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Gwent Wildlife Trust
Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gwent

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Gwent Wildlife Trust covers the area from the lower Wye to the Rhymney river valley in South East Wales. The Trust was set up in 1963 to purchase its first nature reserve, Magor Marsh and now has over 30 nature reserves.  Read the history of our first 40 years and download our latest Annual Review for 2008/09

We are a registered charity and a member of the Wildlife Trusts Partnership, the largest voluntary organisation concerned with wildlife protection.  Please join us and help protect Gwent Wildlife!
 


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The Gwent Orchard Project
has just started.

We have a new Environmental Resource Centre at Ebbw Vale

Living Churchyards Project  
Latest Newsletter
Details of events and surveys.

eNewsletter August 2010  NEW

Peacock Butterfly.  Photo D. Maw
Peacock Butterfly.  Photo © D. Maw



Part of a Coral Fungi drawing
Coral Fungi


A unique chance to buy very
high quality prints of fungi drawings


Thinking about a will?
Make a "Will for Wildlife"

MCC Community Environmental Grants now available.

BBC Wildlife Fund Go Wild and the Big Lottery Fund will help fund projects that bring local people together to discover, enjoy and protect wildlife in their local area. The £2m programme will fund between £300 - £10,000 grants for various nature projects
www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife?regioncode=-uk

Get a grant - CCW funding newsletter

New reen work at Magor Marsh Reserve

New volunteer opportunities list



Events Coming Soon:

Dry Stone Walling
Tutor: Terry Mead
Be involved in the restoration of an ancient landscape feature. This practical course will teach you the necessary skills to strip out and rebuild a strong, stock-proof boundary wall, without the need for cement. Learn the function of the different types of stone used in a dry stone wall, and how to build safely and effectively with them. Attendees should be prepared for a lot of heavy lifting.
Monday & Tuesday 13th & 14th September, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Pentwyn Farm, near Monmouth
Cost: £45 members, £60 non-members. Booking Essential

 

Wyndcliff and Pierce Woods: an Ecological and Historical Introduction
Tutor: George Peterken
Gwent Wildlife Trust President and author of ‘Wye Valley’ (New Naturalist 105), George Peterken is a noted ecologist. This course is an opportunity to accompany George on a testing walk from the river to the Wyndcliff. You will learn about natural woodland and the picturesque, as well as how to identify different tree and shrub species and learn about their habitats and management. Feel free to bring your copy of George’s book to be signed.
Saturday 2nd October, 11am – 4pm
Wyndcliffe, near Tintern
Cost: £3 members, £6 non-members
Booking Essential

Gwent Wildlife Trust Annual General Meeting.
Wed. 6th October, 7pm to 9pm. Glen yr Afon House Hotel, Usk. All GWT members very welcome.



Progress at Wyeswood Common

Lambs at Wyeswood Common Reserve

Transforming our wildlife-poor modern dairy pastureland to a species-rich mosaic of woodland and grassland.
Detailed plans and assessments.
Project Officer's May 2010 diary


Vine House Farm
 

All bird food purchases from Vine House Farm generate a 5% commission for Gwent Wildlife Trust.    http://www.vinehousefarm.co.uk/



Gwent Wildlife Trust
Seddon House,  Dingestow,
Monmouth   NP25 4DY

Phone: 01600 740600  
Fax: 01600 740299
Email: info@gwentwildlife.org

Directions and a map to the office.

Presidents, council and staff list


Gwent Ecology
Gwent Wildlife Trust's ecological consultancy.