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Volunteers dragging a large amount of fishing rope

Plast Off! Beach Clean 2025

Saturday 11th January 2025 was our eighth annual Plast Off! Beach Clean event. Find out how it went...

Living Seas Intern Emma Lowe on the Mena Straight

Discovering a winter rockpool

At first glance a beach in the middle of winter seems like a bleak, lifeless environment. However, when you look closer you will realise that life still thrives despite freezing air and stormy…

Rainbow

Nature and a global pandemic

Our intern Sam shares his thoughts on the pandemic, its effects on nature and the way he's been coping with lockdown!

Hannah Everett, Our Wild Coast conservation intern

Winter walks and wildlife wonders

Hannah Everett, one of our conservation interns, takes us on a journey through some North Wales Wildlife Trust nature reserves and the activities she has undertaken on site to help protect our…

A december beach clean run by intern Emma at Porth Nobla

A winter beach clean

Emma Lowe, our North Wales Wildlife Trust Living Seas intern, takes us on a journey of her first self-led beach clean and the interesting things she found at Porth Nobla, Anglesey

Picture of Briony doing conservation activities

Briony begins her Conservation Internship journey

Conservation Intern Briony Vickers tells us all about her first month working with North Wales Wildlife Trust, and how she has been spending her time conserving our phenomenal natural areas. 

Turnstone

Turnstones and Tides

Through our youth development activities, North Wales Wildlife Trust are helping to train and empower the next generation of environmental leaders.

Jayke Forshaw has been volunteering for…

Our Wild Coast - Ysgol Tir Morfa

Our 'Our Wild Coast' story...

Ysgol Tir Morfa in Rhyl have been participating in the project now for nearly two years. Here is teacher Sara Griffith’s moving account of their first year with us, from the experiences they’ve…