• Volunteer Tree Planting

    Hen Lane NFM scheme Regil near Winford, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) are seeking volunteers to assist with planting trees near Winford. Over the past several months, BART has developed a tree planting strategy that will benefit rivers, streams and wildlife by planting the right trees in the right place. The trees planted for this particular scheme will complement a natural flood management scheme which will help intercept the flow…

  • Land Yeo WaterBlitz

    Moorend Spout Nature Reserve Nailsea, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Help BART and Avon Wildlife Trust gain a snapshot of water quality in the Land Yeo catchment. The citizen science event is our first in the catchment and needs river guardians to collect samples from their local watercourse to help monitor the health of our rivers and streams.* The Land Yeo rises on Dundry Hill…

  • Bristol Avon WaterBlitz 2021

    The Bristol Avon WaterBlitz returns this July, and it's bigger than ever! BART is encouraging as many citizen scientists as possible to get out to their local watercourse and sample it for water quality to help monitor the health of our rivers and streams. Please sign up here and request the number of kits you require…

  • River Clean: Brislington Brook

    Brislington Brook

    Join other volunteers to #treasureyourriver this summer and help BART and Sustainable Hive collect 90 tonnes of litter from our rivers. Treasure Your River is preventing river litter across the UK. The rivers at the heart of our cities flow to the sea, and take with them all the littARRR that is swept, dropped and…