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Brockwells Meadows SSS

Decision to Ban Dogs from Brockwells Meadows

We have recently made the difficult decision to exclude dogs from our Brockwells Meadows reserve. This is the second of our reserves where we have decided that dogs will not be allowed, the first…

A young woman standing on a hillside

Big Wild Walkers

Get inspired for the Big Wild Walk with some stories from last year’s participants!

Red Admiral butterfly

‘Summer’s splendour’

Summer is here and with it lovely long hours of daylight to work, rest and play accompanied by nature’s soundtrack.

Female  Orange tip on Ladysmock

Magor Marsh Memories

In April, I had the pleasure of leading two guided walks for the Gwent Wildlife Trust, at the Magor Marsh reserve, accompanied by Hamish Blair.

Volunteer Shepherd Pauline Gaywood

What volunteering means to me

To celebrate Volunteers' Week 2022 (June 1 - June 7), Gwent Wildlife Trust Volunteer Shepherd Pauline Gaywood explains what volunteering means to her, and why she recommends it to everyone.…

Rosa 'Queen of Sweden' living happily with ornamental perennials and meadow lawn flowers

A Wilder Spring

Spring is the most exciting time of year in our gardens. As the days get longer and warmer we want to be out there gardening and there are some wonderful ways we can make our gardens just as good…

Hawthorn with honey bee

Blossoming encounters of spring

There are many fantastic sights and sounds that herald spring: birds singing, insects buzzing about, wildlife migrants arriving. One of the finest of these are trees and shrubs coming in to…