Wild flowers in a hedgerow

• the conservation of local wildlife
• promoting awareness and understanding of wildlife
• encouraging enjoyment of wildlife

Red Admiral butterfly

• meet socially to share information and plan activities
• carry out local conservation projects
• carry out local surveys of flora and fauna
• encourage landowners to conserve and improve habitats and to develop local nature reserves
• work with local authorities to promote nature conservation
• organise field trips in the Cam Valley and further afield
• assist local, national and international organisations with conservation work and surveys.

holding 30-40 events each year on a range of topics publishing a newsletter three or four times a year taking part in national bat monitoring programmes by counting numbers at breeding roosts carrying out a detailed survey of local plants as part of the Botanical Society of the British Isles' Atlas 2000 Project surveying the moths of local woodlands working with the Hawk and Owl Trust on local barn owl surveys and erected nest boxes advising owners of wildlife sites on best management for wildlife campaigning to reduce the impact to the Radstock regeneration project has on Radstock Railway Sidings, a nationally important wildlife site raising funds to help the Woodland Trust buy land at Greyfield Wood creating new habitat for the nationally scarce plant Fine-leaved Sandwort working with Bath and North-east Somerset Council to produce a Biodiversity Action Plan for the district

Enjoying wildlife can be acted on in many forms from photography and painting to viewing in your garden or on walks in the UK. Daily wildlife supporters can enjoy the abundance of life by adding Bird Owl Nest Box to trees in their gardens. Ducks, owls, birds, insects and small animals can have natural looking habitats in your garden to help attract them as well as wildlife cameras to monitor night activities.

We find it is important to maintain a balance in the gardens to that of what is found naturally within nature. To do this we prefer to only use sustainable products which are often hard to find. Faraway Furniture supply a great information sheet on the quality of the Teak which is available and worth considering before using Teak for anything in the natural environment.