A boat with an orange sail crossing a harbour, with hillside houses behind and a flourishing plant in the foreground
Bristol’s city-centre harbour, where floating wetlands have been installed to encourage wildlife. Photograph: Sam Walker/WWT
Bristol’s city-centre harbour, where floating wetlands have been installed to encourage wildlife. Photograph: Sam Walker/WWT
Bristol aims to become UK’s first ‘wetland city’ and reduce flood risk

Five-year project will create wildlife corridors by building wetlands and increase access to green and blue spaces

Bristol could become home to the UK’s first “wetland city” thanks to a charity’s efforts to create vast wildlife corridors that will reduce flood risk and give people more access to green and blue spaces.