Purple sandpiper
This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Sand and gravel
Sand and gravel can be found from the shoreline down to the deep sea, attracting a host of burrowing creatures.
Are you Wild About Mold?
From learning traditional skills and fishing out historical litter to monitoring current wildlife and planting trees for the future, our ‘Wild About Mold’ project is delivering it all.
Remember a Charity in your Will Event
Did you miss our Remember a Charity in your Will event? Find out what happened and why it's not too late you write your Will for free.
Shoresearch rocky shore survey - October 2022
October saw us out on shore together in three group surveys, attending a rafting bivalves workshop with Anna Holmes from the National Museum of Wales and doing our own self-led Timed Species…
Help save Leadbrook Wood and Meadows – again!
North Wales Wildlife Trust needs your help to stop the Red Route and help save Leadbrook Woods and Meadows. The proposed 13km highway project (A494/A55/Flintshire Corridor) in Flintshire would destroy ancient woodlands, wildflower meadows, and centuries-old hedgerows as well as threaten species such as otters, bats, barn owls and badgers.
Flat periwinkle
These little sea snails are found amongst the seaweed on rocky shores around much of the UK. They come in lots of different colours, from bright yellow to chequered brown!
Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Brown rat
The brown rat has a bad reputation, but it mostly lives side-by-side with us without any problems. It can be seen in any habitat.
Razor shell
Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.
Spiny spider crab
The spiny spider crab lives up to its name in every way! Their distinctive spiny shells are often found washed up on beaches.
Yellow star-of-Bethlehem
The Yellow star-of-Bethlehem is a woodland plant that lives up to its name - it displays starry, gold flowers in an umbrella-like cluster in early spring.