#HaveYourSay – Bridgend Sustainable Food Network We are looking for businesses to share their contributions to food sustainability and your thoughts on what more can be done. 📆 Closing date: Friday 07 February forms.office.com/e/XyHXiPE5CA

Some great speakers! Looks like it will be a wonderful event.

☀️We want Bridgend residents to get involved in the delivery of our ambitious Nature Recovery Action Plan – our initiative to restore habitats and improve access to wildlife-rich green spaces throughout Bridgend🦔#naturerecovery 📝tr.ee/ZAGskigflN

🦋A reminder for anyone in Bridgend county with an interest in informing our ambitious Nature Recovery Action Plan.

🌳 Volunteer Opportunities 🌳 🗓️ Friday 07 March ⏰ 10am – 2pm 📍 Bedford Park, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend Come and help plant trees Bedford Park. Wear warm clothes and weatherproof boots. Training provided. Email [email protected] to register or call 07590 863074!

March is here, and it’s bringing new wildlife wonders! 🌱 What have you spotted so far, or what are you hoping to see this month? 👀

Another look at Ogmore Estuary's Bonaparte's Gull, the little smasher!

Butterflies are sounding the alarm for nature 🚨🦋 2024 was one of the worst years on record for UK butterflies. If we are to restore nature and save our butterflies and moths we must act now. Pledge to grow, not mow, this summer 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-prom… #ButterflyEmergency

Ideas for getting kids outdoors and connecting with nature: 🐝 make a mini bumblebee garden in a pot 🌼 create natural art 🫛 grow some veggies 🦋 spot butterflies and moths More ideas: bit.ly/3LExGAy

Let the countdown begin 🦋📆 The #BigButterflyCount is back for 2025! Join the biggest citizen science project of its kind from 18 July to 10 August and help us assess how the UK’s more common butterflies and day-flying moths are faring. 📷: Andrew Cooper

The best way to make sure wild #hedgehogs are well fed is to create wild edges, log piles & leafy corners where they can forage for insects & grubs🪲🪱🐜 But, you can also offer supplementary dishes of meaty pet food, or kitten biscuits, & clean water. #HedgehogWeek

Join us for the inaugural Bridgend Nature Festival at Newbridge Fields on the 25th of July 🦋 Everyone is welcome, please spread the word! 🐞

12-18 May is Invasive Species Week. Many invading species do little harm, but a small minority become devastating. Here are three plants that negatively impact Welsh wildlife and which everyone should recognise: Japanese Knotweed Himalayan Balsam Rhododendron

Slade Farm Organics and the Bridgend Food Partnership are hosting a series of free workshops for community groups in Bridgend interested in learning how to grow veg 🥬🥦🥕 Sign up using the QR code below!

🦋Join the VOG, Bridgend & NPT Meadows Group for a guided walk around Rhiwceiliog Meadow, Pencoed at 6pm on Wednesday the 21st of May. 📷Come and see the Genista anglica and heath spotted orchids Get your free tickets here eventbrite.co.uk/e/meadows-walk…

🦋Just four days to go until the first Bridgend Nature Festival at Newbridge Fields! 🐝The event, running from 11:00-15:00 is free to attend and will involve a range of free sessions including nature walks, fungi identification and more! eventbrite.co.uk/e/133531706227…

Thank you to everyone who came to Newbridge Fields on the 25th of July to celebrate the first Bridgend Nature Festival!🦋 The event was a success, with over 650 attendees joining a range of nature organisations and community groups for a day of fun, activities, and education🐝

All next week It’s FREE to come and help us. Bridgend CB Council BridgendLNP Neath Port Talbot Council Neath Port Talbot Local Nature Partnership Marine Conservation Society Surfers Against Sewage BBC Springwatch #microplastic #beachclean #blueplanet