Wildflowers to the rescue
We can all incorporate wildflowers into our gardens – and enjoy the buzz that comes with them! Anna Williams shares some suggestions …
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Broad-leaved helleborine
A tall orchid of woodland and scrub, the broad-leaved helleborine has greenish, purple-tinged flowers that look a little 'drooping'. Strongly veined, oval leaves spiral around its stem…
Half Way There!
Hiya! It's Dylan and Rhys and we're back to tell you about all the things we've been up to in the first 6 months of our Internship.
Well what a busy few months we have had.…
Meadow thistle
On first glance, the meadow thistle looks a bit like a knapweed - it's not as prickly as other thistles and only carries one pinky-purple flower head. It can be found in damp meadows and…
Quaking-grass
As its name suggests, quaking-grass can be seen quivering or 'quaking' in a breezy, summer wildflower meadow. Its purple-and-green, heart-shaped flower heads hang from delicate stems.…
Heddlu, camera, gwalch y pysgod!
Yr haf yma, roedden ni'n gyffrous o glywed bod Prosiect Gweilch y Pysgod y Brenig yn mynd i dderbyn ‘Gwobr Troseddau Gwledig a Bywyd Gwyllt’ Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu Gogledd Cymru, yn…
Carrageen
This small reddish-purple seaweed grows in small branching fans on rocky shores. It is widely used in the food industry - and might have been used to produce your ice cream, beer or even jelly!…
Melancholy thistle
As its name suggests, the Melancholy thistle was once used to treat 'melancholia' (depression). Today, it can be found in upland hay meadows showing off its single, purple, thistle-like…
Pyramidal orchid
The pyramidal orchid lives up to its name - look for a bright pinky-purple, densely packed pyramid of flowers atop a green stem. It likes chalk grassland, sand dunes, roadside verges and quarries…
Care-Peat: Adfer capasiti storio carbon mawndiroedd
Nid yn unig bod mawndiroedd yn gynefinoedd gyda fflora a ffawna tra arbennig, ond maent hefyd yn chware rhan bwysig mewn rheoli’r hinsawdd yn fyd eang. Yng Ngwarchodfa Natur Cors y Sarnau mae y swyddog prosiect newydd Richard Cutts yn gweithio â phartneriaid rhyngwladol i wella ein dealltwriaeth o’r brosesau sydd yn gysylltiedig, adfer mawndir a sut y gall ein gwaith gyfrannu at ymgyrch 30 by 30 yr Ymddiriedolaethau Natur.
Machair
A rare habitat remarkable for its colourful diversity of wildflowers and abundant birdlife, machair grassland is a feast for the ears and eyes.
Common dog-violet
Our most familiar wild violet, the Common dog-violet can be spotted in a range of habitats from woodland to grassland, hedgerows to pastures. Its pansy-like, purple flowers appear from April to…