The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

BBQ Summer Good for Native Wildlife

Lyndsey Maiden — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:38 +0000

Making charcoal is an ancient art which far precedes the traditional Welsh BBQ, in fact humans in Britain have been using charcoal for at least 4,000 years. It is because of this ancient history we have shaped our woodlands, creating glades and clearings in forests which allow flowers, butterflies and bees to flourish. Butterflies in [...]

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Water For Wildlife Jobs

Lyndsey Maiden — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:32 +0000

Two vacancies now open: Clearstreams Coordinator (CSC)Water for Wildlife Officer (WWO) Project Background: These two posts are part of the multi-partner ‘Clear Stream Swansea’ project and are designed to deliver practical on the ground action and improvements to several water bodies and catchments in and around the City and County of Swansea (CCS). Clear Streams [...]

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Colin’s Grove – a lasting legacy

Lyndsey Maiden — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:21:43 +0000

Three years ago a valued and committed volunteer with the Trust sadly died. His name was Colin Vyvyan and he was very much involved in our Lavernock Point Nature Reserve. Colin was a lover of wildlife, his particular passion was butterflies, which meant that his involvement with Lavernock Point was very special as there are [...]

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Lichens on Skokholm

Lyndsey Maiden — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:55:54 +0000

Two great weeks on Skokholm Island Stay on Skokholm Island for a week and don’t have to cook for yourself!Just relax and chill out for the week. A special week that is fully catered (three meals a day)Mon 29 July for a week (leaving Mon 5 August)Still some room available £375 per person including all [...]

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Making a World of Difference in Cardigan Bay

Lyndsey Maiden — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:33:25 +0000

My name is Nichaela Boxall and I am one of the lucky winners of Vodafone’s World of Difference funding; winning the chance to donate myself to Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) for four months to develop and run their education and activity room and get paid to do it! I first volunteered for CBMWC [...]

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Roadside Verge Reserves in Ceredigion

Lyndsey Maiden — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:25:01 +0000

A few days have been spent in Coed Maidie B Goddard. We’ve been improving the path in the woodland by building some more causeway from the wood we cut during the winter which will hopefully make it less muddy to walk through. We’ve also cleared some young blackthorn and straggly brambles from the meadow where [...]

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Refurbished Visitor Centre off to Flying Start

Lyndsey Maiden — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:44 +0000

Our newly refurbished visitor centre is off to a flying start with overwhelming support from the Trust’s Bridgend Group. Over 70 members at the group’s monthly meeting , held at the centre’s Discovery Room, agreed to hold all future indoor meetings there, ending a long association with the Ogmore Labour Club. The change of venue [...]

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Making Steps at Melincwrt

Rose Revera — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:24:42 +0000

Spring is finally here and with it a complete change of work programme for us. With our winter work completed in March before the bird breeding season starts, April can be a bit of a slow month while we’re waiting for the footpaths to become overgrown and need our attention. However we managed to find [...]

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Volunteer Evening at The Welsh Wildlife Centre

Lyndsey Maiden — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:29:58 +0000

Tuesday 21st May 2013 between 5.30-7.00pm. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help with Events throughout the year and to assist in the Visitor Centre at weekends.The annual events programme, which is integral to supporting the work of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, is dependent upon the valuable contributions of volunteers. [...]

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Signs of spring: the Bluebell

Lyndsey Maiden — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:08:55 +0000

Few sights and smells can be as characteristic of a Welsh spring season as a broadleaf woodland carpeted with bluebells and the heady scent that rises from them in the warmth of a fine day. Amongst the most widely recognised of our native flora, the bluebell is an indicator of ancient woodland- principally occurring in [...]

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