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For our regular volunteers, weekly work parties on our nature reserves are not just about helping to protect local wildlife. They are also a chance to catch up with old friends, meet new ones and…
Nature-based Health projects save NHS time and money
New analysis published today, A Natural Health Service: Improving Lives and Saving Money, found that green prescribing can save more in healthcare costs than the price of running a green…
What nature reserves do for me
Gwent Wildlife Trust supporter and Reserves Appeal Ambassador, Hugh Gregory explains how his regular visits to our nature reserve at Magor Marsh have helped improve his health and well-being.
New findings reveal extensive environmental damage from solar plants as Gwent Levels waterways face another threat
Recent surveys of the Llanwern solar plant on the Gwent levels highlight a severe decline in the Lapwing breeding colony and Shrill Carder Bee activity. There is also concern about a significant…
Small white
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Purple sandpiper
This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.
Great grey shrike
This large shrike visits the UK in small numbers each year, passing through on migration or spending the winter here.
Waxwing
The waxwing is a colourful winter visitor. It can often be spotted in large flocks in berry-laden bushes in towns, car parks and gardens.
Slavonian grebe
The rare Slavonian grebe is an attractive diving bird with distinctive, golden ear tufts that give rise to its American name - 'horned grebe'.
Redstart
A summer visitor to the UK, the red-tailed redstart is a robin-sized bird that can be spotted in woodlands, parks and hedgerows, mainly in the north and west of the UK.
Ferruginous beegrabber
This unusual fly ambushes bees, laying eggs inside of them.