Young people making a difference
An update from our Youth-led Stand for Nature Wales project.
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Brownfield
The uncontainable nature of wildlife is perhaps clearest in brownfield sites – previously developed land that is not currently in use. The crumbling concrete of abandoned factories, disused power…
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Call for Citizen Scientists for Gwent-wide Nightjar Census
Gwent Wildlife Trust and Gwent Ornithological Society are working together to support the threatened Nightjar with a major ecological recording effort in 2025.
Livestock checking and conservation grazing; how volunteer shepherd support GWT
Discover how GWT’s volunteer shepherds play a vital role in conservation grazing. By checking livestock daily, they help maintain healthy habitats, protect wildlife, and ensure animal welfare—all…
Monitoring the Pine Martens of Gwent
A few years on from the Pine Marten reintroduction in the Forest of Dean, Gwent Wildlife Trust has been working in partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to set up a monitoring program to…
First Shrill Carder Bee record at Bridewell Common!
Six years after Gwent Wildlife Trust acquired their Bridewell Common reserve on the Gwent Levels, a small bee is making quite a buzz.
How to make a coastal garden
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
How to build a mini stone wall
Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
My motivation
I’m Libby, and I’m currently completing a research development internship in sustainable aquaculture (basically farming in water) at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban. In…
Nature recovery gets a boost courtesy of the players of People’s Postcode Lottery
Thanks to the players of People’s Postcode Lottery, Gwent Wildlife Trust has been able to engage many more people in nature recovery this summer.
Lowland heath
Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of…