January is here and many of you will be partaking in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch counting the different birds coming to your school grounds. For this month, we are setting you the challenge of counting your Winter Birds in your grounds. Whilst you're counting and identifying the different species, we want you to focus … Continue reading Schools Challenge – Winter Birds
Ever thought about building your own nest box, or want a box with a specific hole size for a species in your garden? Look no further than this simply guide to creating and building your own garden nest box. To begin, you will need: Tape measure and PencilWooden plank from a sustainable source (we used … Continue reading DIY: Nest Box
The newest version of the UK Red List has been announced and there are many of our favourite species have since joined the list. The report named, Birds of Conservation Concern 5 by some of the UK's leading bird conservation organisations, which assesses 245 regularly occurring species. 70 of the 245 species which were assessed … Continue reading New UK Red List
The honeybee is under threat, posing a catastrophe to the earth’s ecosystem and life as we know it. Without honeybee pollination, we’d lose on average 70 out of 100 crop species that feed 90% of our population. According to the University of Reading, the honeybee population has halved in the last 20 years, with climate … Continue reading Guest Blog: A mission to save the Honeybee
Being a first language Welsh speaker and learning English later on in my childhood, aswell as having the benefit of speaking to the media and local birders through Welsh. Welsh names for wildlife, birds, in particular, has always been something I have been proud of knowing and often times that make me laugh or think … Continue reading Wonderful Welsh Bird Names
Feeding the birds is a fun activity for children to get involved in, it's a way they can clearly see what they're doing is good by the birds eating and coming to the garden. There's a lot of different things you can make for your garden birds - the funest and messiest is definitely making … Continue reading Kids: Bird treat making
For those of you who don't already know, I love my garden! I love to encourage all types of wildlife into the wild space and I enjoy planting and growing my own. So that being said, I've been gifted some Seedballs to show you the easiest way of encouraging wildlife into your garden so matter … Continue reading Seedball – easy wildlife gardening
Parks are usually found within every town or city. In Wales, we have many Country parks around with one either side of my city. One of my favourites is Margam Country Park in Port Talbot because it's a major part of my childhood, but also it adds a sense of nature and tranquillity to the … Continue reading Exploring parks – Margam Country Park
The usual venture out to the coast to scout through gulls and ducks was on the cards for February, with the weather being as odd and unpredictable as usual, there was little else to do. Sammy and I arrived at Rhossili midday last week and after some lunch, we positioned ourselves on a bunker just … Continue reading Fungi February
This week (Feb 14th-21st) is National Nestbox Week and is definitely one of my favourite yearly celebrations. You can nab yourself some great deals on boxes, kits and some goodies for your gardens or wild spaces. To kick-start the week, myself and my very good friend Sammy went to visit the boxes at WWT Llanelli … Continue reading National Nestbox week
Dan Rouse 