Wales’ wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report, with the latest findings showing that one in six species in Wales are at risk of extinction. Since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s, there’s been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied across the UK.
Click on the botton below to see the 'Key Findings' for Wales or follow the link for the full report (including one for the UK), plus other useful resources.
Every month we will be providing maps and information about poorly recorded monads in North Wales to encourage recorders to get out to locations with few or zero records.
Dyma arlwy Llên Natur am fis Hydref. Mae’n rhyfedd sut mae pob tymor - pob mis i raddau - yn cael ei nodweddu gan y pethau sydd wedi mynd â’ch sylw chi. Gwyfynod mewnfudol sy’n sefyll allan y mis hwn, ac yn gynyddol, eu hepil a fagwyd yma yn groes i’r disgwyl yn sgil y tywydd poeth iawn. A son am dywydd poeth, mae gwleidyddiaeth Newid Hinsawdd hefyd yn poethi. Rydyn ni’n ceisio cadw hwnnw allan o’r Bwletin ond does dim rhaid sgrolio’n bell yn Cymuned Llên Natur i deimlo’r gwres!
Every month we will be providing maps and information about poorly recorded monads in North Wales to encourage recorders to get out to locations with few or zero records.
Lots of Lepidoptera articles in this issue.
Welcome to the first issue of the Cofnod Newsletter, packed with a range of articles focusing on wildlife and recording in North Wales. As a reader we hope you’ll be able to contribute articles for future issues. We’ve stretched the definition of Spring this year so that we can produce two issues per year!
Cofnod is launching a new initiative, Monad of the Month, to encourage recorders to get out to locations with few or no records. Every month we will be promoting one monad in each vice-county in the hope of filling in some of the gaps on our maps.
Click below to see which squares to visit.
Here is Bwletin 138 - a special edition for Eisteddfod Llanrwst. The back page, skilfully designed by Gareth Pritchard, features Y Gogarth, the Great Orme, a great place for you to visit while in the area. On the centrefold there is a scrapbook of Llanrwst gleanings taken from the Tywyddiadur, and a selection of graphs and images illustrating different aspects of phenology. “What is phenology?” I hear you ask. Visit the Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd stand on the Maes to learn more.
Chater, A. O. & Woods, R. G. 2019. The Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales) of Wales: an identification guide and census catalogue. A. O. Chater, Aberystwyth.
Download from website link.