News / Events
Wales Biodiversity Week is
8th-16th June!
Events in Carmarthenshire
Introduction to
amphibians & reptiles at Llyn Llech Owain
Marine Biodiversity Display at Discovery Centre, Llanelli
Wildfowl & Wetland Trust, Llanelli -
Bioblitz! coming up on 15th & 16th June. Great choice of guided walks.
See also
Dragonfly walks below
More information
Events in Ceredigion
Bat Monitoring Workshop, Llanerchaeron, 12th June. 8.30pm
Open Day at Denmark Farm, Sunday 16th June.
Bumblebee ID, Aberystwyth Cliff Railway House, 16th June. Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Bumblebee ID, Scolton Manor, 15th June (Fully Booked therefore an extra course will take place on 2nd August.)
SEWBReC Identification courses
Booking will shortly close for these courses on grasses, woodlice, rust fungi and crane flies. Go to their website to find out more. There is a link on the LRCWales logo on this page.
The British Dragonfly Society will be holding two courses entitled ‘Identification Skills for Delivering Dragonfly Walks’. These are at WWT Llanelli and Rhydymwyn, near Mold. These courses are aimed at people working in the environmental sector with a focus on biodiversity or ecology. They are also aimed at volunteers who give guided walks or talks or who would like to do so in the future. Contact the treasurer, Brian Walker at treasurer@british-dragonflies.org.uk to book a place.
8th June - 21st July, 1pm each Saturday and Sunday
Sausage Beard-lichen Usnea articulata seems to be spreading after a period of decline. Natural Resources Wales are looking for records of this species from South and West Wales. An excellent poster which will help you identify it and how to report it can be obtained from this link. Sausage Beard-lichen Info sheet.
It's Live!
The Wales
Online Amphibian and Reptile Atlas.
Read more or follow this link to the Atlas.
Who we are
We are one of four Local Records Centres (LRCs) in Wales. Together we collect, collate, disseminate and manage biodiversity information for the whole of Wales. Click on the map of Wales to go to the regional LRC websites or find your local record centre at www.lrcwales.org.uk
We are a not-for profit company, our region includes the Vice Counties of Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, excluding the Brecon Beacons National Park, an area of some 5650km2.
The company currently holds over half a million records of species in addition to habitat, designated site and other biological data. The information originates from voluntary biological recorders, public bodies, conservation organisations, national and local schemes and societies. The information is held and maintained in a database which is constantly growing.
What we do
The purpose of the LRC is to procure and maintain information of known quality, and to disseminate it in a form that decision makers, conservation managers and the general public can use to preserve and enhance biodiversity in the region. Biodiversity data searches can be requested by following the Data Enquiries section of the website.
