We want to say a massive THANK YOU to all of our trustees for contributing their time, effort, and experience to make the Trust what it is today. 💚 #TrusteesWeek You can find out who our trustees are here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/about-us/our-p…

‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief theguardian.com/environment/20…

The STORAGE we use to house our Natural Science collections Amgueddfa Caerdydd comes in all shapes and sizes, and will depend on what collection it houses. We have over 5 million specimens in our collections cared for by our fantastic curators #Museum30

#otd On this day in 1878🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 palaeontologist Dorothea Bate was born in Carmarthen, #Wales. In 1902 she discovered in a cave in the Kyrenia hills in Cyprus a new species of dwarf elephant, which she named 'Elephas cypriotes'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_… 📷1934; unknown photographer.

Today, Wildlife Trust Wales presented at the Welsh Rivers Summit in Cardiff, attended by the First Minister for Wales. Our rivers across Wales, such as the River Wye, are dying, and urgent action, particularly on farm pollution, is needed to save them 🌊💧

The Ralaghan Idol • Late Bronze Age • Cavan This striking figure was hewn from yew around 3,000 years ago. It was found deep in a Cavan bog, on what was once an ancient boundary.   It is now on display in the Kingship and Sacrifice exhibition in the National Museum of Ireland.

Fabric embroidered installation by US artist Judy Chicago, 2020 #WomensArt

Abstract Art? No, the surface of a Yellow Fever mosquito egg! The species attaches its eggs to manmade material shipped all over the world. This adaptation has helped its spread, and by extension diseases such dengue fever across the globe #Museum30 #Abstraction

#WeWillRememberThem - the men who returned from the mud and horror of the #WW1 trenches to study #botany with diligence and distinction Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth University DLS/AGB Dysgu Gydol Oes Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning #RemembranceDay2024 #LestWeForget #Poppies #nature #wellbeing #Wales #RemembranceSunday

Next time you put on some waders to do some #wetland #ecology remember their origins and the men who died wearing them - originally designed for #WW1 trenches #RemembranceDay2024 #rememberancesunday #TrenchWaders #mud #PPE

What a quote praising the returning WW1 soldiers for their academic study in Botany Aberystwyth University . One can't help think that studying plants must have had a healing effect on them after the horrors they had experienced.

Happy #TombTuesday folks 🎉 Here is the fabulous Poulnabrone chambered tomb on the #Burren limestone of County Clare. An incredible, famous - if diminutive - #Neolithic sacred site 🥰 📷 My own, August 2023

A shared #heritage - a souvenir view of Llyn #Peris by George Robson chosen for inclusion in wonderful National Gallery of Ireland "In Real Life" celebration of #nature #biodiversity #landscapes #environment #Ireland #Wales #IrishSea #Llanberis #tourism #Tuesday 🎨 nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artist…

Thick, natural woodland lines the banks and islands of Lough Derg, Co Tipperary. A picture of how most of Ireland once was. Nature needs, we need, SO much more of this. #Rewilding 🌍

Looking forward to spending more time under a #Bluesky

Colour, texture, light - the joy of small things at Cors Goch North Wales Wildlife Trust #BoxingDay

🔬Ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol Menywod a Merched mewn Gwyddoniaeth, rydym yn tynnu sylw at arddangosfa o Oriel Wyddoniaeth Wolfson. 💧Roedd Kathleen Carpenter yn arloeswr wrth greu diagram bwyd dŵr croyw. ➡️Cefnogi'r prosiect-Bit.ly/OldCollegeProj… #MenywodAMerchedMewnGwyddoniaeth #HenGoleg

Delivering research impact - having your research used in a museum exhibition is a very special reward and gift for future generations - it will be such a thrill to see these plans materialise - diolch yn fawr Old College Aberystwyth University #WomenInScience #Wales

Memories can become obscured over time by the mists of the Irish Sea. Are my childhood recollections of visits to Wales from Ireland real or imagined? ✍️Catherine Duigan buff.ly/3Qw9Edf

#Efemérides | En 1891 nace la ecóloga y limnóloga Kathleen E. Carpenter. Su investigación se centró en los efectos de la contaminación minera en organismos acuáticos. #COBCM #divulgación thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-feat…