Vale Nature Partnership
@valelnp.bsky.social
Bringing people and communities together to take action for nature in the Vale of Glamorgan Part of the @LNPCymru network
🌙🦇 Celebrate International Bat Night (29-30 Aug)! The Vale of Glamorgan is home to some incredible bat species, including pipistrelles and lesser horseshoe bats. Watch for them at dusk as they emerge to feed. #ValeNature #TheGlamorganAndBridgendBatGroup
🐝 Places are still available on our free BeeWalk Training session with the @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social. Learn how to monitor bumblebees, contribute to citizen science, and help support nature recovery. Don't miss out! 🎟️ Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beewalk-tr...
Beewalk Training
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Tom Bucher-Flynn from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to learn the fascinating world of bumblebees.
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🐝BeeWalk Training 🐝 Join our BeeWalk Training and learn how to monitor bumblebees as part of the UK's national BeeWalk survey scheme. Perfect for anyone who enjoyed our Bee ID Walk webinar! 🎟️ Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beewalk-tr... #Bumblebees #NatureRecovery #ValeNature 🐝
Beewalk Training
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Tom Bucher-Flynn from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to learn the fascinating world of bumblebees.
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🌿📚 Looking for your next nature read? The 2026 shortlist has been announced, celebrating outstanding nature and conservation writing. Local libraries are stocking the shortlisted titles, making it easy to discover inspiring stories about the natural world. wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
Shortlist 2026 - Wainwright Prize
Shortlists Announced From powerful conservation writing and breathtaking illustrated books to unforgettable stories for young readers, we’re delighted to reveal the 2026 Wainwright Prize Shortlists. ...
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🐝 Curious about bumblebees? Join our online Bumblebee ID & BeeWalk Training webinar with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Learn to identify common species and contribute to vital pollinator monitoring. No experience needed! 🌼 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bumblebee-...
Bumblebee ID and Beewalk Training online webinar
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Bumblebee Conservation Trust for this online webinar introducing the fascinating world of bumblebees..
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🦋 Introduction to Wildlife Recording – free webinar! Wed 17 June, 18:30 (online) New to recording or want more confidence? Learn the basics and how your sightings make a difference. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
Introduction to Wildlife Recording session
Join Vale LNP in partnership with SEWBReC for this online webinar on an introduction to wildlife recording.
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🌿 It’s #VolunteersWeek 💚 A big thank you to everyone supporting nature across the Vale! From volunteers to our amazing community groups, your dedication helps care for nature and local green spaces. 🐝 Sign up to our newsletter for volunteering opportunities 👇 www.valenature.org/contact
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Contact the Vale Nature Partnership via email, social media or sign up to out mailing list.
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Spot the difference! April 2018 to today shows what one little community group can do. With support from amazing volunteers, TFW and @valelnp.bsky.social PS it’s not just ox-eye daisies but they do look stunning.
🌿 So much happening for nature in the Vale! Find walks, wildlife events & more 👉 www.valenature.org/events 🌱 Hosting an event? Add it to our site and reach more people 💚 #ValeNature #GetOutside #NatureEvents
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Events from the Vale Nature Partnership - join us to learn more about nature in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Join myself and the @valelnp.bsky.social this Friday (29th May) as we explore the coastline around Aberthaw on the hunt for the scarce darkling beetle Helops caeruleus. For further info and booking, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...
Join us this Friday 29th May for a free guided evening meadow walk around Grange Farm in Peterson-Super-Ely! Not to be missed! Book your free place on the booking link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meadow-wal...
Meadow Walk: St Brides-super-Ely
Join the Vale, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot Meadows Group for an explore around 100 acres of stunning meadow in St-Brides-super-Ely.
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🌍 International Biodiversity Day – 22 May Celebrate the amazing wildlife and habitats across the Vale of Glamorgan 🌿 🐝Nature supports us all, but it needs our help. 💚 Let’s protect it by creating wildlife-friendly spaces, supporting conservation, and caring for our local environment.
Join us at Cosmeston Lakes for a FREE guided bird walk this half term! 🐦🌿 Explore wildlife, try citizen science & take home a free DIY bird box 🏡 📅 Sat 30 May, 10–12 📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park Spaces limited – book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir...
Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Join the Vale LNP and Nature on Your Doorstep for a guided bird walk and to showcase the recent addition of the Bird Hide
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Happy World Migratory Bird Day! 🐦 This year #WorldMigratoryBirdDay is highlighting the importance of citizen science in ensuring 'Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!' to help safeguard migratory birds as they make their long journeys to Wales and beyond 🪶
May is a special month for UK bumblebees 💛 👑 Some of these rare and less common queens will emerge from hibernation. Already active queens will produce their first daughters – the workers. 🎱 For the Big Eight, some queens will produce their first workers while others will welcome new males.
Are you passionate about the Peacock? Smitten by Skippers? Maybe you have a soft spot for the Small White 🦋 The countdown is on to find the nation's favourite butterfly! Get ready to vote for your favourite from 15 May - 7 June. Who will be crowned Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 👑
Penblwydd Hapus Sir David Attenborough!🎉 Your remarkable work has inspired @valelnp.bsky.social and countless others to take action for nature and help protect biodiversity for future generations Your voice has shown us not only the beauty of nature, but the importance of safeguarding it 🪶
🌳This #NationalHedgerowWeek is the perfect time to celebrate one of our unsung heroes. Hedges support wildlife, capture carbon and connect our landscapes together protecting these vital green corridors Check out @thetreecouncil.bsky.social for more inspiration: treecouncil.org.uk/season.../na...
National Hedgerow Week
National Hedgerow Week is a time to celebrate hedgerows, the often-unsung heroes of the British countryside that form the UK’s largest wildlife habitat.
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This #HedgehogWeek help take action with the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social Hedgehog Pledge by keeping our green spaces wild to provide food and shelter for our 🦔 friends
Seen today on my local patch in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales: Black oil beetle, Beadlet anemone, Fox moth caterpillar, Alexanders full of life. @valelnp.bsky.social such a special place.
🌳 Orchard Care & Pruning Course - Friday 13 March, 10:00 🍏 Join the Vale Local Nature Partnership and The Orchard Project for a hands‑on session to learn orchard management and pruning skills. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchard-ca... #ValeNature #OrchardCare
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We have two events in March. 8th March 2pm Litter Pick meeting behind Tesco and this event on Sun 22nd March. @valelnp.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Wildwood Ecology, Restore the Thaw volunteers, and the VoGC Countryside Rangers for amazing work at Readers Way Pond, Rhoose.
🌳Join us in planting a new hedgerow in Buttrills Playing Fields, Barry to improve biodiversity and connectivity for wildlife 🐾 All tools will be provided and all welcome! Friday 13 February, 10am onwards Buttrills Playing Fields, North Walk, Barry, CF62 8FJ what3words.com/blank.songs....
🐦 Free Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes! Celebrate the #BigGardenBirdwatch with us 🕙 Sat 24 Jan, 10am–12pm. Free bird boxes (first come, first served)! Book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir... #ValeNature #LocalPlacesforNature #LNPCymru #NatureNeighbours
Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Join the Vale LNP and Nature on Your Doorstep for a bird walk and to showcase the recent edition of the Bird Hide
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🌱 New Year, New Nature! Make 2026 the year you help wildlife thrive. Get a Nature Recording Starter Pack or Habitat Creation Package from @valelnp.bsky.social – perfect for creating spaces for hedgehogs, bats, birds & more! 👉 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB... #ValeNature
Interested in learning practical skills in hedgelaying and how this helps biodiversity? 🌳🐾 We have limited spaces this weekend to join our 1 day hedgelaying course in Llantwit Major, choose from either Fri 5 or Sat 6 Dec, 10-3pm More info and to book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...
Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.O...
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Over the past couple of years, we’ve been working with Vale of Glamorgan Council, Penarth Tree Forum, St Cyres Primary students, and local residents to make St Cyres Park a better place for nature and people. Together we’ve:
Seed sowing at Chickenwood! Join us at Chickenwood this Friday to sow native wildflower seeds to create new meadow areas in the park Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome! Friday 28 November, 11am Meet at community noticeboard: what3words.com/vest.crisis.... #ValeNature
