The Wildlife Trusts’ 2025 marine review
A year of disasters, discoveries and determination around UK shores, with a celebration of all that we’ve achieved here in North Wales
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Yellow archangel
As the bluebells fade, yellow archangel takes its turn to impress, with golden-yellow flowers carpeting our ancient woodlands.
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Common chickweed
Look for the small, white, star-shaped flowers of Common chickweed all year-round. Sometimes considered a 'weed', it is still a valuable food source for insects.
Discover wildlife and wild places in 2019!
Why not start the New Year the wild way with a visit to your local nature reserve? We have 36 to discover …
Ringing the changes
Over at Cemlyn, with July nearly gone, the young terns are starting their migration – and this year we can begin to follow them!
Razor shell
Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.
A big boost for bat roosts
Bats at Gwaith Powdwr are getting some new deluxe accommodation and we'll be monitoring their behaviour more than ever this year!
Ring-necked parakeet
The bright green ring-necked parakeet is an escapee and our only naturalised parrot; its success is likely due to warmer winters.
Guillemot
Guillemots really know how to live life on the edge – quite literally! They nest tightly packed on steep ledges and cliffs around the coast. This may sound like a strange nesting spot, but it…
Bee wolf
One of our largest and most impressive solitary wasps, the bee wolf digs a nest in sandy spots and hunts honey bees.
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.