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A common blue butterfly sits on a leaf with its wings closed, showing the orange and black spots on the underside of the wings

Beguiled by blues

Butterfly expert Alan Sumnall offers a thorough guide to one of our most enchanting groups of butterflies – the blues.

Barnacles Shoresearch Penmon - NWWT

Shoresearch rocky shore surveys - March 2023

The lowest Spring tides of the year can reveal areas of the shore very sensitive to footfall. Care was taken as we accessed areas full of worm tubes, anemones, breeding slugs and luscious red…

Purple top on pink crust Shoresearch Rhosneigr- Paul Brazier

Shoresearch intertidal surveys - Feb 2023

We began the month with our Have-a-go sessions, each of them very well supported by our building band of Shoresearchers. Thank you, all. The month ended with the three group surveys and a training…

Squat lobster Shoresearch Tbay - Sue Timperley

Shoresearch Intertidal surveys - Jan 2023

The low tides suited later surveys in January and, although cold, the weather played fair for all three group visits to the shore. We were in for a nice surprise with many lovely finds (more squat…

Volunteers cleaning the beach at Porth Trecastell

Plast Off! Beach Clean 2023

North Wales Wildlife Trust kicked off our 60th Year celebrations in style with our biggest and most successful beach clean ever, inspiring huge numbers of people to come along and take positive…

River and bridge with hidden invasive species

Is it a 'COP' half empty or a 'COP' half full?

You may have heard of the recent COP15 and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBP), which gives hope for nature. But what exactly is it and what does it mean for invasive species…

Under-boulder community - NWWT

Shoresearch rocky shore surveys - Nov 2022

Our last trips to the shore of the year, we visited our three hub areas again for the group surveys. All three were shores we’ve been to before at various times of the year. Since they were to be…