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As the Chat Moss Project Officer for Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Elspeth is helping to restore the wild peatland landscape that has been drained for over 200 years. The area lies within five miles…
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The Wern
From sweeping views over the Monnow Valley to microcosms of plants and minibeasts living on the dry stone walls, there’s a lot to discover at this reserve.
Rock dove
The wild rock dove is the ancestor to what is probably our most familiar bird - the feral pigeon, which is often found in large numbers in our towns and cities.
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Gwent Levels solar power station refused.
Gwent Wildlife Trust have welcomed the decision by Welsh Government Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths, to refuse plans for a mega solar power station on the ancient and protected Levels…
Internationally important wetlands on the Gwent Levels under threat – AGAIN
The stunningly beautiful Gwent Levels landscape is again under threat, this time from a huge solar plant, Wentlooge Solar, that will cause irreparable harm to this unique wetland and the wildlife…
Heather
Heather is also called 'ling'. Look for it on our heaths, moors and bogs, where its delicate, loosely arranged pink flowers attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
How Birds Live Together by Marianne Taylor - A book review by Neville Davies
First impressions of this book were how eye catching the photographs are, with a number of pictures capturing birds in poses not often seen.
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…
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.
Wildlife Conservation
Restoring, recreating and reconnecting wildlife-rich landscapes
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…