Bristol BioBlitz final tally!

The naturalists are back from searching the estate, the tally-team have been frantically adding up the final numbers and your ever faithful media team are standing by to bring you the information you’ve been waiting 30 hours for – on closing at 3pm on Saturday the grand total was … 569 species! This isn’t the [...]

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Grass hunting

Everywhere you look you can see grass, but did you know that there are thousands of different types of grasses here in the UK? In fact, hundreds of different types can be found on Ashton Court Estate!

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Macro montage

This video shows some of the smaller species found throughout the BioBlitz in a big way!

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Sweep spot

Conservation biologist Tom Selby talks us though sweep netting, banded snails and sawfly larvae.

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Why would you recommend BioBlitz?

Find out why you should come to the next event!

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Fun-guys

Sorry about the title, but it was going to happen sooner or later. We weren’t really expecting a plethora of fungi in the estate this weekend (late summer and autumn things will start to change) but whilst on an general search this afternoon BioBlitz naturalists came across some interesting species. One fairly common spring bracket [...]

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Tally Embargo

As we enter the last hour of Bristol BioBlitz 2009 the tension is mounting in the ID tent . In anticipation of the fast approaching 3pm finish, the powers that be are keeping the total tally a secret from all, including the honourable folk on the media team.

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The One Minute Interview

Who are you? I’m Joe McSorley – I work for the Avon Wildlife Trust. Why are you here? I really wanted to get involved by volunteering and helping with surveys and walks. I hoped to be able to to learn some things myself, as well as passing on some of my knowledge. What’s your favourite [...]

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The Ashton Court ponds

The ponds at Ashton Court aren’t exactly the stuff of legend, but there are still some interesting beasts to be found there – ones that can change from water-living gill breathers to fast-moving land predators ; ones that catch their prey with exploding jaws ; and ones that are relatives of the giant octopus… (that’s [...]

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The One Minute Interview

Who are you? Ivan Teage Why are you here? To look at fungi at the worst possible time of the year and to learn more about identifying the wildlife of Ashton Court. What’s your favourite find? The dryad’s sadde mushroom, which I’ll be having for dinner!

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