Come and hear about our work with water voles, one of our most endangered species in Wales.

Gweithgor cyntaf y flwyddyn gennym ni yn ein Gwarchodfa Natur yn Llwyndewi. Y tro yma ar gyfer yr aderyn preswyl sy’n wynebu’r bygythiad mwyaf yn y DU - Titw'r Helyg. Diolch i'n holl wirfoddolwyr ni ac i bawb sy'n helpu.

Our first work party of the year at our Llwyndewi Nature Reserve. This time for the UK’s most threatened resident bird – the Willow Tit. Thank you to all our volunteers and to all those who are helping.

Investigative Journalist with @INCCymru.bsky.social home working with travel to sites across Wales, full-time, two-year post with aspirations for permanent position c-js.uk/4iITYAS

If you're a journalist who wants to help us save Wildlife in Wales, then this is the role for you. More info can be found on our website www.natureconservation.wales/job-opportun...

Hear what our CEO Rob Parry had to say about our open letter to the new Natural Resources Wales Chair on @BBCRadioWales this morning. Read the letter on our website, link in bio Rob's interview starts at about 25:45 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Head to our website for more info on our letter, or hear Rob tomorrow morning on @bbccymruwales.bsky.social

Some exciting news! #WilderWales

Here is our open letter to the new NRW Chair asking him what he will do to reverse the decline in nature. He says his priority is to ‘position NRW as a national leader in nature recovery’. We want to hold him and NRW to those words. Here's our letter: www.natureconservation.wales/news/

One of INCC's priorities is to support early career Nature Conservationists. We employed 4 students to work with us over the summer months. Its been a wonderful experience and thank you so much to Freya, Liv, Matt and Laura. Read their stories here. www.natureconservation.wales/news/

Some Excellent News. Thanks to all your support we are able to launch our Nature Investigations Unit. We are currently recruiting for the role of Comms Officer to help us with future investigations. Please Share. Thank you. www.natureconservation.wales/job-advert-c...

Newyddion Rhagorol. Diolch i'ch holl gefnogaeth chi, rydyn ni'n gallu lansio ein Huned Ymchwiliadau Natur. Rydyn ni wrthi'n recriwtio ar gyfer rôl Swyddog Cyfathrebu i'n helpu ni gydag ymchwiliadau yn y dyfodol. Rhannwch os gwelwch yn dda. Diolch. www.natureconservation.wales/job-advert-c...

With your support we have been able to achieve so much for wildlife over the past year. We have summarised some of these achievements in our annual Conservation Report – available here. Thank you once again for all your support. natureconservation.wales/news/

Gyda'ch cefnogaeth chi, rydyn ni wedi gallu cyflawni cymaint dros fywyd gwyllt yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Rydyn ni wedi crynhoi rhai o'r cyflawniadau hyn yn ein Hadroddiad Cadwraeth blynyddol – sydd ar gael yma. Diolch yn fawr. www.natureconservation.wales/news/

Very atmospheric (c.f. rainy) day out in the Rhondda doing water vole surveys for Lost Peatlands sites at Mynyndd Ton and then Cwmparc. Great to have @inccymru.bsky.social with us as well for the day. Been a while since I’ve been in the Cwm and it’s fantastic, despite the razor sharp tussock sedge

Newyddion Rhagorol. Diolch i'ch holl gefnogaeth chi, rydyn ni'n gallu lansio ein Huned Ymchwiliadau Natur. Rydyn ni wrthi'n recriwtio ar gyfer rôl Swyddog Cyfathrebu i'n helpu ni gydag ymchwiliadau yn y dyfodol. Rhannwch os gwelwch yn dda. Diolch. www.natureconservation.wales/job-advert-c...

Some Excellent News. Thanks to all your support we are able to launch our Nature Investigations Unit. We are currently recruiting for the role of Comms Officer to help us with future investigations. Please Share. Thank you. www.natureconservation.wales/job-advert-c...

Aren't Water Voles wonderful. This Water Vole was filmed going about its business on the River Thaw in South Wales. They were reintroduced to the river last year, after a 20 year absence. Surveys this year suggests that the population is doing well and the Water Vole are exploring new habitats.

Another wonderful day at our Llwyndewi Nature Reserve, this time Bracken Bruising to help restore the grassland habitat and to create nesting plots for Nightjar next year. Huge thank you to all the volunteers from Bridgend College Conservation Volunteers. Huge help, as always.

Cattle are back at Llwyndewi Nature Reserve. Wonderful evening spent at the reserve watching these guys settling in to their new home. Cattle and conservation grazing are so important to Welsh Wildlife. Huge thank you to Toby our grazier.

We are very happy to welcome Freya Smith to the INCC Team. Freya will be with us up until October and will be working on our upland Water Vole Project. Freya has volunteered with INCC for a number of years at our nature reserve and our various farm restoration projects. bit.ly/4eymyTy

Working for wildlife in the the Amman Valley is incredibly rewarding. Working with lots of landowners on different conservation projects. Only 2 occupied Barn Owl boxes yesterday, plus a Tawny. We also saw lots of meadows and flower rich pastures. Its an amazing place. Thanks to Cedwyn and Dafydd.

Our second collaboration with the INCC is a wonderfully evocative story highlighting the protection of endangered water voles in Wales. Find out more about the project by visiting our website! clothcat.com/projects/hel... @inccymru.bsky.social #natureconservation #watervole #blender #clothcat

To celebrate the success of our upland Water Vole project, we've produced this wonderful (day in a life) animation with @clothcatstudio.bsky.social. American Mink are still the biggest threat Water Voles face. Please help us fight for our remaining Water Voles. bit.ly/4eymyTy Thank you & pls share.

I ddathlu llwyddiant ein prosiect Llygod Pengrwn y Dŵr yr ucheldir, rydyn ni wedi cynhyrchu'r animeiddiad rhyfeddol yma gyda @clothcatstudio.bsky.social. Minc Americanaidd yw'r bygythiad mwyaf maen nhw'n ei wynebu o hyd. Helpwch ni i frwydro dros ein Llygod Pengrwn y Dŵr sy'n weddill. bit.ly/4eymyTy

Our Marsh Fritillary butterflies have finally stopped laying eggs in the rearing pen. Now its time for the big sort out.

For £30 a year you can subscribe to Natur Cymru and support @inccymru.bsky.social to deliver its conservation and campaign work in Wales. Please support us if you can! www.natureconservation.wales/natur-cymru/...

Am £30 y flwyddyn gallwch danysgrifio i Natur Cymru a chefnogi @inccymru.bsky.social i gyflawni ei waith cadwraeth ac ymgyrchu yng Nghymru. Cefnogwch ni os allwch chi! www.natureconservation.wales/natur-cymru/...

We are really pleased to welcome Laura Griffiths to the INCC team. Laura will be part of the upland Water Vole project, undertaking surveys, working with volunteers and carrying out research to help inform future water vole conservation in Wales. Welcome aboard Laura.

We've been working with a landowner in the VoG over the past 2 years, helping make the farm wildlife friendly, whilst still remaining a financially viable. Our arable margins have lots of wildflowers & insects. Plus we got to see Kestrels, Skylarks, Brown Hares & Yellowhammers. It was a good day.

Great day on the Nature Reserve with @savebutterflies.bsky.social pulling Himalayan Balsam. The reserve is quite remote so no idea how Balsam got there, but as its at the very top of the catchment we are trying our best to get rid of it. Huge thank you to all the volunteers for helping out.

There's not too many better ways to spend a Friday than wandering around @cefngarthenor. Great to see how the wildlife and habitats are responding to the nature friendly management over the past few years.

Lovely day at Bad Wolf Productions Cardiff, looking at the amazing work they have done to make their grounds a bit more wildlife friendly. Simple changes to verge cutting regimes have made a huge difference. Well done and thank you to all involved.

We are already coming to the end of the Marsh Fritillary flight season in our rearing pens. Still a dozen or so butterflies left. Its sad to see, but its nice knowing that they have laid thousands of eggs ready to support the local population in South Wales.

Some wonderful Willow Tit news from the nature reserve. Big thank you to @wildhorizons.bsky.social @birdsinwales.bsky.social & Ynni Sir Gâr for the support. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w...

Huge Thank You, and welcome home to David Prince who has completed a 950km bike ride across Spain, raising over £1,300 towards INCC's Nature Investigations Unit. David, we are glad you're back safe & sound and thank you so much for the support. Diolch yn Fawr. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w...

A warm welcome to INCC's new Nature Reserve Assistants, Liv and Matt. Both will be at our Llwyndewi nature reserve over the next few months leading work parties, undertaking surveys and developing conservation projects at the reserve. Looking forward to getting started.

We have raised over £220,000 towards establishing a Nature Investigations unit for Wales. We are very grateful to all the donations and support. Thank you. We still need your help. Please donate to the project and please forward this link across your networks. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w...

Please donate to our project that will establish a Nature Investigations Unit for Wales. Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported the project - we are getting closer every day. If you can donate and share this post, please do so - Thank you very much.

Its a great start to our Pied Flycatcher monitoring in the Amman Valley this year. We have around 30 nest after the second week of checks and hopefully there is time for a few more. The monitoring this year has been made possible by all the landowners who we work with and some brilliant volunteers.

Fantastic weekend at Cefn Garthenor with students and volunteers. Lots of wildlife spotting and recording. Lots of quadrats for our long-term monitoring. Dormouse boxes installed and we even dug a linear pond. Big thank you to all the students and volunteers who made it such a great few days. Thanks

The first of our Marsh Fritillary butterflies emerged yesterday inside the rearing pens. They have been on the wing at Llantrisant Common for a few days now. This nice weather will help them when it comes to egg laying.

Our Llwyndewi nature reserve. Two weeks ago we dug a new pond at the nature reserve with the help of Bridgend College Conservation Volunteers. Its wonderful to see these Roe Deer making good use of it.

Marsh Fritillary pupae In the wild Marsh Fritillary pupate under the leaves of Molinia and Devil's-bit Scabious, but in the pens they pupate on black sheets and plant pots as well as the plants. We think its to do with warmth. Marsh Fritillary love the warmth. Only a week or 2 before adults emerge

Please check out and consider supporting @inccymru.bsky.social crowd funder for an investigative journalism project focused on Wales - www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w... The scrutiny this would bring to environmental decision making in Wales is sorely needed. Nightjar image 🤷‍♂️ but why not!

Lovely day yesterday in the hills of Ceredigion undertaking a Water Vole survey for the @wildlifetrustsww at their beautiful Llyn Eiddwen nature reserve. Signs of Water Vole at the Southern outlet too.

Big Thanks to David Prince who is undertaking a solo bike ride from Seville to Gijon in Spain this May to raise funds for INCC's Nature Investigations Unit for Wales. If you can donate and want to support David and INCC, here is his Just Giving Page. Thank you. www.justgiving.com/page/naturei...

What a difference a few days make. Huge thanks again to all the staff and volunteers for helping to dig this pond at the nature reserve.

Thank you for all the comments regarding our animation. Its sometimes hard to get across how much wildlife needs our help, and how little is being done by government. Please keep sharing and reposting the animation, and if you can donate, please do. Thank you. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w...

Great weekend up in the hills of South Wales looking for water voles with volunteers. Big thank you to all who came along on the day, and I'm glad we got to see so many field signs. Fingers crossed the Water Voles will have a good breeding season up there this year.