The reputation of ivy – eiddew or iorwg in Cymraeg - is rather unfavourable. It climbs plants and walls, its short strong broomlike roots that grow out of its shoots gripping tightly, and covers woodland floors and gardens like an advancing flood. But contrary to...
The holidays have started and the weather warmed up. If you are around, come and join us in one of our nature activities - a lovely opportunity to meet people, do something different, learn new Welsh words for nature. And all very leisurely. Get in touch to book a...
I love standing under a tree in full blossom in the spring and listen to its petalled crown simmering with the buzz of thousands of bees. Every year on 20 May, we celebrate international bee day, a day that was set up by the United Nations to appreciate and protect...
Come with us on a journey to a different world. Go and lie on your belly somewhere in long grass. Take your magnifying glass and look through its little window into a world of small things. Look carefully at the seedhead of a cock’s foot grass, at the petals of bird’s...
Did you know that 21 April is World Curlew Day! Isn’t there a day for everything? Why then does y gylfinir deserve a special ‘day’? As is frequently the case the standard Welsh term for curlew – y Gylfinir – describes Britain’s largest wading bird perfectly: gylfin =...
There are several things that mark the passing of time between winter and spring, and one of the obvious signs are our wild flowers. You see the primroses (though visible here and there since Christmas) opening a feast of flowers by the end of February, and on the...
From the start of the year, we see them raise their heads on verges and in parks: the flowers of the daffodil. The narrow leaves pushing through the grass in a bundle of grey-green fingers, and some weeks later, buds fattening and finally opening those yellow...
To celebrate International Wetlands Day this month, we had a chance to highlight some very rare wildlife… the fen raft spider! Did you know that the Tennant Canal in Pant-y-Sais, Jersey Marine, is the Welsh home of the fen raft spider? A special unique spider that can...
We are looking forward to a varied programme of nature activities over the coming year, and here you can see what is happening this March!
Big Garden Birdwatch weekend has just been, and many of you will have spent your hour counting how many birds, and of which species, came to visit your gardens. I too had refilled the feeders with seeds a few days before and was sitting in my living room hide with...