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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group
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We are wildlife enthusiasts organising nature walks + talks in the Swansea area of South Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Join us! https://www.welshwildlife.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395133178511075
#Wildlife #Swansea #Gower #Abertawe #Nature #WTSSW
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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · Jan 12
Greetings! 😀👋
We're delighted to join the Bluesky nature and wildlife community 💚💙
We hope to connect with WTSWW members and people who love wildlife in our area of south west Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We're also on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/39513...
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Three oystercatchers feeding on the edge of the sea as the tide ebbs at the east end of Swansea Bay. Black and white birds with red bills and legs
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Tonight's the night! #jinglejingle
See you at 7.30pm 🍷🧁
Talks from Thom Lyon on the pool frog and from Dr Kevin Arbuckle from Swansea University on reptiles , amphibians and venom! 🐍
Poster advertising Swansea WTSWW group members and friends evening of talks, a quiz and a buffet tonight! 7.30pm
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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There’s just one week to go until you can book your 2026 day trip to Skomer!

We’re proud to work in partnership with Pembrokeshire Islands - the only boat operator that lands on Skomer. You can book your day trip on their website from 1st December.

📸 Alexander Mustard
Close up of a Puffin.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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If you'd like to join this friendly group of conservation volunteers making a real difference on our Swansea/Gower reserves, email us! 🪏🌳👶🐦‍⬛
[email protected]
wtsww.bsky.social The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 4d
Our Gower volunteers are celebrating the delivery of a batch of brand new hand tools as part of our #NatureNetworks Accessible Nature project. These tools will help us to engage with more volunteers & deliver more essential work on our reserves!

#RhwydweithiauNatur #NatureReserves #Volunteers
A group of people holding tools outside.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I had a nine o'clock raider in my garden this morning—a blog post to mark the occasion. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/the-... #gwentbirds
The nine o'clock raider
A photography blog focused on Gwent wildlife and in particularly birds.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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We have a talk coming up this week on Friday 28th November about bird ringing at Oxwich Marsh. The talk will be at St Paul's Parish Centre in Sketty and will start at 19:30. Full details at the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/ringin...
Two Common Snipe being held in the hand during a ringing session
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Red Squirrel Appreciation Day could alleviate some of the January blues. Help celebrate our red squirrels on this special day. Keep an eye on our website for updates of activities on the day: squirrelaccord.uk/events

#RedSquirrelAppreciationDay #redsquirrel #redsquirrels #January2026 #januaryblues
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Nice piece in there about Cartersford, the new nature reserve on Gower 💚
wtsww.bsky.social The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 5d
Hot off the press! 🍄

The winter edition of our Your Wales Wild magazine has just dropped. If you'd like to receive our magazine, packed with exciting nature news from South & West Wales, become a member today.

Become a member: www.welshwildlife.org/become-member

📸 Molly Johns
Someone holding a magazine featuring a red toadstool in front of some trees.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Great blog from @ruthchambers.bsky.social today on amendments needed to the Environment Bill: "It is essential that the OEGW’s independence from the Welsh Government is watertight, something which the bill currently fails to secure."

www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...

#WeNeedNature #AngenNatur
At a crossroads: why Wales must futureproof its new green governance - Institute of Welsh Affairs
The new OEGW can fill our environmental governance gap, but it must be given the legal duty and resources to ensure its independence and delivery.
www.iwa.wales
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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This Greylag Goose was flying into the teeth of the cold northerly wind that was gusting at Kenfig Pool this morning. Numbers are unpredictable on the site, but are slowly increasing year on year with my maximum count being 67 individuals #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #wildfowl
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A sunny, showery, rainbows kinda day for @WTSWW.bsky.social
conservation volunteers at a new nature reserve Swansea today. Eleven people, 150 trees planted + many metres of old fencing cleared! What a team 💚
#WTSWW #Cartersford #Gower
View from nature reserve over rushy grassland between two twisty leafless oak trees towards the golden autumnal Gower commons. Sunshine and a blue sky. View of a few twisty oak trees with distant volunteers planting oak, blackthorn, hawthorn, roman and crab apple trees. Mostly blue sky and sunshine. View of sunshine on the edge of woodland with a rainbow showing against dark rainclouds. Volunteers continuing to work through a rain shower.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Join us for our AGM on Thursday 20th November! 🦋

Come along to hear about what we've achieved over the last year and what exciting projects we've got coming up.

Find out more: champ.ly/EP-UFEs6

📸 Vaughn Matthews
A Marsh Fritillary - a brown and orange chequered butterfly.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🎉 Puffins spotted on Ireland’s Isle of Muck for the first time in years, after major conservation efforts to remove invasive rats. With most seabird species at risk, this is huge - proof that restoration works!

🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
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Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works'
Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Decision time: Tell Keir to #StopRosebank
This is the moment we've been building towards: it's final decision time for the UK Government. Equinor is trying to get the new Rosebank oil field re-approved. It's up to us all to convince the Gover...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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You have to be optimistic as the alternative is disengaging and accepting all the scary planetary issues...

"So you have to say, first of all, we will engage. Whatever happens, we will engage." 👍👍
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PML’s Professor Matt Frost shares his three wishes for #COP30, and what he hopes world leaders will deliver in this special COP30 feature. He explores the challenges facing this #COP, and why optimism remains essential, especially during these difficult times: pml.ac.uk/news/bringin...
Bringing Ocean Science to COP30: In Conversation with Professor Matt Frost
The UN Climate Conference is taking place in Brazil from 10th – 21st November
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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It's your last chance join our new citizen science project as a BrockWatch Trapper! Find out more: buff.ly/IZlxfaK
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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A near-capacity audience enjoyed Dr Dan Forman's fascinating talk last night "Wildlife ER" about the work of the Gower Bird Hospital. Ethos: Keeping Wildlife Wild.
Report here bit.ly/3WSmPIQ
An audience collection for the hospital and donation from the Swansea group totalled £228!
A collage of images from the talk. Dr Dan Forman talking about the wild animal injuries which need treating. Six very young hedgehog orphans clustered around a fifty pence piece for scale. The brood of orphaned goosander chicks which Dan referred to in his talk which, in the absence of mum, had to be "taught" to preen their feathers.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Almost a full house! Just 4 places left for this evening's talk 😄👍
See you there! 💫
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Goshawk, Resolven Forestry today 8.11.25 very rarely see a Goshawk above the tree canopy so great to watch and photograph this one as it glided over the valley #birdingwales #birds
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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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
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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...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Join us on Tuesday 11th November at 7.30pm for a talk by Dr Dan Forman on the incredible work of Gower Bird Hospital treating injured and orphaned wildlife so they can be returned safely to the wild. Book via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-e...
Wildlife E.R.
Swansea's A&E is at Morriston Hospital but there’s another emergency room which you may never have heard of - in the heart of Gower!
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November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Skokholm booking opens soon! WTSWW members can book 7 night stays from 3rd Nov and 3/4 night stays from 10th Nov. To book, call 01656 724100 Mon-Thurs between 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm only.

For more information visit: www.welshwildlife.org/islands-booking-faqs

📸 Mike Snelle
A Puffin with a beak full of fish.
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴

Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄

Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Please #ShareToMakeAware
❗ 🦔 🔥

If you must have a #bonfire this year, please check bonfires for hedgehogs - #LookBeforeYouLight
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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With #Halloween & bonfire night fast approaching, it's vital that we remember the effect #SpookySeason has on our wildlife and natural landscapes. 🎃🦔

Here are our 3 tips for staying nature friendly over the next week or so.

Please share to spread the word. 🙏

#Cumbria #LakeDistrict
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM