Day 20 Feed Bristol

Feed Bristol is Avon Wildlife Trust's exciting new food growing project on 7 acres of beautiful land buzzing with wildlife in Stapleton, Bristol. It's a great place to discover how to grow food whilst getting close to nature. Today is one of their regular communal growing days where you can get the chance to learn some new skills and explore the site. Volunteers are welcome from 11 - 4 and all ages are welcome. See if you can find the giant badger, go for a walk along the woodland trail and discover the bird hide hidden in an apple tree. The pollination corridors are a haven for butterflies and bees, deer live in the woods and bats roost in the old barn.The site has full facilities and Matt, the project leader will make you feel very welcome. The best thing is that everyone who gets involved can take some fresh, tasty organic, food home with them too.

You can email or phone 0117 9177270 to confirm your visit or find out more.

Day 19 Willsbridge Mill

Willsbridge Mill is a beautiful wooded river valley situated between Bristol and Bath. It's a great place for a walk, take some paper and a thick crayon so you can do some brass rubbings along the heritage trail which takes you around the valley.

Before you go though 'Unlock the Mystery of Willsbridge Mill' on our interactive website and find out about it's industrial past and take a look at Mike Dimery's wildlife diary to get a taste of what you might see on your visit. If you have a close look around the wildlife pond you might even be able to find some empty skin cases of the dragonfly nymphs that have crawled up the iris's before climbing out of their skin, spreading their wings and flying off as adults.

Dragonfly nymphs are predators of the pond, eating many of the small invertebrates that also inhabit this aquatic environment. Some species spend up to five years living in the water, shredding their skin several times as they grow. They are pretty ugly looking creatures too. take a look here.