Usk to Wye Practical Volunteer Days
Join us in the East of Gwent, in the Usk to Wye area, as we manage the land to increase biodiversity and connectivity.
Activities usually take place from 10am until 3pm.
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Practical Volunteer Days
Current opportunties for practical volunteer work supporting nature
Volunteer Shepherds
Volunteer Shepherding
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Join us as a volunteer and help us to meet our 2030 vision of people closer to nature in a landscape rich in wildlife.
Conservation Grazing
Conservation grazing is the method of using low intensity grazing by livestock to help restore damaged habitats to places rich in natural diversity.
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…
Wildlife Conservation
Restoring, recreating and reconnecting wildlife-rich landscapes
Volunteer with Stand for Nature Wales
The Stand For Nature Wales team are helping find nature based solutions to climate change. We are looking for someone who would like to volunteer to help run groups and activities with the 9-24 year olds we are working with.
Water Vole Project Volunteer
In 2012, we successfully re-introduced water voles back onto Magor Marsh nature reserve, on the Gwent Levels, where they are still thriving today. Following the success of this reintroduction, we…
Filming and Photography Opportunities on our Nature Reserves around Gwent
Our nature reserves have been used as locations by a wide range of media. The nature of requests vary widely and we are usually happy to accommodate them if possible as long as disturbance to wildlife can be kept to a minimum.
If you're not sure which of our reserves would best suit your requirements, please contact us to tell us more about what you are looking for, and we can advise what might suit you best.
If you're not sure which of our reserves would best suit your requirements, please contact us to tell us more about what you are looking for, and we can advise what might suit you best.
The invertebrate fauna of Mill Bank, Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales: a traditionally managed biological hotspot in the Wye Valley
Deep in the Wye Valley there is the most idyllic spot, a little patch carved out of the ancient woodland and heathland fragments which people have managed for centuries.
Swift Action in Usk
For Swift Awareness Week (June 29-July 7), Mark Mogford, from Swifts of Usk, tells us more about his passion for these critically endangered birds, and community action that is being taken locally…