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Paul Stephens
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Welsh Birder
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Working together for the Marsh Fritillary 💪

As the Wales Marsh Fritillary Recovery Partnership Project comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the amazing achievements and hear from the people who will continue this vital work into the future 👉 buff.ly/rRh1kB9
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Join Us at The Knap!
@valelnp.bsky.social are sowing wildflower seeds to create meadow areas. Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome. 🌼🌿

📅 Tuesday 18 November
🕚 10:30am
📍 Meeting point: what3words location: what3words.com/packet.learn...

#Wildflowers #Biodiversity #ValeNature
///packet.learn.nation
This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
what3words.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Eastern Black Redstart at the point near the green beacon.
Pic: T Willoughby.
#spurnbirds
@rarebirder.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Bookings have gone so well for our Gower Bird Hospital talk - Wildlife ER - by Dr Dan Forman on Tuesday that we've released 10 extra places. Book soon on Eventbrite if you'd like to join us!
#WTSWW
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-e...
Wildlife E.R.
Eventbrite - Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales Swansea group presents Wildlife E.R. - Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at St Hilary's Church Community Hall, Killay, Wales. Find event and ticket informati...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Day out on the Gower, YBW, Black Redstart, Firecrest at Middleton. Showy Dartford at Mewslade. Pallid, 2 M Hen, Ringtail and Marsh Harrier at Llanrhidian. #birdingWales
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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🌼 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
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Here is our open letter to the new NRW Chair asking him what he will do to reverse the decline in nature. He says his priority is to ‘position NRW as a national leader in nature recovery’.
We want to hold him and NRW to those words.
Here's our letter: www.natureconservation.wales/news/
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A walk at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, more planes flying over than birds, but can't wait to try here in the Spring.
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Very breezy walk up to the trig point on Rhossili Down this morning enlivened by a confiding Snow Bunting, looking a bit out of place really. Also 2 Chough, Buzzard, Skylark and Snipe.
#birdingWales #gowerbirds
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Breezy walk at Whiteford, c150 Brent, Rb Merg. Quick stop at Llanrhidian F And Juv Marsh Harrier. #birdWales
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nice few hours at Strumble, 2 Great, 2 Sooty Shearwater, BND, RTD and GND, 2 Little Gull, Arctic Skua, missed the Little Auk. Rounded off with Pallid, M Hen Harrier at Dowrog. #birdingWales Couple of terrible skoped photos of the Pallid.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Break in work, so managed to get to Murton to see my first Glamorgan Hooded Crow, nice. #birdingWales
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Really pleased to find a Red-throated Pipit on North Ronaldsay today.

Other highlights today being Turtle Dove, Lapland Bunting and Yellow-browed Warbler.

Nice to see that the Easterlies are producing birds.

#BirdingScotland
#OrkneyBirding
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Local patch walk on Mynydd Gellionnen, c30 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Swallow. Highlight was a Ringtail Hen Harrier on Mynydd y Betws. #birdingWales
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Nice couple of hours yesterday afternoon, Lapland Bunting found by @markhipkin.bsky.social on the Vile and then the Pallid Harrier at Llanrhidian. #birdingWales
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nice couple of hours at Llanrhidian Marsh this afternoon with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social. Pallid, Ringtail, Male Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier and Glossy Ibis.
October 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The Brown Shrike at St Davids today - a belter and a bit of a show off. Found it whilst driving down to Porthclais to look for Yellow-browed Warblers. First for Wales if accepted. Hope it sticks around. #birdingWales
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great views of the Brown Shrike found by Steve Jones. #birdingWales
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Walk before work at Banc y lord, 9 Glossy Ibis, 6 Whooper, Marsh Harrier. #birdingWales . A couple of jets zipping about too.
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Local patch walk with @dmesg.bsky.social spotted quite a few 'galls' on the back of oak tree leaves that belong to the Cherry Gall Wasp, few #butterflies around mainly Speckled Wood and Red Admiral
#autumn #ukwildlife
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breezy walk out to Sker, didn't expect much and that's exactly what I got.
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Monmouthshire dragonfly newsletter number 12 is now available, with news on Willow Emeralds, Scarce Chaser, Lesser Emperors, Red-veined Darters, Common Hawker and Hairy Dragonfly. DM me if you’re not on the mailing list but would like to be. #gwentdragonflies
cc @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A paddle around Eilean Donan last week with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM