🐝 What's buzzing through Margam? Join us Wed 5 Aug for a guided pollinator walk at Margam Country Park. Discover bees, butterflies, hoverflies & other fascinating insects, learn how to identify them, and explore why they're so important. 🕙 10–12 | 🕐 1–3 🎟️ Free 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GMMH
Buzzing Through Margam: A Pollinator Walk
Join entomologist Liam Olds for a guided walk through Margam Country Park, exploring the rich diversity of pollinators that thrive in this...
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Couple of hours at Cors Fochno with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social , Black Darter, Black Tailed Skimmer, a few Gatekeeper, Common Blue, then onto Dyfi to watch the Ospreys. YL Gull at Pencarreg on the way back.
Sometimes the butterfly gods smile down on you... A bilateral gynandromorph Common Blue at Grafton Wood, Worcs 1/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
📣#recordofthemonth is the true bug Metopoplax fuscinervis 📣 ‼️This is the first record of this species in Wales, found and recorded by Liam Olds 📸of Glo i Natur CIC at the The National Botanic Garden of Wales annual Bioblitz Festival ‼️ @bispowys.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk
10 mins in the garden after work, 7 Gatekeeper, 3 Small Tort, singles of Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, Large White, Common Blue, Red Admiral.
🌸🐝 Buzzing Through Margam: A Pollinator Walk Join Glo i Natur CIC for a guided walk through Margam Country Park to discover the fascinating world of pollinators. 📅 5th Aug 🕙 10–12 | 🕐 1–3 🎟️ Free (booking essential) 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GMMH #Pollinators #GloiNatur #Margam #NeathPortTalbot
I spent an amazing day out on a West Coast Pelagic on Friday and was very lucky to observe a total of 9 Wilson's Storm Petrels. #birds #birdingwales #wildlife #westcoastpelagic
We have received a brilliant guest blog post from @tombedford.bsky.social on his Lye Valley #patchbirding escapades, deep into Oxford. Why not head over to the blog now and have a read? patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/07/tom-...
Tom Bedford's local patch - Lye Valley, Oxford
This guest blog post is written by diligent patch birder Tom Bedford about his Lye Valley patch. A huge thank you to him for writing this ex...
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petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24... Up to now, Wales has fortunately rejected calls for appalling badger culls. Please sign this petition against Reform (& possibly Plaid) proposal for pointless, cruel badger cull.
Petition: We call upon the Senedd to reject any badger cull in Wales.
England has slaughtered ¼ million badgers but STILL has a higher incidence of cattle TB breakdowns than Wales. Both countries have achieved reductions on all key metrics, but in Wales without any badger culling. Almost 95% of Welsh herds are officially TB-free, close to the lowest level in two decades . This is a cattle disease and cattle measures have been effective in both countries. There is NO scientific evidence to show that badger culling has played any part in reductions in England.
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No booking is needed for Saturday—just come along! The BioBlitz is delivered by Glo i Natur CIC, Newport City Council and the Newport Local Nature Partnership. We'd love to see you there! More info: www.gloinatur.org/post/join-us... #BioBlitz #Newport #GaerHillFort #Wildlife #CitizenScience
Then join us on Sat 8 Aug (10am–4pm) for a day of FREE wildlife activities! 🦎 Guided walks 🦋 Moth reveal 🔍 Nature treasure hunts 🪵 Willow weaving, bug hunting & crafts 🌿 Wildlife stalls ☕ Free refreshments 📍 Gaer Hill Fort, Newport (via Wells Close, NP20 3LJ) 🧵⬇️
🌿🦇🐞 Join us for the Gaer Hill Fort BioBlitz! The BioBlitz begins on Friday evening with a guided bat walk led by local bat expert Peter Wilton-Jones. 🦇 Friday 7th August 🕣 8:45pm–10:30pm 🎟️ Free, but booking essential 📍 Gaer Hill Fort, Newport 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GTIH 🧵⬇️
First time out birding locally for a while, YL Gull, Avocet at Kidwelly Quay. Spotshank at Penclacwydd, 4 Clouded Yellow at Pontlliw on the way home. #birdingWales
One of 9 Wilson's Storm Petrels in the Celtic Deep off the Pembrokeshire coast today, a new Welsh day record. Magic! #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK
Our programme includes events in Aberdare, Loughor, Margam, Newport, Neath, Gower, Blaenavon, Port Talbot, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and more, with activities suitable for beginners, wildlife enthusiasts and families alike. We'd love to see you there!
Glo i Natur CIC@gloinatur.bsky.social · 2w ago🦋 August with Glo i Natur CIC 🐝 August is shaping up to be another busy month, with events taking place across South Wales to celebrate our incredible Welsh wildlife. 🔗 See our Facebook (facebook.com/gloinatur) or subscribe to our newsletter via the website (gloinatur.org) for our August events.
Join us for #westwaleswildwatch Friday 24th July 10am-1pm at Henllan, Henllan Station, Llandysul SA44 5TD. Meet at the station car park. W3W - ///working.long.mingles 🧐🐛🕷🐞🦋🌿
Join @valelnp.bsky.social and myself at Aberthaw Nature Reserve this Friday (24th July) as we search for the darkling beetle Helops caeruleus - a rare species in Wales. 🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...
On Thursday, Christian and I were at Kenfig NNR showcasing the rare invertebrates that are qualifying features of the SSSI to colleagues from NRW. Highlights included the jumping spider Phlegra fasciata and numerous White-spotted False Widows (Steatoda albomaculata), including spiderlings.
Just some of the visitors spotted in my #wildlifegarden over the last week, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, White-Bowed Smoothwing, Common Darter, Grey Squirrel #Waleswildlife #Walesnature #ukwildlife #uknature #gardenwildlife @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
Saturday walk around Whitecross Green Nature Reserve with @dmesg.bsky.social first time ever seeing a Wasp Spider #ukwildlife @bbowt.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Trip to see the Hudsonian Godwit with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, then a nice few hours at Whitecross Green.
Thrilled to have had a Clouded Yellow #butterfly in the #wildlifgarden today, have never seen one locally #ukbutterflies #bigbutterflycount @savebutterflies.bsky.social @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
🏖️🪲 Fancy exploring the hidden wildlife of the sand dunes? Join us for a hands-on training day at Aberavon Beach, discovering specialist insects and other invertebrates of sand dunes. 📅 15 July 🕙 10am–3pm 📍 Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot 🎟️ Free – booking essential 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GLMLN
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Nice day out with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social yesterday for butterfly. First Small Blue, Brown Argus of the year, yay. A few Yammer and Corn Bunt too.
Trips to Alners Gorse, Perham Down and Boscombe Down today with @dmesg.bsky.social, 27 species of #butterfly seen. Brown Hairstreak, Silver Spotted Skipper, Chalk Hill Blue, Hummingbird Hawkmoth and very flighty Clouded Yellow the highlights #ukbutterlies #ukwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social
