Pembrokeshire Bird Conference – 30th November 2014

September 24, 2014 Colin

Pembrokeshire Bird Group are running their annual conference this year on 30th Nov 2014. Below is the promotional information. To book please visit: http://www.pembrokeshirebirdgroup.blogspot.co.uk/p/events.html The Pembrokeshire Bird Group, a group within the Wildlife Trust of West and South West Wales, is holding the 31st Pembrokeshire Bird Conference at The Picton Centre in Haverfordwest on Nov … Continue reading Pembrokeshire Bird Conference – 30th November 2014 »

Events

Cofnod Conference 2014

September 9, 2014 Colin

Cofnod, our equivalent organisation in North Wales are running their 2014 conference on 22/10/2014. This is an all day event with speakers talking on subjects across the whole gamut of biodiversity and recording topics in North Wales. The 2014 Cofnod Conference includes a great mix of speakers with a wide range of wildlife expertise. The … Continue reading Cofnod Conference 2014 »

Fungi

Carmarthenshire Biodiversity Partnership Grassland Fungi Survey

September 9, 2014 Colin

Carmarthenshire Biodiversity Partnership is looking for people to survey old grasslands such as cemeteries, unfertilised lawns and and old unimproved grasslands for fungi, specifically the colourful Waxcaps (Hygrocybe sp.) that occur in these habitats.

Birds

What to Do with Stranded Shearwaters

August 29, 2014 Colin

Click on this post to see the 2014 circulated flyer on what to do if you find a stranded Shearwater in Pembrokeshire. If you find one you can also submit the record to us here at WWBIC.

Mammals

MaMoNet – Hedgehog Survey

November 2, 2013 betterWPhost

A Wales wide hedgehog survey is being undertaken by the Mammal Society. They need your help in locating these charismatic creatures as records are very thin on the ground. Any sightings should be passed on to the Project Officer, Becky at r.clews-roberts@themammalsociety.org . There is also the option of getting involved further by undertaking a … Continue reading MaMoNet – Hedgehog Survey »

Mustelid

Request for Mustelid Road-Kill

October 2, 2013 betterWPhost

Dr Dan Forman of the Swansea Ecology Research Team (SERT) is looking for mustelid corpses to help with his research. Please contact Dan directly at the Dept. of Biosciences at Swansea University 01792 265445. Please DO NOT send them to us!

Lichen

The Search for Sausage Beard-lichen

February 2, 2013 betterWPhost

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. This is the first … Continue reading The Search for Sausage Beard-lichen »

Amphibians, Reptiles

Wales Online Amphibian and Reptile Atlas

February 2, 2013 betterWPhost

During the past year, Cofnod, the Local Record Centre for North Wales, and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) have been developing an online Atlas for Wales. Not only can you view records at 10km and 1km square resolution, you can add records directly to the Atlas. All the LRCs in Wales have access to records … Continue reading Wales Online Amphibian and Reptile Atlas »

Mammals

People and Pine Martens in Wales

December 2, 2012 betterWPhost

The Vincent Wildlife Trust have a new project: People and Pine Martens in Wales

Fungi

Common Fungi Project 2012

April 2, 2012 betterWPhost

This British Mycological Society project is continuing for a further year, and is looking at distribution and associations of 6 common fungi species: Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus), Jelly Ear/Jew’s Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae), Blushing bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) and Yellow stagshorn (Calocera viscosa). Further information on the project can … Continue reading Common Fungi Project 2012 »