Here are my favourite 5 images of 2022. I started doing this last year and settled on 5 photos, so now that will be my standard number of images I pick out each year. With so many glorious images to... Read More

This summer has seen a record-breaking heatwave; in this post, I will discuss why hot weather is not all good news for the sun-loving Dragonfly. We often associate dragonflies with summer and sunny, dry weather. It’s logical to think that... Read More

By turning over refuges, such as sheets of corrugated iron, planks of wood or old carpet, you never know what you may find! Visiting Parc Slip Nature Reserve is full of wildlife wonders and many are often hiding in the... Read More

On 13thMarch, I joined Megan Howells (People and Wildlife Officer) of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, along with a small group of wildlife conservation volunteers, for what was to be the last work party before the corona... Read More

This was the last volunteer conservation session at Parc Slip for the year and on Friday 16 December all the volunteers from the various nature reserves in Mid Glamorgan and the Vale of Glamorgan came along to join in. We wore... Read More

Normally a rare beast, with only 4 dots in the NBN (National Biodiversity Network) map of Britain. Nevertheless, I was lucky enough to have spotted the Giant Willow Aphid – Tuberlolachnus salignus, on 2nd December at Parc Slip Nature Reserve,... Read More