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Avon Wildlife Trust, the Glossary

The Avon Wildlife Trust aims to protect and promote wildlife in the area of the former county of Avon – now Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, in England.^[1]

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Ancient woodland

In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland).

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Ancient woodland

Ashton Court

Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Ashton Court

Avon (county)

Avon was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996.

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Bath and North East Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Bath and North East Somerset

Bathampton

Bathampton is a village and civil parish east of Bath, England on the south bank of the River Avon.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Bathampton

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Blake's Pools

Blake's Pools are a 4 hectare nature reserve owned by Environment Agency and leased by the Avon Wildlife Trust, on the banks of the Congresbury Yeo close to its mouth, near Kingston Seymour, Somerset, in South West England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Blake's Pools

Brandon Hill, Bristol

Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Brandon Hill, Bristol

Browne's Folly

Browne's Folly, or Brown's Folly, is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the English village of Bathford in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh (sometimes Farly) Down Stone Quarry and is managed as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT). Avon Wildlife Trust and Browne's Folly are bath and North East Somerset.

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Burledge Hill

Burledge Hill is on the southern edge of the village of Bishop Sutton, Somerset, England. Avon Wildlife Trust and Burledge Hill are bath and North East Somerset and environment of Somerset.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight.

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Charfield

Charfield is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, south-west of Wotton-under-Edge near the Little Avon River and the villages of Falfield and Cromhall.

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Chew Valley Lake

Chew Valley Lake is a reservoir in Chew Stoke, Chew Valley, Somerset, England. Avon Wildlife Trust and Chew Valley Lake are bath and North East Somerset.

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Clapton in Gordano

Clapton in Gordano is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Clapton in Gordano

Clapton Moor

Clapton Moor is a Avon Wildlife Trust nature reserve and part of the Gordano Valley, Clapton Moor, Middle Bridge and rhynes Site of Nature Conservation Interest in Somerset, England. Avon Wildlife Trust and Clapton Moor are north Somerset.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Clapton Moor

Cleeve Heronry

Cleeve Heronry is a heronry in a woodland near the village of Cleeve in North Somerset.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Cleeve Heronry

Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, the common spotted orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Dolebury Warren

Dolebury Warren (also known as Dolebury Camp) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Dolebury Warren

Eurasian skylark

The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird in the lark family, Alaudidae.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Eurasian skylark

European Green Capital Award

The European Green Capital Award (EGCA) is an award given by the European Commission each year to a European city based on its environmental record.

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Folly Farm, Somerset

Folly Farm is a traditionally managed working farm and nature reserve run by the Avon Wildlife Trust. Avon Wildlife Trust and Folly Farm, Somerset are bath and North East Somerset.

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Goblin Combe

Goblin Combe is a dry valley in North Somerset which stretches for approximately 3½ km from Redhill, near Bristol International Airport on the A38, through to Cleeve on the A370.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Goblin Combe

Gordano Valley

Gordano (or the Gordano Valley) is an area of North Somerset, in England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Gordano Valley

Great spotted woodpecker

The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Great spotted woodpecker

Greater horseshoe bat

The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Jackdaw

Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus Coloeus closely related to, but generally smaller than, crows and ravens (Corvus).

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Kingston Seymour

Kingston Seymour is a small village and civil parish with royal status in Somerset, England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Kingston Seymour

Lawrence Weston, Bristol

Lawrence Weston is a post-war housing estate in northwest Bristol, England, between Henbury and Shirehampton.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Lawrence Weston, Bristol

Littleton-upon-Severn

Littleton-upon-Severn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aust, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, near the mouth of the River Severn and is located to the west of Thornbury.

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Lower Woods

Lower Woods is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1966 and renotified in 1985. Avon Wildlife Trust and Lower Woods are south Gloucestershire District.

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Max Bog

Max Bog is a 10.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Somerset, notified in 1988.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Max Bog

Meadow

A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Meadow

National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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North Somerset

North Somerset is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and North Somerset

Northern lapwing

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Northern lapwing

Old World sparrow

Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Old World sparrow

Portbury Ashlands

Portbury Ashlands which is now known as Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve is a nature reserve between Portishead and the Royal Portbury Dock in Somerset, England. Avon Wildlife Trust and Portbury Ashlands are north Somerset.

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Purn Hill

Purn Hill is a 6.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Bleadon, Somerset, notified in 1990.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Purn Hill

Puxton Moor

Puxton Moor is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the North Somerset Levels, near Puxton, North Somerset, notified in 1994.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Puxton Moor

Reed bed

A reedbed or reed bed is a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Reed bed

Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Severn Estuary

The Severn Estuary (Aber Hafren) is the estuary of the River Severn, flowing into the Bristol Channel between South West England (from North Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire) and South Wales (from Cardiff, Newport to Monmouthshire).

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Avon Wildlife Trust and South Gloucestershire are south Gloucestershire District.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and South Gloucestershire

South West of England Regional Development Agency

The South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) was one of the nine Regional Development Agencies set up by the United Kingdom government in 1999.

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St Werburghs

St.

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Starling

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae, common name of Sturnid.

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Stockwood

Stockwood is a residential area and council ward in south Bristol, between Whitchurch and Brislington, and west of the Somerset town of Keynsham.

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The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and The Wildlife Trusts

Walton Common

Walton Common is a 25.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Walton in Gordano, North Somerset, notified in 1991.

See Avon Wildlife Trust and Walton Common