As we enter our second heatwave of the year, we have written to the newly appointed Chair of the Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee James Evans MS to ask for his assurances that they are fully prepared for the impact that our warming climate is having on our country. Wild Cymru is […]
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2026 which looks towards some of our work themes over the next few months. As well as our conservation projects we have some big news to share with you. […]
On his first day in his new job as Chair of Natural Resources Wales, we wrote to Mr Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev asking him what assurances he can give us that he will reverse the dreadful decline in nature in Wales. The new Chair had previously expressed that ‘positioning NRW as a national leader in nature […]
Our new Species Monitoring Officer – Faith Campion has joined the Wild Cymru team for the next few months and will be undertaking monitoring across several different sites that we help manage. Faith joins us as a Student Placement from Cardiff University. Here is Faith’s story so far…… Hello! I am Faith, a 20- year- […]
Invasive Non-native Species (INNS) are one of the principal threats to biodiversity worldwide. Huge amounts of money are spent annually in the UK on the removal and/or control of species such as Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica, American Signal Crayfish Pacifasticus leniusculus and Grey Squirrels Sciurus carolinensis. One of the UK’s most significant INNS is the […]
One of Wild Cymru’s core objectives is to support early career nature conservationists on their conservation journey. Our sector can be incredibly hard to break into at times and the more support we can give, hopefully the better for wildlife in the long run. Over the past four months Wild Cymru has been able to […]
With your support we have been able to achieve so much for wildlife over the past year. We have summarised some of these achievements in our annual Conservation Report – available here. Gyda’ch cefnogaeth chi, rydyn ni wedi gallu cyflawni cymaint dros fywyd gwyllt yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Rydyn ni wedi crynhoi rhai o’r […]
In early 2024 Wild Cymru was made aware of the concerns from local residents of the impacts of Coasteering within the Aberarth – Carreg Wylan Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) & Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC). We wrote to NRW regarding the concerns. […]
Welcome to Wild Cymru’s Spring / Summer newsletter, summarising some of the conservation projects we are undertaking for wildlife across Wales. From Beavers and Balsam to Marsh Fritillary and Water Voles. Also more about our Investigations Unit and our fight to reduce the impacts of wildfires across Wales. […]
I’m Katie, and I’ve been helping out with the marsh fritillary project as part of my undergraduate placement year at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. My role has involved checking that the caterpillars had enough healthy devil’s bit scabious to feed on, looking out for the parasitic wasp emerging from any caterpillars in the […]
