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Wild privet

Wild privet is a shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and scrub, but is also a popular garden-hedge plant. It has white flowers in summer and matt-black berries in winter that are very poisonous.

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Cystadleuaeth Farddoniaeth Geiriau GWYLLT

Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Natur De a Gorllewin Cymru yn trefnu cystadleuaeth farddoniaeth i ddathlu Diwrnod Barddoniaeth y Byd (21ain o Fawrth). Rydyn ni eisiau darllen popeth am yr hyn y mae natur yn ei olygu i chi, eich profiadau gyda natur, a pham mae natur yn bwysig. Mae croeso i geisiadau yn y Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg. Cyflwynwch eich cais i gael cyfle i ennill llyfr newydd Dan Rouse, 'The Children's Book of Birdwatching', yn ogystal â detholiad o lyfrau plant ysbrydoledig eraill. Bydd y gerdd fuddugol yn cael ei chyhoeddi ar ein gwefan ni, yn ogystal â chael sylw yn ein e-gylchlythyr misol, ac ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol.
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Winter Wildfowl Walks

Discover the beauty of winter wildfowl at Llangorse Lake! Join our guided walks this November through February and witness rare visitors like Pintail, Gadwall, and even elusive species. Led by…

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Green Connections Powys

Green Connections Powys is a collaborative Wildlife Trusts project across Powys working with community groups, small businesses, landowners and local councils to take action to address climate change and biodiversity loss and create a nature recovery network across the county.
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Sphagnum moss

Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…

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Information For 2025 Skomer Commercial Operators

Please see below information for current Commercial Operators on Skomer Island in 2025.

Please note that we are currently reviewing the scheme in time for the 2026 and aren't taking new Commercial Operators at the moment. If you have already booked a trip with paying guests for the first time in 2025, please contact skomer.vo@welshwildlife.org.
Habitat

Hedgerow

Hedgerows are one of our most easily encountered wildlife habitats, found lining roads, railways and footpaths, bordering fields and gardens and on the coast.

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How to build a pond

A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.

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Guillemot

Guillemots really know how to live life on the edge – quite literally! They nest tightly packed on steep ledges and cliffs around the coast. This may sound like a strange nesting spot, but it…

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How to do companion planting

Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.

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Quail

This tiny gamebird is rarely seen, but its distinctive "wet my lips" call can be heard ringing out over areas of farmland on summer evenings.