The Frome Valley is an important place for wildlife, because it provides a green corridor of freshwater habitats, woodlands, parks and open spaces cutting through the built-up areas in Bristol and the towns and farmlands of South Gloucestershire.
The valley has a range of animals, birds and plants, some of which are otherwise rarely seen so close to the city.

One of the last British populations of the endangered native white-clawed crayfish in the Bristol area was found in the river, but became extinct in 2008.

Birds that can be seen along the walkway include the kingfisher, dipper, treecreeper, house martin, grey wagtail, nuthatch and other more common species.

A number of species of bat are also found at dusk on the Frome, including common pipistrelle, Daubenton's bat and common noctule.

The plant life that can be seen, particularly at Huckford Quarry beneath the Winterbourne Viaduct, includes polypod ferns, hart's-tongue fern, stitchwort, yellow archangel, and wood anemone.
The Frome Valley is an important place for wildlife, because it provides a green corridor of freshwater habitats, woodlands, parks and open spaces cutting through the built-up areas in Bristol and the towns and farmlands of South Gloucestershire. The valley has a range of animals, birds and plants, some of which are otherwise rarely seen so close to the city.
One of the last British populations of the endangered native white-clawed crayfish in the Bristol area was found in the river, but became extinct in 2008.
Birds that can be seen along the walkway include the kingfisher, dipper, treecreeper, house martin, grey wagtail, nuthatch and other more common species.
A number of species of bat are also found at dusk on the Frome, including common pipistrelle, Daubenton's bat and common noctule.
The plant life that can be seen, particularly at Huckford Quarry beneath the Winterbourne Viaduct, includes polypod ferns, hart's-tongue fern, stitchwort, yellow archangel, and wood anemone.
Frome Valley Walkway