What’s the value of the marine environment? guest blog by Gareth Cunningham, Marine Policy Officer.
Putting a value on something that you can’t directly buy is always going to be tricky. What if i asked you to value your favourite view? Would the...
We’re looking forward to our event today down the Senedd - Valuing the Welsh Marine Environment – which will look at the benefits our marine environment brings to Wales. From supporting jobs to providing opportunities for recreation and education, the...
So, Tara how long have you been at the Centre? And what does your job involve on a day to day basis?I’ve been field teaching at the centre since it opened in 2008 but started as an education volunteer at Newport Wetlands Visitor Centre in 2007. My current...
A year 4 class from Ysgol Pen y Garth in Penarth have been working on wildlife as a topic and decided to produce a school assembly based around the idea of ‘Giving Nature a Home’. The assembly included a re-creation of Iolo Williams famous ‘State of Nature...
I have a confession – I have yet to see a Black Grouse in the flesh, (or in the feathers as the case may be). I’ve been to a few places where I’ve had the opportunity to see one, but due to ill timing I’ve so far been unsuccessful....
Exciting times as we get to say Croeso nol to the Cardiff Wildlife Explorer Group. The group is returning with a great programme of activities lined up, perfect for anyone aged 5 to 12 in the Cardiff area who loves exploring nature.
Every month the Group...
The past few blogs have been from my trips over the fields (and salt marshes) and far away. I thought I would return to my home patch for this blog.
For those of you who have read these blogs since the beginning you will know I spend an inordinate amount...
The RSPB’s Connecting with nature report, which is concerned with finding out how connected to nature the UK’s children are, is a startling read – especially for those of us who live in Wales. The damning conclusion is that only 1 in 8 children in Wales...
Shocking results of groundbreaking study finds, just one in eight children in Wales ‘connected to nature’
For the first time ever, a study to determine how connected UK children are to nature has been carried out, and highlights that children...
From the big challenges to the little things, when it comes to saving nature more is definitely merrier...It’s no surprise that people have been talking a lot about the recent Cardiff Half marathon; the idea of going further and proving your ability has...
Great to hear that RSPB Conwy has become the first RSPB reserve in Wales to be judged ‘outstanding’ in every area of its outdoor teaching.
The education provision at the reserve was given the prestigious award by the Council for Learning...
It was great to see the official opening yesterday of a new hide at the RSPB Ynys-hir to celebrate the historic connection between the reserve and Welsh poet R S Thomas.
R S Thomas was arguably Wales’ greatest poet. Thomas is a fascinating character...
In true Douglas Adams – Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy style … welcome to part five of the increasingly inaccurately entitled and originally intended trilogy of these travelogues.
Following the fantastic day’s nature watching we had at...
Here Peter Jones conservation and ecosystems officer for RSPB Cymru share his thoughts.
‘September’s newly published IPCC report on climate change from more than 800 scientists confirms previous reports that we are on course with present policies for...
Have a look at this infographic from the MET Office - it explores the difference between weather and climate, what drives our climate and how our climate is changing. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/climate-infographic
Lincolnshire was now behind us. We had a week or so back home in South Wales before we were off on our next trip. This time it was to meet up and stay with our good friends Kate and Gavin, who live in Harwich, Essex. They knew I was into my bird watching...
In part one of this sequence of blogs I told you how I had spent a wonderful couple of hours at Freiston Shore, and how reading The Biggest Twitch by Ruth Miller and Alan Davies had inspired me to keep a list of everything I saw during the month of August...
You may have noticed that my blogs have been a bit light on the ground of late. This is because I have basically spent the month of August travelling. None of it was birding based, but I did make time for quite a bit of bird watching along the way.
A brown hawker dragonfly appeared at RSPB Ynys-hir last month – the first recorded sighting ever at the reserve and in Ceredigion county. Although the brown hawker is common in England rarely does it make an appearance as far west as Ceredigion in west...