Here's the April issue (110). Another spring to celebrate (with the odd glimpse of the winter as well). Your "firsts" are coming in thick and fast - wheatears, chiff-chaffs, violets - with plenty to come we're sure, cuckoos, swallows - the usual April suspects.
And please note and tell your Welsh speaking friends (and learners of course) that they will be more than welcome to our WiciNatur day on 6 May in Plas Tan y Bwlch, a workshop celebrating species recording online in Welsh. Book now, places are filling fast.
A useful website covering this important welsh flora.
The Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum (SBIF) is currently undertaking a Review of the Biological Recording Infrastructure in Scotland.
As part of the information gathering stage of the Review they have just released a questionnaire and would like to hear your views! By completing the questionnaire you will be informing the Review of your requirements for the biological recording infrastructure. Everyone's views matter, whatever your role, whether you are an individual who records and manages your own records, work for a large NGO or government agency, or have another role within the community.
Although their primary remit is for Scotland, they are interested in hearing from people from across the UK as the issues and improvements needed could be common to all. If sufficient responses are received from beyond Scotland, they will summarise findings by country; including a summary in Welsh.
Deadline is 7th April 2017.
Take part in survey here
Several interesting wildlife posts advertised on the TCV website, including:
Mudflat Trainee (World Museum, Liverpool).
Invertebrates and lower plants of mires and heaths (FSC Shropshire).
Hemiptera as indicators of grassland management and quality (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff).
The Fresh Water Habitats Trust would like to know if you've got frogs and toads breeding in a pond near you, including your garden pond.
Please visit their website for more details.
All the latest from the Alun and Chwiler Living Landscape Project.
Reptiles, ponds and bats...
Here's Bwletin 108, February 2017. As you will see, on page 7 there are a number of contributions from our Breton friends taking notice and advantage of Llên Natur. There's Olivier with his 'pied greyhound', Gerard with his 'red cage', and Dominig with his 'marsh rainbow". And there's more to come in the next issue.