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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group

@wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social

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We are wildlife enthusiasts organising nature walks + talks in the Swansea area of South Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Join us! https://www.welshwildlife.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395133178511075 #Wildlife #Swansea #Gower #Abertawe #Nature #WTSSW

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · Jan 12

Greetings! 😀👋
We're delighted to join the Bluesky nature and wildlife community 💚💙
We hope to connect with WTSWW members and people who love wildlife in our area of south west Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We're also on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/39513...
Subscribe to our Eventbrite page tiny.cc/tl95001

Three oystercatchers feeding on the edge of the sea as the tide ebbs at the east end of Swansea Bay. Black and white birds with red bills and legs

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 1d

At BTO we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all staff and volunteers, as we work together for birds and nature. You can discover more on our website: www.bto.org/about/how/pr...

Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) @bbs-birds.bsky.social · 1d

(1/) Hi, I’m David, and I help to run the BBS social media channels. This #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek, I am sharing something about myself, rather than the usual BBS posts, in order to raise awareness of my mild learning difficulties.

David White saying that he is Dyslexic and Dyspraxic.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 1d

🦇 Applications for the next round of the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant are still open. Deadline: 9am, 27 October.

We encourage any place of worship in England who needs assistance with their bat roost, such as managing a cleaning issue, to apply:
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...

Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant - Bats and Churches - Bat Conservation Trust

Bats have always been in churches and places of worship – there are records of this dating back many hundreds of years. Even churches built in a non-tra...

www.bats.org.uk

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 1d

Three places have become free at our Fungi Foray with Teifion Davies in the Clyne Valley woods on Saturday morning. To join us, book via Eventbrite or email [email protected] www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swansea-fu...

Swansea Fungi Foray 2025

Join us for a fascinating fungi foray with Teifion Davies in Swansea's beautiful Clyne Valley Country Park.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 2d

Big seas often mean the Grey Seals are forced from their usual haunt out on Worms Head, instead finding refuge in the more sheltered bays around Gower. Storm Amy was no exception with three bottling in Fall Bay. #mammals #photography #nature #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 2d

🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌿🌲🥕🥦 Here's a past Botanical University Challenge question: The distinctive flavour of brown sauce is from tamarind. Which plant family is tamarind from? Five choices: Fabaceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae. #BUC2025

Picture of bacon sandwich with HP Brown Sauce. The distinctive flavour of brown sauce is from tamarind. Which plant family is tamarind from? Five choices: Fabaceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae. A question from a past Botanical University Challenge competition.

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 2d

An important call to action!

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 2d

That's why we've joined with over 170 organisations in writing to the Prime Minister.

Our message is simple: Do not weaken the laws protecting our National Parks and National Landscapes. ❌

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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British Hedgehog Preservation Society @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social · 2d

Have you seen a #hedgehog you're worried about?
📞🦔🩹
Follow the simple steps on our website & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.

buff.ly/2wodWgS

Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!

#WildlifeWednesday

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 2d

🐟"Only 41% of the UK’s commercial fish populations have been found to be healthy. 1/4 are being fished beyond sustainable limits. 1/6 are both critically low & yet still being overfished"

@profcallum.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com on our latest report 🚨
theconversation.com/half-the-uks...

Half the UK’s fish stocks are overfished – but the evidence shows how they can be revived

Overfishing affects food security, blue economy jobs and climate resilience.

theconversation.com

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 2d

A suprise find, plus a new species for me today #Aractober First noticed the distinctive web, exactly as described. Quick look and there they were... Badumna longinqua. Lots of webs in the Barry B&M, guessing another location for S.Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @cofnod.org.uk

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Tirweddau Cymru Landscapes Wales @tirweddaucymru.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Rhybudd swydd newydd / New Job alert!

Help protect and enhance the iconic Gower National Landscape as Swansea Council's new Project Officer. This exciting role focuses on delivering nature recovery, climate action, and community-led projects across Gower's unique countryside and coast.

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Andrew Lucas @andrewlucas103.bsky.social · 3d

A nice selection of autumnal moths this morning, including Lunar Underwing (common but new for the garden), Blair's Shoulder-knot and Black Rustic. Clydach, Swansea. #teammoth

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 3d

Dutch supermarkets to stop selling Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing concerns 🚨

Northeast Atlantic mackerel is on the brink & experts have warned catch limits must be slashed by 70% to save them

This is serious. If we don't respect the science, our seas will suffer.
nltimes.nl/2025/10/06/d...

Dutch supermarkets halt Atlantic mackerel sales amid overfishing concerns

Albert Heijn, Lidl, and Jumbo, the Netherlands’ largest supermarket chains, are halting sales of Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing concerns, NOS reports.Current stock will still be sold, but Lidl p...

nltimes.nl

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 4d

We enjoyed an excellent guided walk with Stuart Hemsley-Rice at Penllergaer Valley Woods yesterday. We had a full brief of the brilliant conservation going on + fit inished nicely with views of dipper and grey wagtails on the river. Thank you Stuart!
#Penllergaer #PenllergaerValleyWoods #Swansea

People listening to Stuart Hemsley-Rice in sunshine on the edge of woodland

View of the river which runs through Penllergaer Valley Woods, showing woodland on either side.

The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 4d

Please use Alt Text 😊

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 4d

Really nice views of the Pallid Harrier at dusk tonight, quartering Llanrhidian Marsh before going to roost. Double figure Great White Egrets, a pair of Peregrines, Kingfisher and a/the Glossy Ibis seen on a couple of occasions too. #birdingWales #rareBirdsUK #UKWildlife @birdsinwales.bsky.social

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent image! Heard them at the Trust's Gelli Hir reserve on Gower but they dodged the camera lens. 😊

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoyed a walk from Stepaside to Saundersfoot today, hoping for a windblown migrant or two. No luck on that score but plenty of the commoner woodland species seen including this lovely Goldcrest. A flash of gold amidst the undergrowth. #birdingWales #UKWildlife #birds #birdsOfTheWorld

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 4d

Huge thanks to everyone who shared pix for this evening's #WildFlowerHour!
As autumn progresses, it's always a treat to see which wild plants are still managing to bloom across Britain & Ireland.
Have a great week, see you again next Sunday!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 4d

This Sea Aster is still putting on an incredible display at RSPB Lodmoor Reserve. Absolutely gorgeous.

Combined with seeing the Glossy Ibis going off to roost with the Great White Egrets, and a Marsh Harrier floating over the reed beds....it doesn't get much better than this!!

#wildflowerhour

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 4d

Celebrate by objecting to energy park plans which will *harm* a red squirrel colony in mid-Wales which has been quietly nurtured by conservationists! And risible offer of planting new trees to replace felled mature trees is NO USE for the squirrels.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you. That's more like it.

That #NationCymru piece reads like a press release from the thwarted housing developers 🤷‍♀️

The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 6d

A mycological mystery on #UKFungiDay - at least, it is to us! Seen growing on fallen timber at the Wildlife Trust's Gelli Hir nature reserve, Gower.
is it a fungus? Or a lichen? Or a fungus on lichen? Pale lemony-green with black spots. Thoughts please #mycologists ?

What look like pale lemony-green florets of fungi with black spots on them, growing on the bark of old fallen timber.

The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 6d

Just two places left on our Penllergaer Valley Woods walk tomorrow with Stuart Helmsley-Rice. Storm Amy will have passed by then, thank goodness!
Book via Eventbrite please
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-t...

Discover the Secrets of Penllergaer Valley Woods

Due to heavy rain and strong winds forecast for Sunday 14th September, this event has been rescheduled to take place on Sunday 5th October.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 7d

Skomer hostel booking will open to Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales members on 6th October and non-members on 20th October 2025.

Here’s everything you need to know before you go: www.youtube.com/watc...

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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 6d

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🥜 Plant and fungi have so many close relationships: fungi making soil; mycorrhiza fungi feeding and being fed by plants; fungi recycling dead plants; fungi causing disease on plants. #BUC2025

Picture waxcap, inkcap, Boletus, ergot, smut, fly agaric. UK Fungus Day 2025

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 6d

From fungal leather to natural dyes, and maybe even self-repairing fabrics, fungi are shaping a new era of sustainable textiles. Fungi aren’t just fascinating—they could be the key to a circular, low-impact fashion industry! Read this blog for #UKFungusDay: ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiandfashion

Fungi and fashion | UK Fungus Day

Fungi offer inspiration for new materials, colours, and sustainable fabric opportunities that could transform what we wear.

ukfungusday.co.uk

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