🦋 Introduction to Wildlife Recording – free webinar! Wed 17 June, 18:30 (online) New to recording or want more confidence? Learn the basics and how your sightings make a difference. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

🌿 It’s #VolunteersWeek 💚 A big thank you to everyone supporting nature across the Vale! From volunteers to our amazing community groups, your dedication helps care for nature and local green spaces. 🐝 Sign up to our newsletter for volunteering opportunities 👇 www.valenature.org/contact

Spot the difference! April 2018 to today shows what one little community group can do. With support from amazing volunteers, TFW and @valelnp.bsky.social PS it’s not just ox-eye daisies but they do look stunning.

🌿 So much happening for nature in the Vale! Find walks, wildlife events & more 👉 www.valenature.org/events 🌱 Hosting an event? Add it to our site and reach more people 💚 #ValeNature #GetOutside #NatureEvents

Join myself and the @valelnp.bsky.social this Friday (29th May) as we explore the coastline around Aberthaw on the hunt for the scarce darkling beetle Helops caeruleus. For further info and booking, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...

Join us this Friday 29th May for a free guided evening meadow walk around Grange Farm in Peterson-Super-Ely! Not to be missed! Book your free place on the booking link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meadow-wal...

🌍 International Biodiversity Day – 22 May Celebrate the amazing wildlife and habitats across the Vale of Glamorgan 🌿 🐝Nature supports us all, but it needs our help. 💚 Let’s protect it by creating wildlife-friendly spaces, supporting conservation, and caring for our local environment.

Join us at Cosmeston Lakes for a FREE guided bird walk this half term! 🐦🌿 Explore wildlife, try citizen science & take home a free DIY bird box 🏡 📅 Sat 30 May, 10–12 📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park Spaces limited – book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir...

Happy World Migratory Bird Day! 🐦 This year #WorldMigratoryBirdDay is highlighting the importance of citizen science in ensuring 'Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!' to help safeguard migratory birds as they make their long journeys to Wales and beyond 🪶

May is a special month for UK bumblebees 💛 👑 Some of these rare and less common queens will emerge from hibernation. Already active queens will produce their first daughters – the workers. 🎱 For the Big Eight, some queens will produce their first workers while others will welcome new males.

Are you passionate about the Peacock? Smitten by Skippers? Maybe you have a soft spot for the Small White 🦋 The countdown is on to find the nation's favourite butterfly! Get ready to vote for your favourite from 15 May - 7 June. Who will be crowned Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 👑

Penblwydd Hapus Sir David Attenborough!🎉 Your remarkable work has inspired @valelnp.bsky.social and countless others to take action for nature and help protect biodiversity for future generations Your voice has shown us not only the beauty of nature, but the importance of safeguarding it 🪶

🌳This #NationalHedgerowWeek is the perfect time to celebrate one of our unsung heroes. Hedges support wildlife, capture carbon and connect our landscapes together protecting these vital green corridors Check out @thetreecouncil.bsky.social for more inspiration: treecouncil.org.uk/season.../na...

This #HedgehogWeek help take action with the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social Hedgehog Pledge by keeping our green spaces wild to provide food and shelter for our 🦔 friends

Seen today on my local patch in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales: Black oil beetle, Beadlet anemone, Fox moth caterpillar, Alexanders full of life. @valelnp.bsky.social such a special place.

🌳 Orchard Care & Pruning Course - Friday 13 March, 10:00 🍏 Join the Vale Local Nature Partnership and The Orchard Project for a hands‑on session to learn orchard management and pruning skills. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchard-ca... #ValeNature #OrchardCare

We have two events in March. 8th March 2pm Litter Pick meeting behind Tesco and this event on Sun 22nd March. @valelnp.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Wildwood Ecology, Restore the Thaw volunteers, and the VoGC Countryside Rangers for amazing work at Readers Way Pond, Rhoose.

🌳Join us in planting a new hedgerow in Buttrills Playing Fields, Barry to improve biodiversity and connectivity for wildlife 🐾 All tools will be provided and all welcome! Friday 13 February, 10am onwards Buttrills Playing Fields, North Walk, Barry, CF62 8FJ what3words.com/blank.songs....

🐦 Free Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes! Celebrate the #BigGardenBirdwatch with us 🕙 Sat 24 Jan, 10am–12pm. Free bird boxes (first come, first served)! Book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir... #ValeNature #LocalPlacesforNature #LNPCymru #NatureNeighbours

🌱 New Year, New Nature! Make 2026 the year you help wildlife thrive. Get a Nature Recording Starter Pack or Habitat Creation Package from @valelnp.bsky.social – perfect for creating spaces for hedgehogs, bats, birds & more! 👉 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB... #ValeNature

Interested in learning practical skills in hedgelaying and how this helps biodiversity? 🌳🐾 We have limited spaces this weekend to join our 1 day hedgelaying course in Llantwit Major, choose from either Fri 5 or Sat 6 Dec, 10-3pm More info and to book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...

Over the past couple of years, we’ve been working with Vale of Glamorgan Council, Penarth Tree Forum, St Cyres Primary students, and local residents to make St Cyres Park a better place for nature and people. Together we’ve:

Seed sowing at Chickenwood! Join us at Chickenwood this Friday to sow native wildflower seeds to create new meadow areas in the park Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome! Friday 28 November, 11am Meet at community noticeboard: what3words.com/vest.crisis.... #ValeNature

🌲Tree ID Walk this Sunday at Porthkerry is POSTPONED 🌧 Unfortunately our Tree ID Walk this Sunday 23 November at Porthkerry has been postponed due to the forecasted bad weather conditions. We will share the rescheduled date soon!

Join Us at The Knap! @valelnp.bsky.social are sowing wildflower seeds to create meadow areas. Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome. 🌼🌿 📅 Tuesday 18 November 🕚 10:30am 📍 Meeting point: what3words location: what3words.com/packet.learn... #Wildflowers #Biodiversity #ValeNature

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING 🌧 Unfortunately, our Wildflower seed sowing event tomorrow has been postponed due to the weather forecast for heavy rain. New date: Monday, 17 November at 11:30 AM We’d love for you to join us then!

🌼 Wildflower Seed Sowing – Sully Linear Park 🌼 Join us on Fri 14 Nov at 11am to help sow native wildflower seeds and boost local biodiversity! 🌱🐝 📍 Meeting point: what3words.com/hook.aims.ci... (Off Westminster & Dulverton Drive) All welcome – no tools needed! 💚 #ValeLNP #NatureInTheVale

Thrilled to share the finished hedge at Cosmeston! Expertly laid by Draenog Countryside & Wildlife, with help from our training course attendees. 🌿👏 This traditional technique rejuvenates hedgerows, boosting habitat for pollinators, birds & more. Great job all! 🌳 #Valenature #Hedgerows #Biodiversity

🌿 Schools, community groups & local organisations in the Vale our Free Nature Starter Packages are ready for you! 🌼🦔 Free resources to help you bring nature into your space 🌱 ✅ Easy to apply 📥 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB... #ValeNature #NatureStarterKit #WildVale #NatureInTheVale

🔥 Bonfire Night tip: check your bonfire for wildlife before lighting! 🦔 Hedgehogs may be hiding inside to hibernate. ✅ Build on the day ✅ Check thoroughly ✅ Move the pile if needed Let’s keep our celebrations safe for nature 💛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06n... #BonfireNight #HedgehogAwareness #BHPS

🍂 Huge thanks to all the budding artists who joined our Autumn Nature art event at Forest Lodge, Porthkerry Country Park! 🎨🖌️ Special shoutout to @sarahhannis.bsky.social for leading such a creative, nature-inspired session 💛 #AutumnNatureArt #NatureInspired #ValeNature #LocalArtists

Join us for an evening all about Water Voles! Come along to Cowbridge Town Hall on 13th November for a short film screening and Q&A with Water Vole experts to learn about their recent reintroduction to the River Thaw. Book your place: champ.ly/Yq_El1AM 📸 Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

A few tickets have just become available for our FREE 1-day Hedgelaying Courses at Cosmeston, Penarth this weekend - choose either Saturday 25 or Sunday 26 October 10-4pm 🌿 Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur... #ValeNature #Conservation

🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter! Find out more about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats

🍄 Happy #UKFungusDay 4 October 2025! 🍄 We celebrated early in the Vale with a fungi walk led by Natur Hud, joined by members of Porthkerry Wildlife Group at Porthkerry Country Park. Have you spotted any fungi, share your photos and tag us #ValeNature 📷 Porthkerry Wildlife Group #WaxcapWatch

🐾 Well done to our partners @wtsww.bsky.social, National Resources Wales, South East Wales Rivers Trust & Restore The Thaw Project for helping bring back water voles to the Vale! Read the full article here! 🔗 BBC article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Plant survey and litter pick at Castle Drive yesterday. Lots of variety of flowers (& litter 😡😂) @valelnp.bsky.social

📣1 place has just become available for each of our Learn to Scythe courses this weekend (Saturday 30 or Sunday 31 August), at University Hospital Llandough, led by Handpowered Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur... #ValeNature #Scything #Training

We had an amazing time at the Vale Nature Festival on Sat 19 July! 🌿💚 Huge thanks to all who made it such a success. 🙌 Share your favourite moments with us using #ValeNature 📸✨ @lnpcymru.bsky.social @wcvacymru.bsky.social

Many thanks to @valelnp.bsky.social for the invitation to be be part of yesterday's Vale Nature Festival. It was my pleasure to spend the afternoon talking about flora, galls, fungi & little critters. #natureconnection #naturematters 📸 Courtesy of Emily Shaw, Vale LNP

🎉 THANK YOU / DIOLCH to everyone that joined us in the sunshine 🌞 for the second Vale Nature Festival at Cosmeston! 🎪 What an amazing turnout celebrating nature in the Vale 🐾 Lots more highlights to share with you next week but here’s a few snippets of some of the days festivities! #ValeNature

Sneak peak of what our team has been working hard to bring together ready to welcome you all tomorrow! 🙌 🌿Join us for the Vale Nature Festival 2025 A fun-filled, family-friendly celebration of nature🐾 📅 Saturday 19 July 🕚 11am – 4pm 📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park bit.ly/ValeNatureFe... #ValeNature

🌞💧 Help Wildlife Beat the Heat! 💧🌞 Temps are rising — let’s give birds, bees & hedgehogs a hand! 🐦🦔🐝 ✅ Put out shallow water dishes ✅ Add pebbles/sticks for safe drinking ✅ Keep in the shade & clean regularly Snap a pic of your garden visitors & tag us! 📸💚 #HelpWildlife #ValeNature

It's SEWBReC #SquareOfTheMonth time! For July we are highlighting 1km squares with zero #Moth records: SO2203 in Abertillery, #BlaenauGwent ST1371 in St Andrews Major, #ValeOfGlamorgan Could you help fill these map gaps? Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/189 Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/188

Celebrate #WalesNatureWeek by joining us on a guided walk around Old Castle Down in the Vale of Glamorgan to learn all about Wales’ rarest butterfly, the High Brown Fritillary 🦋 When 📅: 10 and 11 July at 11am Find the event details 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/events/a-wal... 📷: Mark Searle

🌱Celebrating #WalesNatureWeek with a FREE nature art workshop tomorrow - Wed 9 July 7pm at Porthkerry led by @sarahhannis.bsky.social 🎨Whether you're an artist, bird lover, or just looking to connect with nature, join us! Suitable for all ages 🐦Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-art...

Thanks to everyone that joined our Introduction to Grassland webinar last week 🌱 📱Missed out? Don't worry, watch the recording here: www.valenature.org/resources 🏵️Want to learn more? Join our free wildflower ID training sessions led by @plantlifeuk.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...

🌿 Celebrate #ValeNature 🌿 We're excited to share a fantastic line-up of events from our partners to celebrate #WalesNatureWeek taking place 5 to 13 July @walesnatureweek.bsky.social Explore what's happening in the Vale or add your own event here: www.valenature.org/walesnaturew...