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Gwent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity in Gwent, working for the wildlife and people of our rich and varied landscape.
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Gwent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity in Gwent, working for the wildlife and people of our rich and varied landscape.
Common pipistrelle
The common pipistrelle is so small, it can fit into a matchbox! Despite its size, it can easily eat 3,000 insects a night: look for it flitting around the garden or a lit lamp post as it chases…
Black-spotted longhorn beetle
These bulky beetles can sometimes be found on flowers in woodland rides or along hedgerows.
Dog cockle
This long-lived bivalve can be found buried in the sand on the south and west coasts of the UK.
Events
Find your local Wildlife Trust event and get stuck in to wild activities, talks, walks and much more.
Magor Marsh Nature Reserve
Gwent Wildlife Trust 30 Days Wild blogger and Reserve Appeal fundraiser and Ambassador Lucy Holland, details her trip to our flagship Nature Reserve - Magor Marsh.
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.…
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‘Summer’s splendour’
Summer is here and with it lovely long hours of daylight to work, rest and play accompanied by nature’s soundtrack.
Eight legged wonders!
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…
Dryad's saddle
This big, beautiful fungus is a common one that can often be spotted popping out of trees.