Hairy dragonfly
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
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Chwilio
Redshank
The redshank lives up to its name as it sports distinctive long, bright red legs! It feeds and breeds on marshes, mudflats, mires and saltmarshes. Look out for it posing on a fence post or rock.…
Green Flag flying at Parc Slip Nature Reserve for the 4th year!
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ (WTSWW) Parc Slip Nature Reserve named as one of the country’s best green spaces!
Parc Slip Earns Green Flag Award
We are very proud to announce that WTSWW’s Parc Slip reserve has recently been awarded The Green Flag Award for 2022/23
What's on at the Welsh Wildlife Centre this Easter
Find the perfect Easter event this April at the Welsh Wildlife Centre and Teifi Marshes.
Green Sandpiper
The green sandpiper is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, and is mainly seen on migration in autumn. Look out for it feeding around marshes, flooded gravel pits and rivers. It even likes sewage…
Developments of National Significance (DNS)
Applications for some large infrastructure projects are decided by Welsh Ministers instead of the local planning authority. These include energy projects, roads, railways and airports, dams and reservoirs and certain waste facilities, subject to various thresholds, and are called Developments of National Significance (DNS).
Lace up for nature -The Big Wild Walk returns!
Welsh TV star, Iolo Williams champions The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW)’s Big Wild Walk to raise funds for nature.
Trellwyn Fach in Pembrokeshire to benefit from The Wildlife Trusts’ Atlantic rainforest recovery programme.
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) will begin restoring lost Atlantic rainforest in Pembrokeshire thanks to a long-term partnership with Aviva.
Water voles return to the Thaw for the first time in 20 years
WTSWW in partnership with other conservation organisations in South Wales have been working to bring the UK’s fastest declining mammal back to the River Thaw.
Soft rush
As its name suggests, the smooth stems of soft rush are thinner and more flexible than those of hard rush. It forms tufts in wetland habitats like wet woodlands, marshes, ditches and grasslands.…
Summer at the Welsh Wildlife Centre
Join us for a fun-filled summer holiday at the Welsh Wildlife Centre. Take part in hands-on activities, enjoy the Teifi Marshes nature reserve, and learn about our wonderful Welsh Wildlife.