Taking part in the #BigButterflyCount? 🦋
Wales has only 1 colony of the High Brown Fritillary, found at Old Castle Down, Vale of Glamorgan📍
Right now, females are laying eggs near violet leaves & bracken🍃
Learn how #NaturamByth is protecting them: www.naturambyth.cymru/en/our-work/...
Wales has only 1 colony of the High Brown Fritillary, found at Old Castle Down, Vale of Glamorgan📍
Right now, females are laying eggs near violet leaves & bracken🍃
Learn how #NaturamByth is protecting them: www.naturambyth.cymru/en/our-work/...
July 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Taking part in the #BigButterflyCount? 🦋
Wales has only 1 colony of the High Brown Fritillary, found at Old Castle Down, Vale of Glamorgan📍
Right now, females are laying eggs near violet leaves & bracken🍃
Learn how #NaturamByth is protecting them: www.naturambyth.cymru/en/our-work/...
Wales has only 1 colony of the High Brown Fritillary, found at Old Castle Down, Vale of Glamorgan📍
Right now, females are laying eggs near violet leaves & bracken🍃
Learn how #NaturamByth is protecting them: www.naturambyth.cymru/en/our-work/...
🌈🌿 Join our next #DiverseByNature webinar on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the environment & conservation sector
📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Register: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Register: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM
🌈🌿 Join our next #DiverseByNature webinar on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the environment & conservation sector
📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Register: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Register: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
February 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
January 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
🦇 A great free webinar coming up from the #NaturAmByth project! If you want to learn more about nature conservation in Wales from the people doing hands-on work, don’t miss it: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
October 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🦇 A great free webinar coming up from the #NaturAmByth project! If you want to learn more about nature conservation in Wales from the people doing hands-on work, don’t miss it: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
This looks like it'll be a good webinar on two rare insects found in North Wales:
museum.wales/whatson/digi...
#invertebrates #entomology #Wales #Cymru #AmgueddfaCymru #MuseumWales #NationalMuseumCardiff #NaturAmByth #LargeMasonBee #ClubbedGeneralSoldierfly
museum.wales/whatson/digi...
#invertebrates #entomology #Wales #Cymru #AmgueddfaCymru #MuseumWales #NationalMuseumCardiff #NaturAmByth #LargeMasonBee #ClubbedGeneralSoldierfly
Natur am Byth Webinar 2: Distinct but Difficult: Rare Insects in North Wales
Join our natural history curators for a special, live webinar about some of Wales’ most rarely...
museum.wales
February 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This looks like it'll be a good webinar on two rare insects found in North Wales:
museum.wales/whatson/digi...
#invertebrates #entomology #Wales #Cymru #AmgueddfaCymru #MuseumWales #NationalMuseumCardiff #NaturAmByth #LargeMasonBee #ClubbedGeneralSoldierfly
museum.wales/whatson/digi...
#invertebrates #entomology #Wales #Cymru #AmgueddfaCymru #MuseumWales #NationalMuseumCardiff #NaturAmByth #LargeMasonBee #ClubbedGeneralSoldierfly
Walking the Wales Coast Path at Newgale, #Pembrokeshire, yesterday in search of the very rare Short-necked Oil Beetle (Meloe brevicollis) for #NaturamByth. Unfortunately none seen but plenty of other invertebrates - few pictured here (names in the ALT text).
@wwbic1.bsky.social #WalesCoastPath
@wwbic1.bsky.social #WalesCoastPath
April 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Walking the Wales Coast Path at Newgale, #Pembrokeshire, yesterday in search of the very rare Short-necked Oil Beetle (Meloe brevicollis) for #NaturamByth. Unfortunately none seen but plenty of other invertebrates - few pictured here (names in the ALT text).
@wwbic1.bsky.social #WalesCoastPath
@wwbic1.bsky.social #WalesCoastPath
Dathlwch yr iaith Cymraeg a natur! 🌿 Ymunwch â'n gweminar ar sut mae iaith yn dyfnhau ymgysylltiad â threftadaeth a chadwraeth.
🗓 Ion 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
🗓 Ion 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Dathlwch yr iaith Cymraeg a natur! 🌿 Ymunwch â'n gweminar ar sut mae iaith yn dyfnhau ymgysylltiad â threftadaeth a chadwraeth.
🗓 Ion 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
🗓 Ion 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
January 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info
Join VWT's @naturambyth.bsky.social Barbastelle Project this Sunday 08 June, at #PengelliNationalNatureReserve, to learn how to survey the rare #barbastellebat using detectors. Help us find out more about this elusive woodland bat. #VolunteersWeek #NaturAmByth
bit.ly/4mbcNOl for info and to apply.
bit.ly/4mbcNOl for info and to apply.
June 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join VWT's @naturambyth.bsky.social Barbastelle Project this Sunday 08 June, at #PengelliNationalNatureReserve, to learn how to survey the rare #barbastellebat using detectors. Help us find out more about this elusive woodland bat. #VolunteersWeek #NaturAmByth
bit.ly/4mbcNOl for info and to apply.
bit.ly/4mbcNOl for info and to apply.
📅 Saturday 16 May
📌 Gilfach, Rhayader
Come and learn about Gilfach's ancient trees and how they support a myriad of species such as insects, lichens, and bats.
10 AM - 12:30 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eKPkiBn4
1:30 PM - 4 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eNntCwiH
#NaturamByth #Gilfach #Rhayader #MidWales #Powys #Nature
📌 Gilfach, Rhayader
Come and learn about Gilfach's ancient trees and how they support a myriad of species such as insects, lichens, and bats.
10 AM - 12:30 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eKPkiBn4
1:30 PM - 4 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eNntCwiH
#NaturamByth #Gilfach #Rhayader #MidWales #Powys #Nature
May 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
📅 Saturday 16 May
📌 Gilfach, Rhayader
Come and learn about Gilfach's ancient trees and how they support a myriad of species such as insects, lichens, and bats.
10 AM - 12:30 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eKPkiBn4
1:30 PM - 4 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eNntCwiH
#NaturamByth #Gilfach #Rhayader #MidWales #Powys #Nature
📌 Gilfach, Rhayader
Come and learn about Gilfach's ancient trees and how they support a myriad of species such as insects, lichens, and bats.
10 AM - 12:30 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eKPkiBn4
1:30 PM - 4 PM 👉 lnkd.in/eNntCwiH
#NaturamByth #Gilfach #Rhayader #MidWales #Powys #Nature
Last week, we hosted our 2nd Pinecone Bat Making event at Colby Woodland Garden – just in time for Halloween! Delivered as part of VWT's #NaturAmByth Barbastelle Project, children got crafty while learning about some of our rarest UK bat species and we saw some fantastic batty creations on the day!
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Last week, we hosted our 2nd Pinecone Bat Making event at Colby Woodland Garden – just in time for Halloween! Delivered as part of VWT's #NaturAmByth Barbastelle Project, children got crafty while learning about some of our rarest UK bat species and we saw some fantastic batty creations on the day!
Our first Isogenus nubecula stonefly of 2025 found on the banks of the Welsh Dee yesterday and the recording studio set up to record their 'drumming' call. (It worked really well btw) #Naturambyth #buglife
April 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our first Isogenus nubecula stonefly of 2025 found on the banks of the Welsh Dee yesterday and the recording studio set up to record their 'drumming' call. (It worked really well btw) #Naturambyth #buglife
Naturalist Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social and I went on a stonefly exuvia tour of bridges over the Severn S of Welshpool: result 2x Perlodes + an adult B.risi with an expected 0 sign of Isogenus nubecula! but lovely hours of chat as we waded and clambered the banks. #Buglife #NaturAmByth
April 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Naturalist Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social and I went on a stonefly exuvia tour of bridges over the Severn S of Welshpool: result 2x Perlodes + an adult B.risi with an expected 0 sign of Isogenus nubecula! but lovely hours of chat as we waded and clambered the banks. #Buglife #NaturAmByth
So far, in 2025, VWT’s #NaturAmByth project has collected 2,675 new acoustic records of barbastelles in Pembs. By the year end, we expect 3,000+ records — a fantastic result. Thanks to our vols+@heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we’re learning more about barbastelles in Wales and how to help them thrive.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So far, in 2025, VWT’s #NaturAmByth project has collected 2,675 new acoustic records of barbastelles in Pembs. By the year end, we expect 3,000+ records — a fantastic result. Thanks to our vols+@heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we’re learning more about barbastelles in Wales and how to help them thrive.
The rare High Brown Fritillary's last Welsh colony is at Old Castle Down! 🏴
Learn all about this beautiful species at the Bridgend Nature Festival tomorrow (11am-4pm) with the #NaturamByth & @savebutterflies team. #BigButterflyCount 🦋
Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
Learn all about this beautiful species at the Bridgend Nature Festival tomorrow (11am-4pm) with the #NaturamByth & @savebutterflies team. #BigButterflyCount 🦋
Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
July 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The rare High Brown Fritillary's last Welsh colony is at Old Castle Down! 🏴
Learn all about this beautiful species at the Bridgend Nature Festival tomorrow (11am-4pm) with the #NaturamByth & @savebutterflies team. #BigButterflyCount 🦋
Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
Learn all about this beautiful species at the Bridgend Nature Festival tomorrow (11am-4pm) with the #NaturamByth & @savebutterflies team. #BigButterflyCount 🦋
Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
Our #NaturamByth officers are always on the lookout👀🔍
Mae ein swyddogion #NaturamByth wastad yn cadw llygad allan👀🔍
Mae ein swyddogion #NaturamByth wastad yn cadw llygad allan👀🔍
Wrexham's rarest animal, Isogenus nubecula, has emerged from the river waters for a brief 3-4 weeks as an adult stone fly. I've been tracking the emergence. Counting exuvia on bridges & searching for sightings along the banks of the Welsh River Dee @buglife @naturambyth.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our #NaturamByth officers are always on the lookout👀🔍
Mae ein swyddogion #NaturamByth wastad yn cadw llygad allan👀🔍
Mae ein swyddogion #NaturamByth wastad yn cadw llygad allan👀🔍
The #NaturAmByth partnership is Wales’ flagship Species Recovery programme!
It unites 9 environmental charities with Natural Resources Wales to save species from extinction and reconnect people to nature: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/in-...
It unites 9 environmental charities with Natural Resources Wales to save species from extinction and reconnect people to nature: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/in-...
Natur am Byth - In Wales - Bat Conservation Trust
Natur am Byth yw prosiect blaenllaw Cymru ar gyfer adferiad rhywogaethau, sy’n dod â naw corff anllywodraethol amgylcheddol ynghyd gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol...
www.bats.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The #NaturAmByth partnership is Wales’ flagship Species Recovery programme!
It unites 9 environmental charities with Natural Resources Wales to save species from extinction and reconnect people to nature: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/in-...
It unites 9 environmental charities with Natural Resources Wales to save species from extinction and reconnect people to nature: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/in-...
The first of our trainee blogs is live! 📢
Follow the link and read all about our very own Lindsey Thomas and what she's been up to since starting with Buglife & #NaturamByth 💚
👉https://www.naturambyth.cymru/en/news/diary-of-a-trainee-the-mountain/
Follow the link and read all about our very own Lindsey Thomas and what she's been up to since starting with Buglife & #NaturamByth 💚
👉https://www.naturambyth.cymru/en/news/diary-of-a-trainee-the-mountain/
July 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The first of our trainee blogs is live! 📢
Follow the link and read all about our very own Lindsey Thomas and what she's been up to since starting with Buglife & #NaturamByth 💚
👉https://www.naturambyth.cymru/en/news/diary-of-a-trainee-the-mountain/
Follow the link and read all about our very own Lindsey Thomas and what she's been up to since starting with Buglife & #NaturamByth 💚
👉https://www.naturambyth.cymru/en/news/diary-of-a-trainee-the-mountain/
There was a host of fascinating revelations about Swansea's rarest wildlife from the caring parenting of the fen raft spider to the discovery of the one and only specimen of an orchid species in Wales. Thanks Tawny Clark + Matt Cooke of #NaturamByth and good luck with the conservation plans.
Tonight's the night! Come along to the Natur am Byth talk in Killay, Swansea to hear about the projects to save some of Swansea + Gower's rarest wildlife. Cuppas from 7.15pm before the talk at 7.30pm.
There are a a few spare seats so book or just turn up!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natur-am-b...
There are a a few spare seats so book or just turn up!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natur-am-b...
Natur am Byth - Swansea's Green Recovery!
Come along to hear about the exciting Natur am Byth projects on Gower and further afield in Swansea.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There was a host of fascinating revelations about Swansea's rarest wildlife from the caring parenting of the fen raft spider to the discovery of the one and only specimen of an orchid species in Wales. Thanks Tawny Clark + Matt Cooke of #NaturamByth and good luck with the conservation plans.
🌈🌿 Ymunwch â'n gweminar #AmrywiolwrthNatur nesaf ar gynhwysiant LHDT+ yn y sector amgylchedd a chadwraeth
📅 18 Chwefror | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Cofrestrwch: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
📅 18 Chwefror | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Cofrestrwch: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
January 29, 2026 at 10:28 AM
🌈🌿 Ymunwch â'n gweminar #AmrywiolwrthNatur nesaf ar gynhwysiant LHDT+ yn y sector amgylchedd a chadwraeth
📅 18 Chwefror | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Cofrestrwch: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
📅 18 Chwefror | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Cofrestrwch: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
#NaturamByth
A big thanks to Bethan Withey of #BatConservation and #NaturAmByth! for the sold-out bat talk and walk in Killay, Swansea last night. Pipistrelles + Soprano pips were seen and heard but hearing the much rarer Lesser Horseshoe bats was a huge thrill!
#bats 🦇🦇🦇🦇
#bats 🦇🦇🦇🦇
May 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A big thanks to Bethan Withey of #BatConservation and #NaturAmByth! for the sold-out bat talk and walk in Killay, Swansea last night. Pipistrelles + Soprano pips were seen and heard but hearing the much rarer Lesser Horseshoe bats was a huge thrill!
#bats 🦇🦇🦇🦇
#bats 🦇🦇🦇🦇
🗓️ Friday 6 March
Come along and take part in a creative writing session as we learn about the chough and it's iconic connections to the legendary King Arthur 👑
Email hanna.baguley@rspb.org.uk or call 07540 682905 to reserve your spot!
#NaturamByth
Come along and take part in a creative writing session as we learn about the chough and it's iconic connections to the legendary King Arthur 👑
Email hanna.baguley@rspb.org.uk or call 07540 682905 to reserve your spot!
#NaturamByth
March 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🗓️ Friday 6 March
Come along and take part in a creative writing session as we learn about the chough and it's iconic connections to the legendary King Arthur 👑
Email hanna.baguley@rspb.org.uk or call 07540 682905 to reserve your spot!
#NaturamByth
Come along and take part in a creative writing session as we learn about the chough and it's iconic connections to the legendary King Arthur 👑
Email hanna.baguley@rspb.org.uk or call 07540 682905 to reserve your spot!
#NaturamByth
Mae cytref olaf Cymru'r Fritheg Frown yn Old Castle Down! 🦋
Dysgwch bopeth am y rhywogaeth hardd hon yng Ngŵyl Natur Pen-y-bont yfory (11am-4pm) gyda thîm #NaturamByth a @savebutterflies. #BigButterflyCount 🏴
Cael tocynnau: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
Dysgwch bopeth am y rhywogaeth hardd hon yng Ngŵyl Natur Pen-y-bont yfory (11am-4pm) gyda thîm #NaturamByth a @savebutterflies. #BigButterflyCount 🏴
Cael tocynnau: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
July 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Mae cytref olaf Cymru'r Fritheg Frown yn Old Castle Down! 🦋
Dysgwch bopeth am y rhywogaeth hardd hon yng Ngŵyl Natur Pen-y-bont yfory (11am-4pm) gyda thîm #NaturamByth a @savebutterflies. #BigButterflyCount 🏴
Cael tocynnau: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
Dysgwch bopeth am y rhywogaeth hardd hon yng Ngŵyl Natur Pen-y-bont yfory (11am-4pm) gyda thîm #NaturamByth a @savebutterflies. #BigButterflyCount 🏴
Cael tocynnau: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridgend-n...
I'm working on the very last populations of an aquatic insect, Isogenus nubecula, in the UK for #Buglife & #NaturamByth. in Finland, some popn.s cling on but heat & land use change is devastating. see M.Jackson: Landuse critical to aquatic environments for support ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
ora.ox.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I'm working on the very last populations of an aquatic insect, Isogenus nubecula, in the UK for #Buglife & #NaturamByth. in Finland, some popn.s cling on but heat & land use change is devastating. see M.Jackson: Landuse critical to aquatic environments for support ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...