Bioblitz Road To Nature👇Good to meet up with local ecologists/nature enthusiasts to add to site records & find some new to site species!
If interested,email so we can keep you updated
Please circulate..Newport City Council SEWBReC Friends of the Gwent Levels RSPB Newport Wetlands Gwent Wildlife Trust Gwent Ornithological Society

Spot on from Gillian Burke (@gillians_voice). We worked with Gwent Wildlife Trust to uncover the failings of the Llanwern solar farm. We don't want to see these failings repeated across the fragile and complex ecosystem of the Levels.
discoverwildlife.com/people/solar-f…

The most frequently seen ichneumon in the garden and a real favourite, recently returned - Ischnus inquisitorius, a female, such a beautiful wasp. 💚🍃

Love this time of year when the Oystercatchers are 'piping', a great sound to listen to. Gwent Ornithological Society Friends of the Gwent Levels

Awesome colouring on the Godwits now as they go into breeding plumage. Wader Quest Friends of the Gwent Levels SEP Gwent Ornithological Society

Excellent piece by Patrick Barkham on the plight of the shrill carder. The one large-scale solar farm on GL has already reduced numbers of these rare and beautiful bees.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

'One Swallow doesn't make a summer', however once they have started arriving Spring is definitely here. After a long haul all the way from Africa, they will be settling with us for the summer, nesting in our barns and hawking insects over the fields until the autumn.

Add some wildness to your life! Join your local Welsh Wildlife Trust to help protect and restore nature in your area. Click below to find your nearest one 👇💚
wtwales.org/Ymunwch-eich-y…

Final Call! April 12 deadline for closing submission from ANYONE who registered. Tell Planning Inspectorate how you feel about @anglianwater getting £227m of your money to prioritise profit over environment and community.
Have your say: …onsenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/WW010…

It’s a quiet time for Peregrine watching while one bird is usually out of sight incubating the eggs. I was lucky to catch this changeover while passing the Uni this evening Leeds Uni Peregrines🥚🥚🥚🥚 vimeo.com/932617256

Normally have trouble photographing female Tawny Mining Bees (Andrena fulva) as they always seem to feed high up on fruit blossom in our garden but this year they have been settling probably due to the inclement weather. Brigit Strawbridge 🐝 Jean Vernon 🐝

If you want to understand more about why we need to take care of the soil beneath us:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/six-inches-o…

Lively around a badger corpse this am at #AllerthorpeCommon in VC61. Neoleria ruficauda (200+), Hydrotaea dentipes, Nicrophorus vespilloides and Dermestes murinus just a small part of the insects benefitting.
YNU

Pine Beauty from my Yorkshire garden last night.

Blowing a gale today, but low down in the garden may be found moments of calm, like this Forget-me-not Shieldbug living up to its name. 💚🍃

Just because it's a muslin moth, and bloody gorgeous!!
New for the year, males are regular here, but females? Maybe one a year.
Is this the same for everyone else who is lucky enough to see them?
S Monmouthshire
#mothsmatter #vc35

30:14 last night. What a lift to open a trap with more than a handful of moths in it. Top scorers were this Brimstone with 5, tied with 5 brindled beauty. 6 nfy, now at 31 species for the year in the garden.
S Monmouthshire
#mothsmatter #vc35

Sir #DavidAttenborough explains why restoring biodiversity is crucial for all life on Earth, for tackling the climate emergency, and for keeping the food we eat in supply. It’s not too late. Let’s bring nature back.
Video via UN Biodiversity and WWF

Things are quieting down now on the Gwent Levels SWANWATCHUK Gwent Ornithological Society Lisa Matthews

Blackrock today Gwent Wildlife Trust