Wildlife

• News / avon wildlife trust

  Wild beavers living in Bristol region for first time in 400 years

  The sighting has been described as 'extremely significant'

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• Features / Housing

  Residents hit out at plans for 157 homes on south Bristol fields

  The Western Slopes are a ‘green lung’ between Knowle West, Headley Park and Bedminster Down

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• Features / Housing

  Fighting new housing proposed on one of south Bristol’s ‘green lungs’

  More than 500 houses could be built on the Western Slopes, impacting the area’s precious ecology

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• Features / Bristol Zoological Society

  Images of wild gorillas captured on camera for first time in more than ten years

  Bristol Zoological Society and UWE are leading the project on the critically endangered species

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• Film / David Attenborough

  David Attenborough in Bristol for exclusive, one-off screening

  And tickets are completely free

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• News / avon wildlife trust

  Vaccination programme could save thousands of badgers from being killed

  Avon Wildlife Trust says this is a viable alternative to culling wild animals

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• Art / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

  Snapshot: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, M Shed

  Hugely popular annual showcase of the world's best wildlife photography

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• Your say / Opinion

  ‘The gull is an animal that reflects habits I see in humans’

  Veterinary nurse Samuel Michael on why we should love Bristol's urban gulls

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