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Category: Wildlife

Posted on May 22, 2018

BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS RETURN TO RED BRICK BUILDING TO SHOWCASE NATION’S WILDLIFE AND RAISE VITAL FUNDS FOR SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST

BEHAVIOUR WINNER: Andrew Parkinson. 

2018 exhibition set to awe and inspire visitors with stunning images of Britain’s natural world – including one taken by local Somerset photographer. Full story: Read more

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Posted on May 16, 2018

LONGLEAT JOINS FORCES WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM TO BRING T. REX ROARING BACK TO LIFE

A stunning new interactive indoor exhibition, featuring a 13-metre-long life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex, roars into action at Longleat later this month. Running from May 24th to September 3rd, ‘T. rex: The Killer Question’ transports visitors back through time to come face to face with the fiercest dinosaur ever to have roamed the planet. Full story: Read more

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Posted on May 1, 2018

SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST REPORTS NEW RECORD FOR BITTERN ON ITS RESERVES

Bittern. Photo: Tim Stenton

Somerset Wildlife Trust are pleased to say that following its annual spring Bittern count, 11 booming Bittern males were recorded on their Westhay Moor, Westhay Heath and Catcott Nature Reserves  – the highest number since surveying on these sites began. Full story: Read more

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