The Wildlife of the Avalon Marshes

Alison Uren moved to Somerset in 2021, with her husband Mike, and immediately started volunteering for the RSPB, Butterfly Conservation and Somerset Wildlife Trust. She has always been passionately interested in wildlife and conservation and after a career as a professional musician, decide to devote her retirement to helping the natural world. At RSPB Ham Wall, she leads guided walks and undertakes surveys of bird species, tramping around the reserves at 5am monitoring bittern in March and April.

In this talk Alison is celebrating the wonderful wildlife which thrives on the nature reserves in the heart of Somerset. and will be basing the talk on her recently published book, “The Wildlife of the Avalon Marshes,”. She will give a short history of how the reserves came to be created and then describe the creatures on the Marshes month by month throughout the year including bitterns, marsh harriers, emperor dragonflies and otters. The talk will include amazing photos and videos by some of the local photographers who contributed their work to the book.

Copies of Alison’s book will be available to purchase after the talk for the discount price of £20, with all profits going to the RSPB.

Booking opens to member on Friday 27 November 2026. Seats are free to members.

Booking opens to the public on Monday 30 November 2026. Seats are £5.