Goodwick Moor – Local Places for Nature project update
The first stage of the project at Goodwick Moor has completed with the creation of a large area of open water and island.
The first stage of the project at Goodwick Moor has completed with the creation of a large area of open water and island.
Cors Goch is part of a lowland raised mire and is one of the last six large raised bogs in Wales. It is a notified SSSI and part of the Cors Goch Llanllwch NNR.
Despite its name, the common gull is not as common as some of our other gulls. It can be spotted breeding at the coast, but is also partial to sports fields, landfill sites and housing estates in…
This large sea slug is anything but dull!
As its name suggests, giant hogweed it a large umbellifer with distinctively ridged, hollow stems. An introduced species, it is an invasive weed of riverbanks, where it prevents native species…
This large, brown beetle can be seen swarming around streetlights in spring. They live underground as larvae for years and emerge as adults often in large numbers. Listen for their characteristic…
Reed sweet-grass is a towering grass with large, loose flower heads that can be found on marshy ground near rivers, streams and ponds. It can become invasive, but does shelter various aquatic…
The UK hosts a small, but important, breeding population of ruff. The ruff is a large sandpiper that is so-called due to the large ruff of feathers around the males' neck. This is used in a…