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Press Release Portishead Salt Marshes Day 2022

Come and celebrate our salt marshes at Portishead Salt Marshes Day 2022! Salt marshes are really important habitats and Portishead can boast two, one at Battery Point and the other at Portbury Wharf.  Sites of Special Scientific Interest… Read More

Hinkley Connection Update April to September 2022

This update relates to work to be carried out between April and September 2022 and is released by the  National Grid Hinkley Connection Project : This overview is also available on the news section of the Hinkley Connection website, which includes images… Read More

Roe buck escaping

Early on a December morning

Early on a December morning a buck and doe were quietly browsing on the salt marsh.  But then a man and his dog walked along the edge of the salt marsh and disturbed them.  The dog spotted the… Read More

Adoption of the nature reserve

Our statement re the adoption of the nature reserve The Friends of Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve broadly welcome North Somerset Council’s (NSC) adoption of Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve. We have been waiting a long time for the transfer… Read More

Goldeneyes

Two Goldeneye ducks appeared on the reserve this last weekend. They were seen on Saturday and were on the big North Pool when we started the monthly monitoring count on Sunday, but then moved to the South Pool… Read More