We were record breakers too! Thanks to the efforts of our fab team of local volunteers, a total of 52 BBS squares were covered in our region in 2025 . . . the best year on record in East Glamorgan! Read all about the results on the @btobirds.bsky.social's website here: www.bto.org/our-work/sci...

Farming, funding, and wildlife 🚜 In our current edition, Simon Spencer describes his frustrations in trying to make a difference for wildlife through the Integrated Natural Resources Scheme. How can we design systems to get farming and conservation to work together? 📷️ Rob Parry

Ffermio, cyllid a bywyd gwyllt 🚜 Yn ein rhifyn cyfredol, mae Simon Spencer yn disgrifio ei rwystredigaethau wrth geisio gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywyd gwyllt drwy'r Cynllun Adnoddau Naturiol Integredig. Sut gallwn ni ddylunio systemau i gael ffermio a chadwraeth i weithio gyda'i gilydd? 📷️ Rob Parry

Subscribing to Natur Cymru costs £30 a year, and supports the work of Wild Cymru. Help us continue to be a voice for wildlife across Wales, and champion the amazing work done by organisations and individuals for wildlife across the country. www.wild.cymru

Mae tanysgrifio i Natur Cymru yn costio £30 y flwyddyn, ac yn cefnogi gwaith Cymru Wyllt. Helpwch ni i barhau i fod yn llais dros fywyd gwyllt ledled Cymru, a hyrwyddo'r gwaith anhygoel sy’n cael ei wneud gan sefydliadau ac unigolion dros fywyd gwyllt ledled y wlad. www.wild.cymru

Is this the world’s worst ever photo of a Dingy Skipper? 🤔 Zoom in and squint hard and you might just see it!! Seen at Cwm Bargod today. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Small Copper, Painted Lady and Peacock there too. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk

Prosiect cadwraeth pwysig yw Cynefin i Wenyn sy’n cael ei lansio yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, cartref i rai o’r rhywogaethau prinnaf o gacwn. Bydd y prosiect yn adfer cynefinoedd arfordirol hanfodol ar gyfer cacwn gyda chymorth cymunedau lleol. Cewch ddarllen mwy yma: https://ow.ly/9UoY50Z1wlN

Cynefin i Wenyn is a major conservation project launching in Carmarthenshire which is home to five conservation priority bumblebee species. The project will restore vital coastal habitats for bumblebees with the help of local communities. Read on: https://ow.ly/vRSR50YZqYJ

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Despite the scars left by heavy industry, the south Wales valleys have pockets of lovely habitat where all that remains of the old communities are derelict farmhouses and mines. Redstarts, Tree Pipits, Cuckoos and Kites here on today's @btobirds.bsky.social #BreedingBirdSurvey north of Bedlinog.

Had the privilege today of monitoring the nestboxes at @rspbcymru.bsky.social ’s Gwenffrwd Dinas reserve with the Fledgemore Nest Recording Group. Pied Flys appear to be back in good numbers with, hopefully, more to come. First eggs expected next week. #NestRecordScheme #Ringing #BirdingWales

Covering urban environments is as important for the @btobirds.bsky.social’s #BreedingBirdSurvey as covering rural and wilder areas. It’s also just as much fun! 24 species were recorded in this Cardiff square today, including 4 Swallows, my first Greenfinch since 2023 and my first Swift of the year.

Like to learn more about the nesting birds you could have in your garden and how to provide what they need? Join the @btobirds.bsky.social's Nesting Neighbours and Garden BirdWatch teams to learn more in one of two free, 90-minute webinars on 28 and 30 April. More info: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Hoffech chi ddysgu mwy am yr adar sy'n nythu yn eich gardd a sut i ddarparu'r hyn sydd ei angen arnyn nhw? Ymunwch â thimau Nesting Neighbours a Garden BirdWatch @btobirds.bsky.social i ddysgu mwy mewn un o ddau weminar 90 munud rhad ac am ddim ar 28 a 30 Ebrill. Mwy yma www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

We have a wonderful team of over 50 dedicated Wetland Bird Survey volunteers in our region who contributed to this important report by counting birds at their allocated wetland every month. Thanks to each and every one of them. 🙏👏🙏👏 Would you like to join them? www.bto.org/get-involved...

Mae gennym dîm bendigedig o dros 50 o wirfoddolwyr Arolwg Adar y Gwlyptir ymroddgar yn ein rhanbarth a gyfrannodd at yr adroddiad pwysig hwn drwy gyfri'r adar yn fisol ar y gwlyptir a neilltuwyd iddynt. Diolch o galon i bob un ohonynt 🙏👏🙏👏 Hoffech chi ymuno â nhw? www.bto.org/get-involved...

#SwyddiGwylltCymru #WalesWildlifeJobs Swyddog Cymunedau a Gwirfoddolwyr - Community & Volunteers Officer ~ Tir Natur www.tirnatur.cymru/cy/work-with...

Shwmae pawb! 👋 Pecyn cychwynnol ar gyfer ecoleg, bywyd gwyllt a chadwraeth yng Nghymru! // A starter pack for ecology, wildlife, conservation and more in Wales 🌿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐧⛰️ Please let me know if you'd like to be included on this list, or suggestions for others to include. Diolch! 🐌 go.bsky.app/MeJG8QH

Want to freshen up your bird song and call ID? @btocymru.bsky.social is holding two evening online training sessions on 14 and 21 April. But hurry, there’s only 48 hours left to book your place. tinyurl.com/r4a2bs4n 📷 Amy Lewis

Hoffech chi loywi eich sgiliau adnabod caneuon a galwadau adar? Mae @btocymru.bsky.social yn cynnal dwy sesiwn hyfforddi ar-lein gyda'r hwyr ar 14 a 21 Ebrill. Ond brysiwch, dim ond 48 awr sydd ar ôl i archebu'ch lle. tinyurl.com/r4a2bs4n 📷 Amy Lewis

Everyone in Wales should be asking @plaidcymru.bsky.social why they don't support the goal to protect 30% of our land and seas for nature by 2030.

The 2025 Breeding Bird Survey Report is out now! Thanks to the efforts of a great team of volunteers, last year a total of 52 BBS squares were covered in our region . . . a new record! Read all about the results on the @btobirds.bsky.social's website here: www.bto.org/our-work/sci...

Mae Adroddiad Arolwg Adar sy'n Nythu 2025 wedi'i gyhoeddi heddiw! Diolch i ymdrechion tîm gwych o wirfoddolwyr ymroddedig, cafodd 52 sgwâr BBS eu harolygu yn ein rhanbarth y llynedd . . record newydd! Darllenwch yr adroddiad ar wefan @btobirds.bsky.social yma: www.bto.org/our-work/sci...

I’ve been taking part in @btobirds.bsky.social’s Garden BirdWatch for several years. It’s brill. It enables you to tune into the rhythm of the natural world in your garden by noting the ups and downs of the birds (and other wildlife) over different seasons and years . . . and it’s so easy to do!

The bird survey you can do without leaving home and introducing Hilary May, @birdsbikesboots.bsky.social, its new local Ambassador. tinyurl.com/y6stfsm2 Yr arolwg adar y gallwch ei wneud heb adael eich cartref a chyflwyniad i Hilary May, ei Lysgennad lleol newydd. @bto-gbw.bsky.social

I’ve signed up for this brand new @btobirds.bsky.social survey and downloaded the free Birds in Greenspaces app to record my sightings. It looks good! Highly recommend you take a look and give it a go too!

A huge betrayal. Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks. And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...

This is Apartheid. It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide. To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

Welsh Government inches towards gamebird licensing, with another 'evidence review'. This is welcome news, but they really just need to get on with it. NRW recommended a licensing scheme 2.5 yrs ago!! New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/30/w...

How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size? The bias is so obviously blatant. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Leaving aside the distasteful way the Countryside Alliance refers to mere licensing of commercial shoots as a "declaration of war", a number of things about it's current stance on shooting make no sense. 1/ www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/labour-pheasant-shooting-50v6v8zf5

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

This looks like a great event for young birders at Forest Farm, Cardiff on 28 March. Mae hwn yn edrych fel digwyddiad bendigedig i adarwyr ifanc yn Fferm y Fforest, Caerdydd ar 28 Mawrth. www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Learning how to nest record safely enriched my birding and completely changed the way I looked at birds and their behaviour in spring. Want so share this experience and gather vital data for @btocymru.bsky.social? This free online event on 17 March is for you: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Fe wnaeth dysgu sut i gofnodi nythod yn ddiogel gyfoethogi fy adara a newid yn llwyr sut o'n i'n edrych ar ymddygiad adar yn y gwanwyn. Eisiau rhannu'r profiad hwn a chasglu data pwysig ar gyfer @btocymru.bsky.social? Cofrestrwch ar gyfer y digwyddiad hwn ar 17 Mawrth: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

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Triniaethau chwain anifeiliaid anwes yn llygru afonydd Cymru www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...

Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?

If you have an environmental story that needs investigating, please do contact our investigative journalism team at Wild Cymru - Cymru Wyllt. www.wild.cymru/contact-wild...

Read about our experience at our first Welsh Raptor Convention in our latest blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/new... Darllenwch am ein profiad yn ein Confensiwn Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru gyntaf yn ein blog diweddaraf.

Surely one of the wildlife organisations that delivers most for nature in Cymru? Can you imagine how much more they could do if they had more support? If you don’t already do so, please give as much as you can to Cymru Wyllt / Wild Cymru 🙏 www.wild.cymru/support-us/

Siawns mai dyma un o'r sefydliadau bywyd gwyllt sy'n cyflawni fwyaf dros natur yng Nghymru? Allwch chi ddychmygu faint mwy y gallen nhw ei wneud pe bai ganddyn nhw fwy o gefnogaeth? Os nad ydych chi eisoes yn gwneud hynny, cyfrannwch cymaint ag y gallwch i Cymru Wyllt 🙏 www.wild.cymru/support-us/

Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the environmental space. It's a running meme in Wales that their environmental policy is written by the farming unions. As they become a more progressive party with a younger base & enter into rainbow coalitions, can the contradictions be reconciled?

Spot on 👇 So frustrating.

We were very glad to welcome Country Focus for BBC Wales to our Llwyndewi Nature reserve in Carmarthenshire to show all the work we are doing to restore biodiversity onsite. You can listen here from about 14 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

And it’s close to my heart too - please sign . . .

Tir Natur, a Welsh charity, has purchased a 1,195-acre site in Cwm Doethïe in the Cambrian Mountains, with the goal of launching Wales’ largest ecological restoration project. The charity plans to introduce Welsh mountain ponies and ancient breeds of pig. www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2583259...

My first #bumblebee of 2026 on the wing today (12/02) in Cardiff. Buff-tailed? @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

“The FUW [Farmers' Union of Wales] remains fundamentally opposed to rewilding, given the clear evidence of the ecological harm and economic risks it poses" Same article: this image of the landscape they're describing, prior to its purchase for rewilding. Think the FUW needs some new arguments.