Gwent Wildlife Trust

Registration for the Race for Wildlife 2020 is open! 10K road race, 1K Fun Run and 100 metre dash. New for 2020: Limited edition t-shirts available, chip timing for the 10K plus a VE Day 75th anniversary fair with stalls, games and activities in partnership with Undy AFC​. Visit www.gwentwildlife.org/raceforwildlife for more info.

If you've always fancied trying your hand at hedgelaying, then make sure you're booked onto our Gwent Wildlife Trust two-day course on the weekend of February 22-23. Run by our Woodland Officer, Doug Lloyd, our Hedgelaying course is suitable for complete beginners up to intermediate level. Hedge-laying is traditional rural skill, practised for hundreds of years and essential if we are to conserve our wildlife and landscape for future generations. The two day course is £75 pe...r person for non members and £65 per person for Gwent Wildlife Trust members. Book your place by calling 01600 740600 or emailing info@gwentwildlife.org and for further details about this course visit: https://www.gwentwildlife.org/…/2020-02 -22-hedgelaying-cour…
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Guess The Critter!

Guess The Critter – A Long-spined Sea Scorpion. A quite dramatically named fish that can be found in rockpools further west in Wales.

Guess The Critter!

Outdoor Training Gone Wild!
We will be delivering a nationally recognised, two and a half day course this spring, to give you the skills to get children and young people outdoors, knowledgeably, safely and sustainably. The Level 2 Award in Outdoor Learning Practice is perfect for anyone who works with children and young people. We will help you to understand the benefits and risks of using the outdoors as a learning resource, we will build your confidence in planning and deli...vering sessions, and we will encourage you to manage the environment sensitively.
WHEN: March 26th, April 2nd and July 1st WHERE: Environmental Resource Centre, Steel Works Road, Ebbw Vale. NP23 6AL COST: £300 per person (inc VAT) BOOK ONLINE: https://www.gwentwildlife.org/…/2020-03 -26-award-outdoor-le… MORE INFO: info@gwentwildlife.org
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Guess The Critter – A Bloodvein, a distinctively and aptly named moth that is reasonably common within Gwent.

Guess The Critter!

If you can manage to get out in this frosty weather, you're sure to be rewarded with a stunning photo opportunity - like this lone Ash Tree on top of the Blorenge, taken last year by Jane Corey. We'd love to see your frosty landscape or wildlife pics!

Guess The Critter – A Magpie, a much maligned, but very attractive and intelligent bird. I was told Magpie was short for Magnificent Piebald, but apparently this isn’t true.

Winter sale! To try and encourage some new members out of the woodwork, we're offering 12 months' membership for the price of 6 when you join online this winter. (Terms and conditions apply.) Visit our 'new look' www.gwentwildlife.org to discover more!

Led by Gwent Wildlife Trust's Robert Magee, book early to avoid disappointment!

Guess The Critter!

Guess The Critter – A Southern Wood Ant, their nests, which can be up to 1m in height and host 400,000 workers can be found within some of our woodlands within Gwent.

New Years Resolution 10. - Join your local Wildlife Trust, the support we receive from our members is vital for us to continue to conserve our wildlife. We offer a great many benefits to our members in return, including reserves guides, magazines and the many great events we run throughout the year. Visit https://www.gwentwildlife.org/membership< br>

In case you missed it you can still listen to Gwent Wildlife Trust Gwent Levellers volunteer Jane Smith-Haddon and photographer Hugh Gregory chatting to journalist Jamie Owen for BBC Radio Wales about their passion for Gwent Wildlife Trust's Magor Marsh nature reserve (skip to 16 mins 15 secs in) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000czr l