Lesser water-parsnip
Look out for the white, umbrella-like flower heads of lesser water-parsnip along the shallow margins of ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers. When crushed, it does, indeed, smell like parsnip!
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Towns and gardens
The green spaces of our towns and gardens bring nature into our daily lives, brightening our mornings with birdsong and the busy buzzing of bees. Together, the UK's gardens are larger than…
My office
Gary is the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) Project Manager for Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. He is injecting badgers to protect them against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) to help curb the…
Habitat Management Advice
If you own land in Gwent, we can offer surveys and habitat management advice.to find out what wildlife is there and how best to conserve it.
On the 12 Days of Christmas, I’ll give back to the Earth …
Gwent Wildlife Trust Reserves Appeal Ambassador and blogger Lucy Holland is giving back to nature this Christmas
My connection
Norman has a strong connection to the land, having farmed in the local area for sixty years, and has watched the natural habitats evolve. Most of all he likes being outside in the fresh air, as it…
Reedbed
Found between water and land, reedbeds are transitional habitats. They can form extensive swamps in lowland floodplains or fringe streams, rivers, ditches, ponds and lakes with a thin feathery…
Pentwyn Farm
Pentwyn Farm has survived virtually unchanged for centuries. One of the largest areas of flower-rich grassland remaining in Gwent, it provides an opportunity to see traditional hay meadows at…
Yellow iris
The large, sunshine-yellow flowers of the yellow iris brighten up the margins of our waterways, ponds, wet woods, fens and marshes. Also called the 'flag iris', its outer petals have a…
Farmland
Farmland can conjure up rural images of brown hares zig-zagging across fields, chattering flocks of finches and yellowhammers singing from thick, bushy hedges and field margins studded with…
Stand for Nature Wales autumn activities
Here is an insight into what the Nature Nurturers and Wildlife Warriors have been up to this autumn.
Record Wildlife
Getting involved with recording the wildlife you see and hear locally is a fun way to enjoy nature, discover and learn more about wildlife while helping protect the flora, fauna and fungi you love!