Butterfly walk
Celebrate National Meadows Day by exploring the meadows at Aberduna Nature Reserve and help us record the butterflies we spot!
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Broom
Broom is a large shrub of heaths, open woodlands and coastal habitats. Like gorse, it has bright yellow flowers, but it doesn't have any spines and smells of vanilla.
My flood defence
Bev is grateful to live down the road from Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a 210ha wetland site which stores excess water from the River Torne during times of high
rainfall. This saved her…
My jump leads
Ann and her husband nurture and cultivate specialist sphagnum mosses and vascular plants like bog cranberry for a community area of the moss: they’re kickstarting the vegetation growth on Little…
My dog
Jamie fell in love with wildlife taking his dog for walks at Attenborough Nature Reserve as a young boy to keep him occupied. Now he is inspiring the next generation working with the Keeping It…
Daffodil delights!
The truly wild daffodil is an increasingly rare sight in North Wales – but there’s a Wildlife Trust reserve where you can see these iconic spring flowers ...
Damsels in no distress at Traeth Glaslyn!
A new record of small bluetail (or scarce blue-tailed) damselfly, Ischnura pumilio, was recently made at our Traeth Glaslyn Nature Reserve, near Porthmadog.
North Wales Wildlife Trust turns to full fibre to protect our wildlife
Having ultrafast full fibre broadband at our East office (Aberduna Nature Reserve) has revolutionised the way that North Wales Wildlife Trust works.
Monkey-puzzle
The Monkey-puzzle tree is unmistakeable with its pyramidal shape, jutting branches and stiff, dark green 'spines' (its leaves). Widely planted in the UK's parks and gardens, it is…
‘From here to maternity!’
New maternity roost for Lesser horseshoe bats confirmed at Gwaith Powdwr nature reserve, the former explosives factory near Penrhyndeudraeth, for the first time in 20 years.
My breath of fresh air
Michael manages Stanley Moss Nature Reserve; he loves the serenity of the area and the different wildlife that he can see. The area was once used for coal mining, and was drained and planted with…
Thornback ray
The most commonly encountered ray around the British Isles, it's easy to see where the thornback ray got its name from - just check out the spines on its back!