Black oil beetle
This impressive beetle digs burrows, lays thousands of eggs and has bee-riding larvae.
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Hornet robberfly
With black-and-yellow markings, the hornet robberfly looks like its namesake, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it perches in the open, waiting for its…
Wildlife Charities and Community Groups call for the Declaration of an Ecological Emergency to help restore nature in Powys
Organisations from the Powys Nature Partnership are calling for Powys County Council to declare an Ecological Emergency and have this week submitted an open letter to Councillors asking for them…
Solar powered sea slug
This remarkable creature shows nature’s fantastic complexity!
Downlooker snipefly
The downlooker snipefly gets its name from its habit of sitting on posts or sunny trees with its head facing down to the ground, waiting for passing prey. It prefers grassland, scrub and woodland…
Natures recovery given a boost in Wales today: Welsh government announce their reccomendations to achieve 30x30
Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Canada this December, Welsh Government have announced their recommendations to achieve 30% of land and sea protected and improved for nature by…
The UK Government has launched an attack on nature - tearing up the most fundamental legal protections our remaining wildlife has
The largest threat to nature in a generation is happening before our very own eyes, with UK government planning to scrap all EU laws relating to the legal protections of our natural spaces. We…
New Welsh-English project to restore nature and boost rural prosperity across historic Marches
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust is one of four Wildlife Trusts taking part in the new Wilder Marches project.
Candlesnuff fungus
The candlesnuff fungus is very common. It has an erect, stick-like or forked fruiting body with a black base and white, powdery tip. It grows on dead and rotting wood.
Nearly £500,000 National Lottery Grant Secured for Major Community Food and Nature Project
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust (RWT) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded just under £500,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver a new three-year community project, Cylch…
REUL Bill poses major threat to nature and to devolution, despite recent U-turn on sunset clause
The Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill is now in its final stages in Westminster and is shortly expected to become law. Introduced into Parliament last September by then-Business Secretary Jacob Rees-…
Wildlife Trust set to restore nature in Mid Wales with major purchase of former livestock farm
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust is on course to buy Pentwyn Farm near Llanbister Road after submitting a winning bid for the 164-acre property.