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Find your local Wildlife Trust event and get stuck in to wild activities, talks, walks and much more.
Black-tailed skimmer
The black-tailed skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is on the wing from May to August.
Marsh hair moss
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
Marsh fritillary
This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.
Marsh frog
Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.
Bumper year for Gwent's dormice!
This October, we wrapped up on dormouse monitoring at a number of sites we check in Gwent. We have been heartened to find greater numbers of dormice using the nest boxes this year, which has…
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
The Life on Marsh festival is taking place this weekend.
A wildlife and heritage mini-festival to celebrate all the wildness and wonders of the Gwent Levels takes places this Saturday, (July 13) from 12pm until 6pm at Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Magor Marsh…
Large marsh grasshopper
The UK's largest native grasshopper is also one of its rarest, found only on wetlands in a few parts of England.
Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker
One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!
Acting Swiftly?
Swifts and swallows are flying high this time of year. After the long Swift migration from Africa, they are resident in many parts of the UK during spring and summer, here's how you can help…