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Vale Nature Partnership
@valelnp.bsky.social
Bringing people and communities together to take action for nature in the Vale of Glamorgan

Part of the @LNPCymru network
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING 🌧
Unfortunately, our Wildflower seed sowing event tomorrow has been postponed due to the weather forecast for heavy rain.
New date: Monday, 17 November at 11:30 AM
We’d love for you to join us then!
🌼 Wildflower Seed Sowing – Sully Linear Park 🌼
Join us on Fri 14 Nov at 11am to help sow native wildflower seeds and boost local biodiversity! 🌱🐝
📍 Meeting point: what3words.com/hook.aims.ci...
(Off Westminster & Dulverton Drive)
All welcome – no tools needed! 💚
#ValeLNP #NatureInTheVale
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what3words.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌼 Wildflower Seed Sowing – Sully Linear Park 🌼
Join us on Fri 14 Nov at 11am to help sow native wildflower seeds and boost local biodiversity! 🌱🐝
📍 Meeting point: what3words.com/hook.aims.ci...
(Off Westminster & Dulverton Drive)
All welcome – no tools needed! 💚
#ValeLNP #NatureInTheVale
///hook.aims.civil
This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan.
what3words.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thrilled to share the finished hedge at Cosmeston! Expertly laid by Draenog Countryside & Wildlife, with help from our training course attendees. 🌿👏
This traditional technique rejuvenates hedgerows, boosting habitat for pollinators, birds & more. Great job all! 🌳
#Valenature #Hedgerows #Biodiversity
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🌿 Schools, community groups & local organisations in the Vale our Free Nature Starter Packages are ready for you! 🌼🦔

Free resources to help you bring nature into your space 🌱
✅ Easy to apply
📥 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB...

#ValeNature #NatureStarterKit #WildVale #NatureInTheVale
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🔥 Bonfire Night tip: check your bonfire for wildlife before lighting! 🦔 Hedgehogs may be hiding inside to hibernate.
✅ Build on the day
✅ Check thoroughly
✅ Move the pile if needed
Let’s keep our celebrations safe for nature 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06n...
#BonfireNight #HedgehogAwareness #BHPS
Look Before Your Light on Bonfire Night!
YouTube video by The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🍂 Huge thanks to all the budding artists who joined our Autumn Nature art event at Forest Lodge, Porthkerry Country Park! 🎨🖌️
Special shoutout to @sarahhannis.bsky.social for leading such a creative, nature-inspired session 💛

#AutumnNatureArt #NatureInspired #ValeNature #LocalArtists
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Join us for an evening all about Water Voles! Come along to Cowbridge Town Hall on 13th November for a short film screening and Q&A with Water Vole experts to learn about their recent reintroduction to the River Thaw.

Book your place: champ.ly/Yq_El1AM

📸 Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A few tickets have just become available for our FREE 1-day Hedgelaying Courses at Cosmeston, Penarth this weekend - choose either Saturday 25 or Sunday 26 October 10-4pm 🌿

Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...

#ValeNature #Conservation
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter!

Find out more about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats
About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 1,500 species of bats in the world (as of September 2025), and more are still bein...
www.bats.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🍄 Happy #UKFungusDay 4 October 2025! 🍄

We celebrated early in the Vale with a fungi walk led by
Natur Hud, joined by members of Porthkerry Wildlife Group at Porthkerry Country Park.

Have you spotted any fungi, share your photos and tag us #ValeNature

📷 Porthkerry Wildlife Group

#WaxcapWatch
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🐾 Well done to our partners @wtsww.bsky.social, National Resources Wales, South East Wales Rivers Trust & Restore The Thaw Project for helping bring back water voles to the Vale!
Read the full article here!
🔗 BBC article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Welsh Water vole project hoping diet change can help rodents
Trying to better simulate a water vole's diet in the wild may help those released from captivity.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Plant survey and litter pick at Castle Drive yesterday. Lots of variety of flowers (& litter 😡😂) @valelnp.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
📣1 place has just become available for each of our Learn to Scythe courses this weekend (Saturday 30 or Sunday 31 August), at University Hospital Llandough, led by Handpowered

Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...

#ValeNature #Scything #Training
Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.Our mission in the Vale is to reconnect people from all across the county with nature. By developing a nature recovery network, we aim to engage the public, local community groups and organisations, as well as schools and businesses to take part in practical action for nature in their communities.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We had an amazing time at the Vale Nature Festival on Sat 19 July! 🌿💚
Huge thanks to all who made it such a success. 🙌

Share your favourite moments with us using #ValeNature 📸✨

@lnpcymru.bsky.social @wcvacymru.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Many thanks to @valelnp.bsky.social for the invitation to be be part of yesterday's Vale Nature Festival. It was my pleasure to spend the afternoon talking about flora, galls, fungi & little critters. #natureconnection #naturematters
📸 Courtesy of Emily Shaw, Vale LNP
July 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎉 THANK YOU / DIOLCH to everyone that joined us in the sunshine 🌞 for the second Vale Nature Festival at Cosmeston! 🎪 What an amazing turnout celebrating nature in the Vale 🐾

Lots more highlights to share with you next week but here’s a few snippets of some of the days festivities! #ValeNature
July 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sneak peak of what our team has been working hard to bring together ready to welcome you all tomorrow! 🙌

🌿Join us for the Vale Nature Festival 2025
A fun-filled, family-friendly celebration of nature🐾

📅 Saturday 19 July
🕚 11am – 4pm
📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
bit.ly/ValeNatureFe...
#ValeNature
July 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🌞💧 Help Wildlife Beat the Heat! 💧🌞

Temps are rising — let’s give birds, bees & hedgehogs a hand! 🐦🦔🐝

✅ Put out shallow water dishes
✅ Add pebbles/sticks for safe drinking
✅ Keep in the shade & clean regularly

Snap a pic of your garden visitors & tag us! 📸💚
#HelpWildlife #ValeNature
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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It's SEWBReC #SquareOfTheMonth time! For July we are highlighting 1km squares with zero #Moth records:

SO2203 in Abertillery, #BlaenauGwent
ST1371 in St Andrews Major, #ValeOfGlamorgan

Could you help fill these map gaps?
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/189
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/188
July 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Celebrate #WalesNatureWeek by joining us on a guided walk around Old Castle Down in the Vale of Glamorgan to learn all about Wales’ rarest butterfly, the High Brown Fritillary 🦋

When 📅: 10 and 11 July at 11am

Find the event details 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/events/a-wal...

📷: Mark Searle
July 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌱Celebrating #WalesNatureWeek with a FREE nature art workshop tomorrow - Wed 9 July 7pm at Porthkerry led by @sarahhannis.bsky.social

🎨Whether you're an artist, bird lover, or just looking to connect with nature, join us! Suitable for all ages

🐦Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-art...
July 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks to everyone that joined our Introduction to Grassland webinar last week 🌱

📱Missed out? Don't worry, watch the recording here: www.valenature.org/resources

🏵️Want to learn more? Join our free wildflower ID training sessions led by @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

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Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.O...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🌿 Celebrate #ValeNature 🌿

We're excited to share a fantastic line-up of events from our partners to celebrate #WalesNatureWeek taking place 5 to 13 July @walesnatureweek.bsky.social

Explore what's happening in the Vale or add your own event here: www.valenature.org/walesnaturew...
June 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🔔Reminder: Tomorrow Thursday 26 June, 18:30

Introduction to species-rich grasslands and their plants
FREE webinar with @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Also first in-person Wildflower ID training session coming up on Wed 2 July in St Brides-super-Ely

Info & to book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...
Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.O...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🐜 Stand Tall for the Small
Happy #nationalinsectweek! 🐛

Did you know one in three mouthfuls of our food depends on insect pollination?🐝

Here's some photos from our Meadow Walk, where we discovered some colourful moths trapped overnight, as well as some impressive species spotted on the day!
June 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM