Violet click beetle
The violet click beetle is a very rare beetle that lives in decaying wood, particularly common beech and ash. It gets its name from its habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls…
The violet click beetle is a very rare beetle that lives in decaying wood, particularly common beech and ash. It gets its name from its habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls…
A guest blog from GWT Education Officer, Petra Mitchard for Mental Health Awareness Week.
In this blog I’ll talk about some exciting micro-moths discovered at Magor Marsh in recent years, and how there may be more to come…
Famed for its tapping in the middle of the night, supposedly heralding tragedy, the Deathwatch beetle is a serious wood-boring pest. In houses, their tunnelling can cause major damage.
To mark Volunteers' Week (June 1-7) Pauline Gaywood, our head volunteer shepherd/livestock checker has written a Spring blog about our lambing season this year.
Thanks for stopping by to check out my blog. I have wanted to start up a reserve diaries type blog for a while now, where I can share with you my role and the duties I undertake managing the Trust…
Following on from my previous blog, I had intended to recall some of my early Otter encounters and experiences but, the “lockdown” has given me time to pause and reflect on what wildlife is closer…
In a special blog for our Big Give appeal, our Nature Recovery Manager Rick Mundy talks about about our vision for the Gwent landscape and how, with your help, we're creating more room nature…
Whilst out on one of his regular walks, supporter, member and Trust event guide, Neville Davies, was delighted to find a species of fungi new to Wales. In a special blog for us he reveals more…
Players of People’s Postcode Lottery are enabling our volunteers to widen their knowledge of ways to help us to restore nature in Gwent, by providing them with skills and training in various…
30 Days Wild 2020 has gone off with a roar! In fact I think the amount of people participating and tweeting about it online actually broke twitter! Un-BEE-lieveable! It has been so amazing to see…
Gwent Wildlife Trust volunteer, supporter and keen photographer Jeff ‘Otterman’ Chard is the UK Wild Otter Trust Ambassador 2020.His title comes in recognition of his commitment to Otter…