How to identify bumblebees
In Britain we have around 270 species of bee. These include solitary bees, bumblebees and honeybees. You can identify some of the common bumblebees you see buzzing around parks and gardens using our guide.
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Watch what you wash away
Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.
Change what you eat
Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint.
How to plant a tree
It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
How Birds Live Together by Marianne Taylor - A book review by Neville Davies
First impressions of this book were how eye catching the photographs are, with a number of pictures capturing birds in poses not often seen.
How to attract bumblebees to your garden
The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting bumblebee-friendly flowers.
If you're wandering the hills this Spring...
Upland Wildlife Considerations for Hill Walkers and Fell Runners.
How to make a meadow
Restoring a wildflower meadow can be a challenging task — here are a few of the different ways GWT works with nature to bring back these crucial habitats.
How to create a hedgehog hole
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Florapedia book review
Nature with Nev reviews Florapedia - a Brief Compendium of Floral Lore by Carol Gracie.
The Lives of Beetles – A Natural History of Coleoptera by Arthur V. Evans - book review
Reading the book and writing this review in February, I haven’t seen a beetle in a while, it has however whet my appetite for these little jewels that will be emerging now in spring, writes Gwent…
Volunteering with Gwent Wildlife Trust
Thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery for enabling our volunteers to widen their knowledge of ways to help us to restore nature in Gwent, by providing them with skills and training in…