The Gaer Hill Fort BioBlitz is taking place this Saturday in Newport. There'll be guided wildlife walks led by some of Wales' leading naturalists, plus plenty of family activities....and it's all FREE!!! Do join us if you can and help us to record as many species as we can at this historic site.

🐝 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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🌸🐝 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

🌿🦇🐞 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 🧵⬇️

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!

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🦋 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.

🦋 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.

🏖️🪲 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

🌼🪲 Join us this Wednesday for Mini-Beasts of the Meadow at the beautiful Tegeirian Community Meadow, Neath! 🕙 10am–12pm 🎟️ Free (booking essential) 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GMLA #WalesNatureWeek #GloiNatur #Invertebrates #Neath #Meadows

Mini-Beasts of the Meadow: A Guided Invertebrate Walk

Join entomologist Liam Olds for a guided walk at Tegeirian Community Meadow and explore the rich diversity of insects and other invertebrates that...

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🌼🦋 A fantastic start to #WalesNatureWeek and #NationalMeadowsDay at Brynlliw Grasslands, #Swansea! Across two guided walks we explored this former coal tip, now a flower-rich meadow teeming with life. Highlights included Marbled White, Five-spot Burnet, Brown-banded Carder Bee, and much more.

🌼 Join us this Wednesday for a Life in the Meadow training day at Tegeirian Community Meadow, Neath! Discover the amazing insects living in wildflower meadows, improve your ID skills, and learn how meadow management benefits wildlife. 🕙 10am–2pm 🎟️ Free 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GLRE

🦋 #Clearwing #Moth #Training – this Friday! Learn how to identify and survey for the Six-belted Clearwing, a day-flying moth associated with flower-rich grasslands and coal spoil habitats. 📅 Fri 19 June 📍 Blaenserchan Valley LNR, #Pontypool, #Torfaen 🎟️ Free 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/moth-phero...

☀️ Looking for something to do today? ☀️ Join us for a pollinator walk at Singleton Park, #Swansea 🐝 🕙 10:00am–12:00pm | 🕐 1:00pm–3:00pm ⚠️ 7 paces remaining (5 in AM, 2 in PM)! 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GMXU 💚 This event is FREE, but booking is essential.

🌿🕷️ A record turnout for today's Fenland Wonders walk at Pant-y-Sais Fen! The sun finally appeared and so did some incredible wildlife. Highlights included large numbers of the rare reed beetle Plateumaris bracata — we recorded more individuals today than have ever been recorded in Wales before! 🤯

Cracking walk today at Pant y Sais fen led by Liam, Sparrow & Carys from @gloinatur.bsky.social , even managed to see the Fen Raft Spider in full nursery mode protecting its eggs. Hopefully the first of many peatland specialist inverts for me this summer!

🔍🦋 Learn to survey for the Six-belted Clearwing at Blaenserchan Valley LNR, Pontypool! 📅 19 June 🎟️ Free Discover how to identify this fascinating day-flying moth, its coal spoil habitat, and how pheromone lures can be used to find it. Further info & booking at www.eventbrite.com/e/moth-phero...

#RecordOfTheWeek today is a gorgeous Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) in Cefn Golau Cemetery during a Glo i Natur BioBlitz. It's Love Your Burial Grounds Week, an annual celebration of nature & history from @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social Photo © Liam Olds #ChurchesCountOnNature

🌿⛪ A great finale to #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek at St Illtyd's Church, #Aberbeeg! Despite cool weather, we recorded ~160 species in the flower-rich churchyard. Thanks to everyone who joined us, the Friends Of group for refreshments, and #BlaenauGwent & Torfaen LNP for supporting the event. 💚

🔍 Bryn Tip Biodiversity Discovery Day – Postponed & Rearranged 🔍 Unfortunately, due to poor weather, we have made the decision to postpone tomorrow's event. 📅 New date: Friday 17th July 2026 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GEJV Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to see you in July!

Bryn Tip - Biodiversity Discovery Day

Join Glo i Natur CIC at Bryn Tip Local Nature Reserve for a Biodiversity Discovery Day. This training event will introduce participants to the...

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🌿🦋 A fantastic BioBlitz at Cefn Golau Cemetery today as part of #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek! We were blown away by the flower-rich grasslands. In just 3 hours we recorded nearly 200 species of plants, invertebrates, birds, reptiles & lichens. Next stop: St Illtyds Church, Aberbeeg, on Wednesday! 💚

🌿⛪ It's #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek! Join us & Blaenau Gwent LNP as we BioBlitz two local burial grounds, recording as much wildlife as possible. 📍 Cefn Golau Cemetery, Tredegar 🗓️ 8 June, 10am–1pm 📍 St Illtyds Church, Aberbeeg 🗓️ 10 June, 10am–1pm 📧 carl.todd@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

🌿🕷️ Join Liam Olds & Christian Owen for a guided walk through one of Wales' most important wetlands, searching for rare and specialised invertebrates. 📅 13 June 🕚 11am–1pm 📍 Pant-y-Sais NNR, Jersey Marine 🎟️ Free (booking required) 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GEKG ⚠️ Limited spaces.

📺🌿 Yesterday, Liam met Stacey Dooley in Maerdy during filming for the new BBC series 'Stacey Dooley Cleans Up'. With the former Maerdy Colliery nearby, it was a great opportunity to discuss the wildlife value of South Wales' coal legacy landscapes. Looking forward to seeing it on TV in 2027! 💚

Liam is a passionate advocate for coal spoil sites. Some of them have more biodiversity than ancient woodlands yet most remain unprotected. The good news for Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon is that it’s on the list for potential designation by Swansea Council as a Local Nature Reserve. 🤞 💚

Big thanks to Liam Olds of @gloinatur.bsky.social for leading an excellent walk yesterday looking at the wildlife wonders of a coal spoil site at Gorseinon, Swansea. We had a full turn-out to see how the area of coal mine which closed in 1969 has become a haven of biodiversity!

📢🌿 June Events Now Open for Booking! 🌿📢 Our June events are now open for bookings, with a varied programme of FREE events taking place across Blaenau Gwent, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Torfaen this month. Visit our Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn pages for the full list and booking details.

🐝 Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday’s Meet the Bees ID training at Giants Grave, Briton Ferry! Despite cool conditions, we recorded a great range of wild bees including mining bees, nomad bees & bumblebees. Highlights included the scarce Brown-banded Carder Bee 💚

Booking has just opened for our group's next event - a guided walk with entomologist Liam Olds and @gloinatur.bsky.social colleagues to explore the Wonderful World of Coal Spoil at Gorseinon, Swansea on Sunday May 31st. Join us! 😀 💚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wonder...

The Wonderful Wildlife of Coal Spoil

Join us for a guided walk with entomologist Liam Olds to explore the coal spoil habitats of Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon, Swansea.

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🐞🌿 Final reminder! Join us tomorrow at Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon, for guided wildlife walks. Help record species for #CityNatureChallenge — insects, plants, birds & more. All welcome, no experience needed! 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GDTW #CityNatureChallenge #Swansea #GloiNatur #CoaltoNature

From coal to creatures: guided wildlife walk at Melin Mynach

Discover the surprising wildlife of Parc Melin Mynach on a guided walk with entomologists Liam Olds and Christian Owen from Glo i Natur CIC....

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Great news! 🎉 Glo i Natur CIC has been awarded a Full Award grant of £6,490.95 to support the development of a new project, Our Cwm Cynon. Head to the project page on our website to find out more 👉 www.gloinatur.org/projects-pro... #GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #OurCwmCynon

🌿 Great turnout at our Whitworth Nature Reserve walk (Tonmawr) ⭐ Young Freddie stole the show spotting a female Adder 🐍 & 2 Common Lizards 🦎 Highlights included Fox Moth, Harvest Mouse nest & Bloody-nosed Beetle. These “brownfield” sites are full of surprises 💚 #GloiNatur #CoaltoNature