Dingy skipper
The moth-like dingy skipper is a small, grey-brown butterfly of open, sunny habitats like chalk grassland, sand dunes, heathland and waste ground.
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Thérèse Coffey’s round-table – a turning point for the River Wye, or going round in circles?
On the 30th of May, 2023, Thérèse Coffey, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs chaired a round-table in Hereford to discuss the issues and possible solutions. But this is not…
Bold Step Taken for Nature's Recovery in Radnorshire
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust has completed its purchase of 164-acre Pentwyn Farm in Mid Wales.
Pentwyn, a long-established livestock farm near Llanbister Road in Powys, will now be…
Scorpionfly
The scorpionfly, as its name suggests, has a curved 'tail' that looks like a sting. It is, in fact, the males' claspers for mating. It is yellow and black, with a long 'beak…
The Success of RWT's Stand for Nature Traineeship
This blog covers Radnorshire Wildlife Trust’s Stand for Nature traineeship, which has been providing hands-on conservation experience to young people since 2021.
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Powys County Council vote against declaring an ecological emergency
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and Wildlife Trusts Wales have written to Powys County Council, Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner and Julie James, Climate Change Minister, to express our…
LOVEPeat
We're celebrating our amazing peatlands this World Wetlands Day. A blog written by our Green Connections Powys Community Wildlife Officer, Janice Vincett.
Wye Catchment environmental groups call for meeting with DEFRA Minister
We have signed a joint letter to Rebecca Pow MP asking her to visit the catchment and talk to communities and the third sector. We need a committed plan to save the Wye and all parties must work…
Devastating declines must put nature at the top of all political agendas.
Wildlife Trusts Wales gives all politicians five priorities to support nature recovery.
Common centaury
A low-growing plant of sand dunes, heaths and grassy places, Common centaury is in bloom over summer. Look for clusters of pretty, pink, five-petalled flowers.
Thin tellin
Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.