Broad-leaved dock
Broad-leaved dock is well-known to most of us as the remedy for Stinging nettle irritations. Often considered a 'weed', it can be found next to water or on disturbed ground almost…
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Chwilio
Mini-beast Safari
Join us Wednesday mornings during the school summer holidays for a safari around the nature reserve. Hunt for mini-beasts in the leaf litter and visit the meadows to find out who eats who and…
Blaenant y Gwyddyl, Glyneath, Neath, Port Talbot
Ancient upland Oak woodland, stream, and waterfalls.
Melincwrt Waterfalls Nature Reserve
Ancient upland Oak woodland, stream, and waterfalls.
Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
Flowering rush
Flowering rush is a pretty rush-like plant of shallow wetland habitats, such as ponds, canals and ditches. Its cup-shaped, pink flowers appear in summer, brightening up the water's edge.
Together for dawn chorus
The alarm clock rings. It’s 430 am. Time to get up. The dog knows it’s early and until I put on my walking boots he doesn’t stir.
Common backswimmer
The fearsome common backswimmer hunts insects, tadpoles and fish. It uses its oar-like legs to swim upside-down under the water's surface where unsuspecting prey can be found.
Cwm Clettwr, Tre’r-ddôl, Ceredigion
The reserve can be divided into two principal areas, a large area of regenerating broadleaf woodland with heath pockets, and the section of more mature broadleaf woodland that is notified SSSI.…
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
Peel Wood
Secondary broadleaved woodland within a disused limestone quarry.
Prior’s Wood and Meadow
Secondary mixed deciduous and wet woodland and lowland meadow.