Yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf, mae YNG wedi bod yn gweithio gyda chydweithwyr yn Ymddiriedolaethau Natur Gogledd Cymru a Sir Drefaldwyn, ac Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Cymru, gan edrych ar gyfleoedd i…

Although I am passionate about plants in all their shapes, colours and perfumes, there is another taxonomic group that displays a similar diversity; the fungi.

If I fancy a change of scenery, I head down to Peterstone Gout on the Gwent Levels, nestled between St Brides and Newport on the B4239 and six miles west of Newport city centre. The site is…

Early summer is one of the peak times to see birds in our gardens. Feeders are full of families taking advantage of easy food - there are six blue tits on one feeder as I write this. And there is…

Here's the second of our ecological surveyor Viv Geen's blogs

If you’ve been trying to make your garden more wildlife-friendly though the official #NoMowMay, and its unofficial sequel #DoItSoonJune, then the appearance of a scruffy little yellow flower is…

Viv Geen has joined our team as an Ecological Surveyor. Viv’s role involves re-surveying all the SINCs (Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation), adopted by local authorities in Gwent, with a…

You may well have ants swarming all over your patio as you read this, but when I think of ant swarms I think of the flying ants that appear from seemingly nowhere on a summer’s day.

Volunteering takes place all around us, but we don’t always notice it or think about what goes into making it happen. As we celebrate Volunteers' Week 2021, we want to say a huge “THANK YOU”…

Strawberry Cottage Wood is one of GWT’s less-known reserves. But it’s our local one, just over five miles from Abergavenny. Usually, we’d be there on the second Sunday of every month, doing…