Volunteer Shepherd
Gwent Wildlife Trust is supported by an enthusiastic group of volunteers who help to make daily checks on a flock of sheep, and a small herd of Hereford cattle, on their Monmouthshire reserve at…
Gwent Wildlife Trust is supported by an enthusiastic group of volunteers who help to make daily checks on a flock of sheep, and a small herd of Hereford cattle, on their Monmouthshire reserve at…
Ask any child – and most adults, come to that – to draw a spider in its home, and you’ll get a circular or polygonal web. Those orb-web spiders may well be the most obvious kind around our houses…
The grayling is one of our largest brown butterflies and a master of disguise - its cryptic colouring helps to camouflage it against bare earth and stones in its coastal habitats and on inland…
Energy used in buildings accounted for around 20% of total UK emissions in 2022. Reducing your household energy use by switching to a renewable energy supplier or purchasing a heat pump will help…
This big, beautiful fungus is a common one that can often be spotted popping out of trees.
Edible periwinkles are a common sight when rockpooling and can be found in huge numbers on the shore.
This is a predominantly subtidal species but can be found on the lowest parts of a sheltered rocky shore in summer.
The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
This metallic green beetle can be seen visiting flowers on sunny days in spring and summer.
The stiff, spiky and upright leaves and brown flowers of hard rush are a familiar sight of wetlands, riversides, dune slacks and marshes across England and Wales.
George is a Senior Ecologist at Butterfly Conservation, and also loves to get out recording butterflies, moths and other wildlife in his spare time. Here, he tells us more about some recent and…