A bold new project to boost nature’s recovery - Avon Wildlife Trust

Avon Wildlife Trust has acquired a 44-hectare former dairy farm on the North Somerset Levels and Moors.

Thanks to support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Avon Wildlife Trust is taking on one of its largest projects to date, with a vision to turn Ebdon Farm into a haven for biodiversity by letting nature take the lead.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has acquired the farm on behalf of Avon Wildlife Trust and provided a two-year window to allow time for the Trust to raise funds to take ownership over the long-term.

The Trust has received long-standing support from Peter Lord CBE, animator, director, producer and co-founder of award-winning Aardman Animations. Peter has been a member and supporter of Avon Wildlife Trust for more than 20 years and has donated generously towards the charity’s ambitions to purchase new land for nature.

The Ebdon Farm project has been supported with development funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to allow the project to progress its plans to apply for a full grant of £4.25million at a later date. This will enable the Trust to discover more about the habitats and wildlife on the farm, and to liaise with the local community about what makes this location special and what would make a good community resource in the future.