‘New tropical house’ and ‘nomadic litterpickers’

30 November 2025

4. Wiltshire

Bristol Zoo Project Two toddlers are handling an item, which looks like a snake skeleton, in a zoo enclosure with sawdust on the floor with the help of two male zoo keepers in blue uniform, who are crouching down to the children's level

The frosty weather has created some stunning dawn scenes across the region this week, while at Bristol Zoo Project, the new tropical house is keeping the reptiles toasty warm.

Here is a selection of pictures from across the West in our weekly round-up.

Bristol

Beady-eyed: This Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko is part of Bristol Zoological Society’s breeding programme and can be seen in the new tropical habitat at the zoo.

Nick Potts/PA Wire A Bristol City footballer in white t-shirt and black shorts is about to kick the yellow football as a Wrexham player in red t-shirt and white shorts starts to tackle as he grabs the Bristol players t-shirt

A handful: Bristol City’s Sinclair Armstrong (L) is tackled by Wrexham’s Dominic Hyam before the Robins were defeated 2-0 on Wednesday.

Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Two young scouts stand either side of the painting The Rising Squall in an art gallery. The picture depicts a very grey, atmospheric, stormy day on the River Avon looking across towards a large stone building

Anniversary: Marking 250 years since the births of painters JMW Turner and John Constable, an exhibition at the Tate Britain, London, features The Rising Squall by Turner.

The picture features a former hot spring and spa in Bristol, as seen from the east bank of the River Avon before the Clifton Suspension Bridge was built.

Gloucestershire

Westonbirt Arboretum The silhouettes of a woman and a girl - perhaps in her early teens - who are wrapped up warm can be seen as they look at blue and green strobe lights beneath brown autumn trees.

Festive fun: Westonbirt Arboretum’s 15,000 trees have been illuminated by a rainbow of colours for this year’s light trail, which launched on Friday.

Four women stand up behind an older man and a teenage boy, both of whom are sat down. Everyone in the photograph is wearing blue and stood in front of a curtain and door at an awards ceremony.

Celebrating Gloucester: Businesses and residents described by Gloucester BID as “community champions and city heroes” were recognised at the Believe in Gloucester Awards evening on Thursday night.

Among the winners was Nick Broady, who took home the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his work as the former chairman of The Pied Piper Appeal, supporting sick and disabled children across Gloucestershire.

Weather Watchers/Space Walker A pink sunrise over a riverbank, slightly obscured by mist which is sitting atop the river. There are a few trees on the opposite bank.

Misty mornings: Despite the low temperatures, there has been beauty in the bitterly cold mornings, as seen here in Elmore.

Somerset

Getty Images Luke Littler is posing with a trophie as confetti rains down around him. He is smiling.

Celebrations: Darts player Luke Littler won the final against Nathan Aspinall during Day Three of the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals at Butlins Holiday Centre on 23 November in Minehead.

Weather Watchers/Mike Jefferies A view of Glastonbury Tor in the distance as the sun comes up behind the hill. The ground is white and frozen.

Winter wonderland: It’s beginning to look a lot like winter, as captured here in Glastonbury by BBC weather watcher Mike Jefferies.

Wiltshire

WeatherWatchers/CraigRich A close up image of a heavily frosted field with blades of grass sticking up. The background is blurred with the rising sun and the tree line visible.

Deep freeze: As temperatures plummeted at the start of the week, many found themselves waking up to a suitably festive blanket of frost, including WeatherWatcher CraigRich in Winterslow near Salisbury.

WeatherWatchers/Corvus A bright orange sunrise captured in Pewsey. The hillside in the foreground is completely in darkness with an electricity pylon highlighted by the cloudy orange sky beyond.

Fire in the sky: Colder temperatures often bring brighter skies at this time of year, but only rarely do we get such dramatic sunrises captured, such as this image sent in by Corvus of the Pewsey countryside.

The National Bargee Travellers Association A man in an orange hi-vis jacket and a woman in a winter jacket stand together on a canal footpath near Trowbridge. Both are holding a litter picking tool, while the man is supporting a tricycle contraption with boxes loaded behind the seat.

Litterpicking lark: A new litterpicking group has been launched in the west of the county to tackle the waste issue on canal towpaths.

The Kennet and Avon Nomadic Litterpickers group is made up of travelling boat dwellers, with the maiden event taking place last weekend in Trowbridge.