It's been a busy spring for our Brecknock Nature Reserves team! There's been lots of tree planting, new bird boxes installed, grazing management and we are delighted (as always) to…
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
July saw the My Wild Cardiff Project taken to some new areas of Cardiff!
Common cow-wheat is a delicate annual that brightens up the edges of acid woodland and heaths with deep golden flowers in the summer.
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.
The umbrella-like clusters of white, frothy flowers of cow parsley are a familiar sight along roadsides, hedgerows and woodland edges.
Herb-robert is a low-growing plant, with small, pretty, pink flowers. Look for it in shady spots in woodland, hedgerows and coastal areas.
This dainty white butterfly is now only found in a few parts of Britain, where it flutters slowly through woodland clearings.
Ben keeps a diary of all the wildlife that he spots. He challenges himself to see new species: if he finds something that he doesn’t recognise, he takes a photograph so that he can look it up.
Our reserves in Brecknock have received funding to improve access, including the installation of some new gates.
During the second survey of the day a female Atlantic grey seal was observed swimming in New Quay Bay.
