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Join WBP this October for the Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference! This free, face-to-face event brings together people from across Wales and beyond to explore how we can work together to restore biodiversity and promote ecosystem resilience.

Nature Counts is a North Wales Wildlife Trust project which aims to encourage more people to get involved in recording wildlife on our Nature Reserves. The project has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

How can you help or get involved? Lots of people visit our reserves, for various reasons. We're asking that whilst you're there, make a record of what plants and animals you see during your visit. Log in to Cofnod's easy to use Online Recording System (ORS) to submit your records, either using a Smartphone in the field (you just need some internet coverage) or when you get home. Your records will be available to NWWT together with other records held by Cofnod for our reserves and you will make a direct contribution to our knowledge of the site. To find out more, click on the website link.

Online Speaker Programme

This event will be hosted by Dr Sarah Whild (National Forum for Biological Recording) and feature four presentations, each focusing on the relevance of biological recording at a different geographic scale, in addition to Q&A sessions with each speaker:

Charismatic Clearwings in Mid Wales with Dr Norman Lowe (Brecknock Moth Group)

Tracking the Impact: Landscape Scale Monitoring Across the Chilterns with Nick Marriner (Chilterns National Landscape)

30 Years of Garden BirdWatch with Susan Jones (British Trust for Ornithology)

Getting To Scale: Biodiversity Monitoring for Local Change Detection with Caroline Coogan (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)

Invasive non-native species (plants and animals) threaten the survival of native wildlife and our natural ecosystems, cost the economy nearly £2 billion a year, and can even harm our health and interfere with activities we enjoy.

A wide range of organisations and individuals across Great Britain (GB) are helping to reduce the impacts of invasive non-native species. Invasive Species Week is a chance to celebrate this work and encourage others to get involved.

The new North Wales Biodiversity Officer will assist the Programme manager in delivering on the aims and objectives of the Welsh Government's Local Places for Nature programme (LPfN) across the Community & Town Council (C&TC) sector.

Closing date: Midnight on 23rd May 2025.

Go WILD with North Wales Wildlife Trust

Get ready to embrace nature like never before! 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge event, where NWWT ask you to take on wild activities throughout June.

From planting wildflowers for bees, to listening to bird song, there's endless ways to spend your wild month! Whether you complete an activity a day, or a couple in a week, you'll be connecting with wildlife, boosting your well-being and making a positive impact on the planet at the same time.

Sign up today to receive your FREE goodies in the post and receive daily emails full of fascinating facts and inspiring activities to help you achieve your wild challenge.

£30,599 - £31,586 a year | Temporary (see job advertisement)

Reference: 24-28168

Job title: Cynllun Yfory (Cyngor Gwynedd Graduate Scheme) x8

Closing date: 08/05/2025 10:00

Job type/Hours: Temporary (see job advertisement) | 37 Hour

What is the National Polecat Survey?

This is the only dedicated national survey for polecats and calls on members of the public to submit any sightings of polecats. The survey will run until the end of 2025 and will be followed up bby a survey report of the national findings.

The National Polecat Survey is supported by other organisations including The Mammal Society, local mammal groups and biological record centres from around Britain through the sharing of polecat data.

Anyone can get involved

No prior experience is necessary, but you will need access to a computer or smartphone to submit your sighting. If you can, please send a photograph or video of the animal to help with our verification and recording.

VWT’s 'Report a Sighting' form

Welsh Ministers have recognised the nature emergency and are committed to protect and effectively manage 30% of the marine and 30% of the terrestrial environment in Wales by 2030. Those engaged in nature recovery, the so called ‘nature workforce’ are crucial to the delivery of this ambitious target.

But Welsh Government have limited information, so, we are undertaking a survey to try to understand the people, (roles, skills, qualifications, age profile, numbers etc) and the range of organisations that make up the ‘nature workforce’ in Wales. We have not yet specifically defined the ‘nature workforce’, because we do not yet know enough about the range of people, organisations and roles involved.

So, we are asking you to decide. You may be full or part-time, paid or unpaid (volunteer), in the public, not for profit, academic, third or private sectors.

If you think that you are contributing to conserve or restore nature, in a voluntary, or paid capacity, then please fill in the survey.