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Faith Campion. Species Monitoring Officer.

Species Monitoring

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- old student currently studying Zoology...

Establishing the new South Wales American Mink Partnership (SWAMP)

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. American Mink (c) Tim Melling One of the UK’s most significant INNS is the...
Water Vole Surveys

Stepping Stone for Students

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 employ four students from Bridgend...
Wasp Spider (Vaughn Matthews

Conservation Report / Adroddiad Cadwraeth 2024 – 2025

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 cyflawniadau hyn yn ein Hadroddiad...

Ceibwr Bay – What NRW had to say

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. 1. Wild Cymru's Concerns - NRW Aberarth - Carreg Wylan SSSI 13-02-24Download 2. NRW's...

Wild Cymru’s Quarterly Newsletter Spring / Summer Edition

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. Q2 Newsletter 2025Download
Stop the War on Nature

Help us launch a groundbreaking Nature Investigations Unit amid the growing environmental crisis

A new initiative aimed at tackling the deepening environmental crisis in Wales is gaining momentum, as conservationists rally public support to launch a pioneering Nature Investigations Unit.

Wild Cymru Quarterly Newsletter

Wild Cymru Q1 Newsletter 2025Download

NRW admits Environmental failures

After a two-year battle with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) the wildlife charity The Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (Wild Cymru) has forced Wales’ statutory environmental body to use their own legal powers to safeguard one of South Wales’ most important grassland habitats. The Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which cannot be named for legal reasons, was once described as...