Honeygar Rangers

Central to our efforts at Honeygar, our invaluable Honeygar Rangers have been pivotal in ongoing monitoring and conservation efforts. Their unwavering dedication has enabled us to conduct species surveys across a spectrum of taxa, from specialised sessions focused on fungi, plant gall, flies, moths, grasshoppers, and crickets to broader species surveys, hydrological monitoring and managing our Wilder Sensing project.

We are currently recruiting for more volunteers to join are existing team and continue to help us evidence change and nature's recovery at Honeygar. There are a range of tasks to get involved in:

Biotic surveys; Butterflies, bumblebees, moths, ditch invertebrates, dragonflies, birds, mammals, camera trapping, malaise traps, flies

Abiotic surveys; Water table depth (dipwells) and greenhouse gas monitoring

Other work; Litter picking, maintenance of monitoring equipment

The majority of tasks take place on a Monday, but this can be flexible depending on the task.

All the information collected will be used to inform our pioneering work at Honeygar and be fed into larger datasets held by the Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC) to evidence nature's recovery across the county. This is in addition to contributing to ongoing scientific reserve by academic institutions such as University of the West of England and the University of Bristol.

The most important thing we are looking for is people who are passionate about wildlife and the fantastic habitats of the Avalon Marshes. Honeygar is the most ambitious project SWT have taken on and we are looking for people who are dedicated, reliable and willing to learn, so we can achieve our goals for Honeygar and the rest of the County. Training will be provided by Joe and other volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering at Honeygar, please list your skills and experience when getting in touch. You don't need to be an expert, but knowing your experience and interests will help us to recruit a range of volunteers who can support with the many different surveys taking place!