits of parks and other green spaces, and the sharing of knowledge and wildlife sightings around Bristol.
The Wildlife Groups
We’re fortunate to have a number of organised groups focusing on wildlife within the Bristol area. The areas covered by our Postcode Based Wildlife groups are shaded orange in the map below.
BS3 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Bedminster, Southville, Bower Ashton, part of Totterdown, Windmill Hill
BS4 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Brislington, Knowle, Knowle West, St Anne’s, part of Totterdown
BS5 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Easton, St George, Redfield, Whitehall, Eastville, Speedwell, Greenbank, Barton Hill
BS6 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park
BS9 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Coombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym, Henleaze
BS10 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Henbury, Brentry, Southmead
BS11 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Avonmouth, Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston
BS13 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Bedminster Down, Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Headley Park
BS14 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Hengrove, Stockwood, Whitchurch
BS15 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Kingswood, Hanham
BS16 Wildlife
Neighbourhoods: Downend, Emersons Green, Fishponds, Frenchay, Pucklechurch, Staple Hill
Get Involved
There’s lots of ways to get involved – sharing and recording the wildlife you see, setting up a butterfly transect at your local park, or just spreading the word!
Sign up to Wildlife News – a regular newsletter with lots of information about wildlife events and sightings around the city. You can view previous editions of Wildlife News here. All editions have been complied and created by Ben Barker from MyWild Bedminster.
If you would like to receive copies of the Wildlife News email in future or would like to contribute to the next edition, please email Ben at mywildbedminster@virginmedia.com.
No wildlife group in your area? Why not set one up? We’d love to see a wildlife group in every postal district across Bristol!
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