All about councils and local authorities
A brief overview of how councils work in the UK. What does a Local Authority do, and how are they different around the devolved nations?
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
A brief overview of how councils work in the UK. What does a Local Authority do, and how are they different around the devolved nations?
Invasive Species Week is here—and it’s a chance for all of us to help protect our local wildlife. Led by the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat, this annual campaign raises awareness of invasive…
North Wales Wildlife Trust has been working, since Autumn 2024, with a coalition of environmental groups to oppose a plan to build a dam on the Afon Cynfal near Llan Ffestiniog, as part of a hydro…
In April our Living Seas North Wales team had the chance to fit in a sneaky trip to Porth Nobla near Rhosneigr mid-month, before carrying out a set of surveys across the area at the month end -…
After a brief gap in August we carried out several Shoresearches in September as well as completing our first public have-a-go session.
With the nights drawing in, surveying low tide in daylight around North Wales becomes trickier, so we made the most of the large Spring tides earlier in October, before the clocks turned.
Now we’re properly into winter, we’re expecting to see less living on shore, especially in terms of some algae. This month we tried a different approach with our volunteers and were rewarded…
Ahead of the 2026 Senedd election, we explore why this vote is a pivotal moment for nature and for the future of Wales.
Last autumn, almost 11,000 people signed a petition calling for legislation to ensure that swift bricks are installed in all new buildings in Wales.
Swifts are now the fastest declining bird species in Wales and have plummeted 76% since 1995, with nest site loss being one cause for decline. Wildlife Trusts Wales and RSPB Cymru and are calling…