Brecknock Nature Reserves Update August 2023
It's been a busy summer for our Brecknock team with lots of work on balsam and bracken!
It's been a busy summer for our Brecknock team with lots of work on balsam and bracken!
The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.
Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.
This distinctive bug is often seen basking on low-growing plants in spring and summer.
Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!
Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
A tribute to a dear volunteer and friend of WTSWW.
Dowrog Common Nature Reserve has received funding through the EU funded LIFE project called Quaking Bogs.
WTSWW Brecknock has been working in partnership with Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust on the Green Connections Powys project throughout Powys for the last two years.…
This is a predominantly subtidal species but can be found on the lowest parts of a sheltered rocky shore in summer.