Cardiff projects April update
It’s been a productive few months for the Stand for Nature Cardiff forum! The nest box scheme at Forest Farm has been going really well, lots of the nest boxes are now in use and we’re hoping to…
It’s been a productive few months for the Stand for Nature Cardiff forum! The nest box scheme at Forest Farm has been going really well, lots of the nest boxes are now in use and we’re hoping to…
The loud 'peep-ing' call of an oystercatcher is a recognisable and familiar sound of the seashore. Look out for it hunting on rocky and muddy shores for shellfish to eat. It can also be…
A stocky, little sandpiper, the knot can be spotted in estuaries from August onwards, migrating here from the Arctic where it breeds. Look out for it probing the muddy sand with its specialised…
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
At the end of Wales Nature Week 2021 this month we were continuing our engagement work through the My Wild Cardiff Project.
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
Elegant, airy woodlands of silver-barked birches found across the northern uplands. Often transient in feel, with scattered trees growing over the heathy field layer of the surrounding moorland,…
Over the past few months, our team at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) has continued the meticulous task of analysing photo identification photographs of bottlenose dolphins and…
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ (WTSWW) Nature Networks Fund (NNF) projects; Sentinels of the Sea and Connecting the Future have made a fantastic contribution in supporting the Trusts…
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ (WTSWW) Nature Networks Fund (NNF) projects; Sentinels of the Sea and Connecting the Future have made a fantastic contribution in supporting the Trust’s…
One of our most extensive habitats, moorlands cover huge areas in the uplands. Great expanses of unenclosed, wild-seeming land impart a sense of freedom and adventure, although the wide, open…