and jackdaws on the increase within the area. In 2008 a successful bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund resulted in an award of £396,000 for the new 'Wildlife – it's all about us!' project which will offer a variety of ways for people to get active in their own neighbourhoods through talks, walks, and events, including wildlife gardening workshops and practical volunteering work. At its Portbury reserve, nearby residents pay a levy of £70 a year to the trust for the reserve's upkeep; this has generated some criticisms over the trust's transparency, with some residents saying that the trust has not told them what it spends the money on. Nature reserves Avon Wildlife Trust's newest nature reserve, Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock will see a 12-acre neglected former sports facility transformed into a wildlife haven of wildflower meadows, native woodland, hedgerows and ponds in time for Bristol as European Green Capital 2015. Once open, the plan is to use the new Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock Reserve to encourage people to create new homes for wildlife in their own gardens. The Nature Reserves include: (* = Reserves designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest) Avon Wildlife Trust also run Feed Bristol a wildlife-friendly food growing project. References External links The Wildlife Trusts partnership Bath and North East Somerset Organisations based in Bristol Environment of Bristol Environment of Somerset North Somerset South Gloucestershire District Wildlife Trusts of England Environment of Gloucestershire 1981 establishments in England