Nice piece in there about Cartersford, the new nature reserve on Gower 💚

Great blog from @ruthchambers.bsky.social today on amendments needed to the Environment Bill: "It is essential that the OEGW’s independence from the Welsh Government is watertight, something which the bill currently fails to secure." www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/... #WeNeedNature #AngenNatur

This Greylag Goose was flying into the teeth of the cold northerly wind that was gusting at Kenfig Pool this morning. Numbers are unpredictable on the site, but are slowly increasing year on year with my maximum count being 67 individuals #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #wildfowl

A sunny, showery, rainbows kinda day for @WTSWW.bsky.social conservation volunteers at a new nature reserve Swansea today. Eleven people, 150 trees planted + many metres of old fencing cleared! What a team 💚 #WTSWW #Cartersford #Gower

Join us for our AGM on Thursday 20th November! 🦋 Come along to hear about what we've achieved over the last year and what exciting projects we've got coming up. Find out more: champ.ly/EP-UFEs6 📸 Vaughn Matthews

🎉 Puffins spotted on Ireland’s Isle of Muck for the first time in years, after major conservation efforts to remove invasive rats. With most seabird species at risk, this is huge - proof that restoration works! 🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin https://bbc.in/48fF6pW

Cuteness overload a busy foraging water Vole at my local reed bed.

You have to be optimistic as the alternative is disengaging and accepting all the scary planetary issues... "So you have to say, first of all, we will engage. Whatever happens, we will engage." 👍👍

It's your last chance join our new citizen science project as a BrockWatch Trapper! Find out more: buff.ly/IZlxfaK

A near-capacity audience enjoyed Dr Dan Forman's fascinating talk last night "Wildlife ER" about the work of the Gower Bird Hospital. Ethos: Keeping Wildlife Wild. Report here bit.ly/3WSmPIQ An audience collection for the hospital and donation from the Swansea group totalled £228!

Almost a full house! Just 4 places left for this evening's talk 😄👍 See you there! 💫

Goshawk, Resolven Forestry today 8.11.25 very rarely see a Goshawk above the tree canopy so great to watch and photograph this one as it glided over the valley #birdingwales #birds

Bookings have gone so well for our Gower Bird Hospital talk - Wildlife ER - by Dr Dan Forman on Tuesday that we've released 10 extra places. Book soon on Eventbrite if you'd like to join us! #WTSWW www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-e...

Join us on Tuesday 11th November at 7.30pm for a talk by Dr Dan Forman on the incredible work of Gower Bird Hospital treating injured and orphaned wildlife so they can be returned safely to the wild. Book via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-e...

Skokholm booking opens soon! WTSWW members can book 7 night stays from 3rd Nov and 3/4 night stays from 10th Nov. To book, call 01656 724100 Mon-Thurs between 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm only. For more information visit: www.welshwildlife.org/islands-booking-faqs 📸 Mike Snelle

With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴 Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄 Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥

Please #ShareToMakeAware ❗ 🦔 🔥 If you must have a #bonfire this year, please check bonfires for hedgehogs - #LookBeforeYouLight

With #Halloween & bonfire night fast approaching, it's vital that we remember the effect #SpookySeason has on our wildlife and natural landscapes. 🎃🦔 Here are our 3 tips for staying nature friendly over the next week or so. Please share to spread the word. 🙏 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Not something you see everyday down here in the south as these Hooded Crows are normally found from Northern Island right up to Scotland and another lifer ✅ for me ~ what a beautiful bird & this one is situated in Murton - South Gower 😍😍 🪶 🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birds #corvids

A big 'thank you' to fungi enthusiast Teifion Davies and all who came along to his "Fantastic Fungi" talk last night. He told of the crucial role fungi play, breaking down organic matter and revealed the Swansea area has the "deadliest woodland in Wales" because it has so many poisonous fungi!

#TeamWilder hosted an outdoor skills event with the Chinese in Wales Association at our Gelli-Hir reserve. They covered what you can forage at this time of year, how to collect water & the different ways to build a den. Gelli-Hir is a gorgeous woodland to visit in autumn! #NatureNetworks

Amazing!! Great work Scottish Govt 🌟 MCSUK and Sir David Attenborough’s message hit home. Now what about it, Westminster??

Very pleased to be able to help - and big thanks to Barry and Sandra Stewart @celticwildflowers.bsky.social Let the planting begin! 🌳💚

The Pallid Harrier showed well again this evening over Llanrhidian Marsh before going to roost. Also present was a cream capped Marsh Harrier which at one point was seen carrying a largish mammal in its talons. #birdingWales #rareBirdsUK #UKWildlife #birdsoftheworld @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Mycology enthusiast Teifion Davies, who led our recent Fungi Foray, will be talking Fascinating Fungi in Killay, Swansea next Tuesday evening! Join us to hear more, bring your mystery specimens and have a cuppa - all for a minimum donation of £1 😄 🍄 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fascinatin...

Our Fungi Foray led by Teifion Davies in Clyne Valley Woods, Swansea at the weekend was a great success. Species found included clustered bonnets, hedgehog fungus and clouded funnel fungus. Thanks to Teifion and all those who came along! #Fungi #Mycology

The first of our two events coming up this week is an in-person talk on Friday 17th October on "Seals in Gower", by Gareth Richards. The talk will start at 19:15 and will be held at St Paul's Parish Centre in Sketty. More info in the link below: www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/seals-...

Our second event of the week is a field trip to Port Eynon on Saturday 18th October, meeting at Port Eynon Salthouse at 14:30. This is a good site for small waders, gulls, terns, and seabirds. Full details at the link below: www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/port-e...

At BTO we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all staff and volunteers, as we work together for birds and nature. You can discover more on our website: www.bto.org/about/how/pr...

🦇 Applications for the next round of the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant are still open. Deadline: 9am, 27 October. We encourage any place of worship in England who needs assistance with their bat roost, such as managing a cleaning issue, to apply: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...

Three places have become free at our Fungi Foray with Teifion Davies in the Clyne Valley woods on Saturday morning. To join us, book via Eventbrite or email [email protected] www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swansea-fu...

Big seas often mean the Grey Seals are forced from their usual haunt out on Worms Head, instead finding refuge in the more sheltered bays around Gower. Storm Amy was no exception with three bottling in Fall Bay. #mammals #photography #nature #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌿🌲🥕🥦 Here's a past Botanical University Challenge question: The distinctive flavour of brown sauce is from tamarind. Which plant family is tamarind from? Five choices: Fabaceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae. #BUC2025

An important call to action!

Have you seen a #hedgehog you're worried about? 📞🦔🩹 Follow the simple steps on our website & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible. buff.ly/2wodWgS Don't delay - acting now can make a difference! #WildlifeWednesday

🐟"Only 41% of the UK’s commercial fish populations have been found to be healthy. 1/4 are being fished beyond sustainable limits. 1/6 are both critically low & yet still being overfished" @profcallum.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com on our latest report 🚨 theconversation.com/half-the-uks...

A suprise find, plus a new species for me today #Aractober First noticed the distinctive web, exactly as described. Quick look and there they were... Badumna longinqua. Lots of webs in the Barry B&M, guessing another location for S.Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @cofnod.org.uk

📢 Rhybudd swydd newydd / New Job alert! Help protect and enhance the iconic Gower National Landscape as Swansea Council's new Project Officer. This exciting role focuses on delivering nature recovery, climate action, and community-led projects across Gower's unique countryside and coast.

A nice selection of autumnal moths this morning, including Lunar Underwing (common but new for the garden), Blair's Shoulder-knot and Black Rustic. Clydach, Swansea. #teammoth

Dutch supermarkets to stop selling Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing concerns 🚨 Northeast Atlantic mackerel is on the brink & experts have warned catch limits must be slashed by 70% to save them This is serious. If we don't respect the science, our seas will suffer. nltimes.nl/2025/10/06/d...

We enjoyed an excellent guided walk with Stuart Hemsley-Rice at Penllergaer Valley Woods yesterday. We had a full brief of the brilliant conservation going on + fit inished nicely with views of dipper and grey wagtails on the river. Thank you Stuart! #Penllergaer #PenllergaerValleyWoods #Swansea

Really nice views of the Pallid Harrier at dusk tonight, quartering Llanrhidian Marsh before going to roost. Double figure Great White Egrets, a pair of Peregrines, Kingfisher and a/the Glossy Ibis seen on a couple of occasions too. #birdingWales #rareBirdsUK #UKWildlife @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Enjoyed a walk from Stepaside to Saundersfoot today, hoping for a windblown migrant or two. No luck on that score but plenty of the commoner woodland species seen including this lovely Goldcrest. A flash of gold amidst the undergrowth. #birdingWales #UKWildlife #birds #birdsOfTheWorld

Huge thanks to everyone who shared pix for this evening's #WildFlowerHour! As autumn progresses, it's always a treat to see which wild plants are still managing to bloom across Britain & Ireland. Have a great week, see you again next Sunday! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Celebrate by objecting to energy park plans which will *harm* a red squirrel colony in mid-Wales which has been quietly nurtured by conservationists! And risible offer of planting new trees to replace felled mature trees is NO USE for the squirrels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A mycological mystery on #UKFungiDay - at least, it is to us! Seen growing on fallen timber at the Wildlife Trust's Gelli Hir nature reserve, Gower. is it a fungus? Or a lichen? Or a fungus on lichen? Pale lemony-green with black spots. Thoughts please #mycologists ?

Just two places left on our Penllergaer Valley Woods walk tomorrow with Stuart Helmsley-Rice. Storm Amy will have passed by then, thank goodness! Book via Eventbrite please www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-t...

Skomer hostel booking will open to Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales members on 6th October and non-members on 20th October 2025. Here’s everything you need to know before you go: www.youtube.com/watc...

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🥜 Plant and fungi have so many close relationships: fungi making soil; mycorrhiza fungi feeding and being fed by plants; fungi recycling dead plants; fungi causing disease on plants. #BUC2025