All members of the Senedd have been warned about posts they publish to social media following an investigation by the Standard’s Commissioner.

It was clear my 11-year-old daughter was seriously ill when she collapsed on Friday. And yet, she wasn’t entitled to an ambulance when I dialled 999. nation.cymru/opinion/wale...

“For weeks this online mob has polluted any article or post about Caerphilly with their abuse, laughing emojis and blatant political illiteracy of ‘Plied,’ ‘Welsh speaking Liebour’ and ‘something, Nation of Sanctuary, something’” 🗳️ But bots can’t vote ❌

A Reform Wales Senedd election hopeful advocated voting for Plaid Cymru whilst he was employed by disgraced former Wales leader Nathan Gill

Reform UK's Caerphilly by-election candidate Llŷr Powell has removed thousands of his social media posts including online interactions with his former boss Nathan Gill ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

Reform UK's Caerphilly by-election candidate Llŷr Powell has removed thousands of his social media posts including online interactions with his former boss Nathan Gill ✍️Emily Price

🎃 Nothing beats the smell of a freshly carved pumpkin.

A Reform Councillor who slammed a school over a religious lesson taught by a representative from a local mosque posed for photos at the same mosque during a ‘lovely’ visit when she was a Conservative

Thanks @emilypricejourno.bsky.social about the shambles at Reform in Cymru

A species of caddisfly, thought to have been extinct in Britain since 2016, has been found in Wales

Reform MS Laura Anne Jones has been exonerated by the Senedd’s standards watchdog - but questions remain about the findings of the investigation ✍️Emily Price

A draft version of the legislation that will ban greyhound racing in Wales has been published today ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

🥳 With a few days left of August - a notoriously bad month for news - Nation Cymru has beaten its all time monthly record for visits to the site. 🙌🏻 The readership is also up 30% on last year. 🍾 Thank you so much to all our lovely readers, supporters and subscribers.

🐈‍⬛ Nothing prepares you for the loss of a pet. 💔 Yesterday I was at my desk writing when my lovely cat Giles started struggling to breathe. 🐈‍⬛ I rushed him to the vets but there was nothing they could do. He was having a heart attack and couldn’t be saved. 💔 Our boy will be truly missed.

🦇 It’s bat day! Every August these bats show up to roost in my roof. They stay for the winter then leave again in the spring. At 5:30am I woke up to the light in my bedroom appearing to flicker. I looked out the window and saw our bats had returned.

🦀 One million seagrass seeds will be collected off the north Wales coast as part of a pioneering project to improve marine life and tackle the global climate and nature crisis

🍃 Morning walk in Garwnant.

🌊 This Reform Carmarthenshire branch chairman thinks he knows more about climate change than scientists at the Met Office and the National Oceanography Centre. nation.cymru/news/arrogan...

☀️ A fabulous weekend of food, family, books and nature in my favourite place. 🥶 Looking forward to some cooler weather tomorrow though!

🦋 A peacock butterfly wing found on the floor in a south Wales woodland. ♥️ So beautiful up close.

🐇 The Warren in Hay on Wye. 🌳 A Site of Special Scientific Interest - in the 70s there was a bid to turn it into a caravan park. 🍃 But locals raised enough money to buy it themselves. 🌾It’s been know locally as The Warren for centuries because it was once used to breed rabbits for food.

☀️ Sunset in Hay on Wye

🐦‍⬛ Last night’s birdwatching to make the most of weeknights instead of only living for the weekend. 🪶 My garden has about 15 feeders now so there are plenty of feathered visitors. ☕️ The tea and doughnuts were good too!

Good news: 🌳🍂🐦‍⬛

Not a nice one to write today… New findings have revealed extensive environmental damage from a solar farm on the protected Gwent Levels. nation.cymru/news/new-fin...

Reading with this set up - coloured lights make everything better! 🕯️

☔️ Off for a walk in the woods in the tipping down rain because I can’t bear to stay inside on a weekend.

🏰 Really good news. 🪶 The castle grounds is where I do the majority of my wildlife watching. 🖼️ I always like to visit the castle’s museum and art gallery too. ♥️ In recent years the inside has started to really show its age. This funding will be a great help.

🍄‍🟫 Sulphur tuft mushrooms growing on a decaying log. 🍂 Common in the autumn but you can see them throughout the year. 🌕 They are are bioluminescent and can glow in the dark - though not very strongly. 📷The effect it best when shining the mushrooms with a UV light or using a long camera exposure.

🌳 Last night’s dinner at Garwnant Forestry in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. 📱 There’s no phone signal up there so utter bliss. 🪶 We were treated to a pair of jays flying back and forth while we ate.

Hoping for a cooler Wednesday 🥵 #sunset #heatwave

🪶 A jay feather. I’d like to be able to claim credit for finding this electric blue beauty but I walked straight past it and my daughter picked it up.

Feels like a decade has passed since this 🥵

🍃 A lovely family of moorhens tip-toeing across lily pads.

🌞 There will be no heat waves in this cottage thanks very much.

🤕 Have a banging migraine from so many seizures over the last two weeks. 🖊️ The more I write the worst it seems to get. But I refuse to let it beat me. 🌳 Really needed this peaceful day in the woods.

One more day and it’s the weekend 😄 🌳 A cinnamon latte and woodland walk for me tomorrow. I’ve been looking forward to it all week.

🍄‍🟫 Common stinkhorn. 🤢 This phallus-shaped fungus produces a sticky ooze that reeks of rotting flesh. 🪰 The stench attracts flies which help it scatter its spores.

Common evening primrose growing out of a dry section of waste ground at a train station in Merthyr Vale.

Morning walk along the Trevithick Trail after the heat had finally lifted.

Yesterday I was working from home and thought I could hear the high pitched scream of a sparrowhawk in my garden. Then I thought, nah I’d never be that lucky, and got on with my day. This morning I found a sparrowhawk feather on the lawn. If only I’d looked out the window!

🐿️ Squirrel shenanigans this evening… #ukwildlife #squirells

🥜 Trying out a new feeder for the jays and squirrels - they seem to like it so far! (£4.99 from Home Bargains)

🐸 Tiny froglets on a woodland path - can it be the weekend again now please? #weekend #woods #woodland #ponds

My antique dealer father-in-law asked me if there was any furniture I was looking for. I told him I wanted a pretty and comfortable chair with arms to go in the window upstairs that overlooks all the bird feeders. This is what he got me… A bird watching throne!

A stunning flower display at my local wildlife watching patch - Cyfarthfa Park - as the castle celebrates its bicentenary. Built in 1825 as a majestic family home for iron-master William Crawshay II, Cyfarthfa Castle is now a museum and art gallery - and a great place to watch wildlife!

☔️ A very wet walk in the woods this morning but so worth it. 🐸 The path was covered in tiny froglets! 🌳 Every year since I’ve visited this woodland summer froglets have left this pond in mid July. 🐸 This is earliest I’ve ever seen them make for the undergrowth.

🦉 Did you know robins cough up food pellets similar to owls and other birds of prey? 👀 It happens quite quickly but slowed down you can just about see this juvenile robin spit out a tiny round pellet. 🐞 It will contain undigested food - such as insect exoskeletons and bones. #rspb #robins #bird

This beautiful newly fledged robin was very brave this morning coming close to have a look at us. This baby with its lovely speckled appearance hasn’t got its red breast yet. #robin #flegdling #spring #summer #rspb #ukwildlife

😮‍💨 It’s been a very long week. 🍃 I don’t think I’ve ever craved being out in nature more. ☔️ First thing tomorrow I’m off for a bacon roll and a walk in the woods - even if it’s chucking it down! #nature #ukwildlife #woodland