E-newsletter
Each month we produce an e-newsletter in which we update our members about some of the work we are doing across south and west Wales. Excerpts from our e-newsletter can be found below.
- Star of Coast to Talk at Unknown Wales Conference
Miranda Krestovnikoff, the presenter from Coast, will be our star presenter at our Unknown Wales conference this Saturday. Miranda has a long and creditable career in wildlife film making, securing a role in the BBC Wildlife History Unit even before she h... - No Email Access Please bear with us as we currently have no server, this has meant that we have no access to emails, server or printers in our offices. If you need to get in touch urgently please contact us via telephone on either 01656 724100 (Tondu offices) or 01239 62...
- Fences and Footpaths in Ceredigion
This month has been more constructive than usual with lots of fence building and footpath work.
We’ve been to Coed Maidie B Goddard for a few days to do some footpath work. We used the timber cut in the winter while we were thinning to create some more... - Welsh Government consults on better protection for Welsh seas
On 19th April, the Welsh Government launched a new consultation on Marine Conservation Zones in Welsh inshore waters which will run until 31st July. The consultation is the first in a series that seeks to collect views and information on the potential si... - Mumbles Wales Coastal Path Celebration
About two dozen members of the Bridgend Group of the Wildlife Trust met at Bracelet Bay, Mumbles, on Saturday 7th May to walk a small section of the round-Wales Coast Path on its inauguration day.
This was in unintended competition to local ramblers, S... - Cotoneaster - A Wildlife Goodie or Baddie?
We’ve spent several days this month down at Port Eynon Point where we have been managing the spread of cotoneaster. Cotoneaster is the genus of woody plants in the Rose family, Rosaceae. Cotoneaster is a non-native of the UK however it is a very popular g... - Pembrey Primary School visits Ffrwd Farm Mire
It was all hands on deck on a damp day in April when young people from the Prince’s Trust hosted children from Pembrey Primary School at Ffrwd Farm Mire, where the Prince’s Trust team been working hard to improve the visitor access facilities. The teenage... - Creating a Wild Home in Coed y Bedw
Thanks to support from Environment Wales and Biffaward, the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) has been able to secure a grant to help benefit their beautiful woodland nature reserve Coed Y Bedw.
Only 3km north of Cardiff, Coed Y Bedw is an... - Launching the Wales Coast Path
The new 870 mile Wales Coast Path was officially launched on 05 May 2012 with three flagship events in Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Flint. The Welsh Wildlife Trusts were at all three, with North Wales Wildlife Trust at Flint, Wildlife Trusts Wales in Cardiff,... - Why Vaccinate Badgers?
Since the last edition a few people have asked us about the rationale behind badger vaccination, so we thought this newsletter would be a good opportunity to look in a bit more detail at why the Wildlife Trusts support badger vaccination as an alternative...