The Big Wales Nature Quiz is back!
Back for Wales Nature Week 2021, get your quiz hats on for Bank Holiday Monday, 31st of May!
Wales Garden BioBlitz 2021
Saturday, 29 May 2021 Wales Garden BioBlitz is back for Wales Nature Week 2021! To kick off Wales Nature Week, join LERC Wales* staff for a national nature hunt in your own garden! On Saturday 29th May, wildlife lovers across Wales are invited “BioBlitz” their garden, by looking for species common and rare to contribute … Continue reading Wales Garden BioBlitz 2021
You are invited to our free online course, Skills for Bees: Beginner Bumblebee Identification & Recording Training
When? Tuesday 4th May 10am – 12noon Tuesday 11th May 10am – 12noon Are you a west Wales resident who would like to learn more about the bumblebees of Wales? Can you commit to recording Welsh bumblebees? If so these courses are for you!
Join our new facebook group, West Wales Biological Recording!
Do you enjoy wildlife recording? Do you sometimes need help identifying what you see? Do you like sharing your wildlife photography? OR! Can you help with wildlife identification? We would like to welcome you to our facebook group, West Wales Biological Recording! This group is a place for people in West Wales to share … Continue reading Join our new facebook group, West Wales Biological Recording!
The Birds of Wales (Adar Cymru) now available to order!
The Birds of Wales (Adar Cymru), published by Liverpool University Press on behalf of the Welsh Ornithological Society is now available to order! Use Code WALES50 for a discount here!
West Wales Biodiversity is now on YouTube!
You can find all our online training videos on our new YouTube channel here! We have curated a ‘Wildlife Identification Guides’ playlist which includes training courses from our sister LERCs (SEWBReC, BIS and Cofnod), as well as videos from BugLife, The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, NatureSpot, FSC, Plantlife and BSBI. There is also a helpful playlist … Continue reading West Wales Biodiversity is now on YouTube!
“White Moulds, Ramularia and Phacellium Anamorphs in Wales and Britain” now available!
This is just a message to hopefully promote the new book “White Moulds, Ramularia and Phacellium Anamorphs, in Wales and Britain: a Guide and Welsh Census Catalogue” which has now been printed. This is the 5th volume in the series covering phytoparasitic microfungi by the Welsh Microfungi Group. This group of fungal pathogens are very common, yet very under-recorded. Using … Continue reading “White Moulds, Ramularia and Phacellium Anamorphs in Wales and Britain” now available!
Bats: Fact or Fiction Quiz
As Halloween is approaching why not give this bat quiz a go. Designed to separate the facts from fiction relating to these fascinating mammals. Click on the link below to open the quiz created by Ecology by Design. https://www.ecologybydesign.co.uk/ecology-resources/bat-quiz-fact-or-fiction
Summer Dragons Online Training recording available
Summer Dragons – learn about the dragonflies and damselflies of west Wales We have now published a recording of our first online identification course, Summer Dragons, on our new Youtube channel. To view the video, please follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woxvTeyN93E