New Volunteer Accommodation at the Welsh Wildlife Centre
Thanks to funding from People’s Postcode Lottery and a very generous Wildlife Trust member we are now able to start work on a couple of cottages at the Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran. These cottages have remained dormant for a number of years and have been gradually deteriorating. So on the 4th December staff and volunteers
Great Strides Made for New Wildlife Centre at Tondu
Renovation of the Parc Slip Visitor Centre, Tondu is making good progress and many of you will remember that at our last update we were able to report that the roof was being removed in anticipation of the new first floor extension. The extension would not only double the area available for school groups, wildlife
Wonderful Day Out at the Welsh Wildlife Centre
There are some exciting new initiatives arriving at the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran in the next nine months. Last week we had an osprey platform installed on the marshes to encourage a visiting osprey to nest and in the next two weeks a large butterfly willow maze will be created on the meadow in
Nature reserve provides high rise accommodation for ospreys
Teifi Marshes, a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales in north Pembrokeshire, has a new addition to its site infrastructure. An artificial osprey nest has been erected within the centre of the marsh to help nesting and hopefully breeding opportunities for the osprey in this part of the country.
Ash Die Back
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales is very concerned about the spread of ash dieback and its impact on the natural environment. Confirmation that the disease has been discovered in Wales is clearly a cause of concern, if not a great surprise, given what we know about the disease’s spread in mainland
Liver fluke soars to disrupt bovine TB test results
Press release from the Badger Trust As MPs prepare to debate badger killing next Thursday (October 25th) two developments show how bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is rooted in cattle. · At least a fifth of cattle herds and possibly a half may be harbouring bovine tuberculosis (bTB) even after they are thought clear of infection, according
Birding Pair Migrate to Dream Island
Skokholm Island, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, gets two new wardens from January 2013. Recently the island’s owners (The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales) advertised for a new warden. The Trust was inundated with responses; however two in particular stood out. Partners Giselle and Richard applied for the role as a job share
