Banded demoiselle
The Banded demoiselle can be seen flitting around slow-moving rivers, ponds and lakes. The males are metallic blue, with a distinctive dark band across their wings, and the females are a shiny…
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
The Banded demoiselle can be seen flitting around slow-moving rivers, ponds and lakes. The males are metallic blue, with a distinctive dark band across their wings, and the females are a shiny…
The shanny is a common sight in rockpools all around the UK. They are feisty little fish and have been known to bite when caught, so watch your fingers!
This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.
Save our limestone grasslands from the invasion of cotoneaster by signing up to the Plant Swap Scheme and receive a £10 National Garden Gift Voucher. Help protect our local wildlife by reducing…
This little fish is found in rockpools during the summer months and has a clever adaptation that stops it being swept away by strong waves - their pelvic fins are fused to form a sucker that it…
2019 sees the launch of the Anglesey Fens Living Landscape Project which will aim to protect and enhance the wildlife-rich countryside on the east side of Anglesey.
The Sandwich terns are back in their numbers at Cemlyn, and we’ll be going LIVE on the 22nd May at 10am to share the amazing atmosphere with you!
In the final two blogs to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Cemlyn as a nature reserve we recall some of the people who have being involved in the protection of the Cemlyn tern colony and celebrate…
The nooks and crannies of rocky reefs are swimming with wildlife, from tiny fish to colourful anemones. When shoreline rocks are exposed by the low tide, the rockpools that form are a refuge for…
The low tides suited later surveys in January and, although cold, the weather played fair for all three group visits to the shore. We were in for a nice surprise with many lovely finds (more squat…