🌿 Great turnout at our Whitworth Nature Reserve walk (Tonmawr)
⭐ Young Freddie stole the show spotting a female Adder 🐍 & 2 Common Lizards 🦎
Highlights included Fox Moth, Harvest Mouse nest & Bloody-nosed Beetle.
These “brownfield” sites are full of surprises 💚
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature
For anyone interested, we’ve added photo captions with the names of the species on our Facebook page — head over there to take a closer look at what we found 👀🌿
🌿 Ogmore Washeries is coming to life — more flowers and insect activity on every visit.
Highlight today was a large Adder near a path 🐍 Please take care, especially with dogs.
Just a glimpse of what we saw — more to come as the season progresses 💚
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #Wildlife #Wales
🌊🐝 Thanks to everyone who joined our coastal wildlife walks between Limeslade Bay & Langland Bay today!
Wind, rain (and a stop at Forte’s ☕) in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon.
Highlights: a female Black Oil Beetle, 14+ bee species, plus reptiles & other invertebrates.
A fantastic day 💚
🌙 5 spaces have become available on tonight's guided walk at Eaglesbush Valley Local Nature Reserve, Neath.
If you're interested in joining us as we explore the ancient woodlands at night, book your FREE space in the link below. 🔦
🔗 Book your place here: www.trybooking.com/uk/GEJE
🚨 April events update! 🚨
Our next 3 events are now fully booked - thank you! 🙌
Join us to explore wildlife at Parc Melin Mynach (formerly Mountain Colliery) & take part in #CityNatureChallenge 🌿
📍 Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon
📅 25 April
🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/GDTW
Spaces are limited.
Ha, that's a good spot. I can't recall ever finding a mating pair
🪰 Plenty of Dark-edged Bee-flies out at Cwm Tips today ☀️
These fuzzy flies are nest parasites of ground-nesting bees, taking advantage of the strong mining bee population on site — a sign of a healthy ecosystem.
Who doesn’t love a Bee-fly? 💚
#BeeFlyWatch #BeeFly #CoalToNature #GloiNatur #CwmTips
Spring is an ideal time to start meeting moths. Here are the common ones.
Blog at vitrealis.blogspot.com/2026/03/intr...
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth #moths #naturewriting
🌿 Great to welcome Heledd Fychan (Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central) to Cwm Tips today.
We discussed its importance for wildlife, restoring grassland for the Small Blue, and plans for volunteer days & school visits.
Thanks for the support 💚
#GloiNatur #CoalToNature
🐍 Big find at Ogmore Washeries!
We recorded an adult Grass Snake today - confirming the species on site for the first time.
That means 4 reptiles now: Common Lizard, Slow-worm, Adder & Grass Snake - making it a key reptile site in the Bridgend Valleys. 🌿
#Reptiles #CoalToNature #SouthWales
🌿 Great day exploring the ancient woodland at Coed Bach Park yesterday — thanks to everyone who joined us!
We found a great range of woodland wildlife, including the scarce millipede Cylindroiulus londinensis, not previously recorded in Swansea.
More events scheduled in April so watch this space
Work by contractor Greenwise has already opened up areas of grassland shaded by gorse.
From April, we’ll be running volunteer work parties to tackle invasive Cotoneaster — we’d love your help!
We’ll also run free guided walks from May. Keep an eye on our socials for dates. 💚
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🦋 Our 'Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips' crowdfund has now closed — and thanks to your amazing support we raised £2,446.83!
Thank you to everyone who donated, shared and offered to volunteer. Together we can now begin restoring flower-rich grassland for the Small Blue and other wildlife. 🌼 (1/2)
🪲 Final reminder!
Join us for a FREE guided invertebrate walk through the woodlands of Coed Bach Park (Pontarddulais) this Saturday.
⚠️ Only a few spaces left!
🎟️ For further info and booking, visit:
www.trybooking.com/uk/FVTB
#Swansea #Woodland #Walks #Nature #Wildlife #Invertebrates #Cymru
If anyone from my Wales, peatland, ecology, research, science or nature conservation communities (or anyone else) would like to support, or help spread the word about this crowdfunder for the fantastic Glo I Natur CIC, please do. They’re so close to reaching their target
🦋 Thanks to Llantrisant Community Council for a generous £600 contribution to our 'Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips' crowdfund!
Just £150 to go with 2 days left — help us reach the target:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
🌼 Let’s get Cwm Tips back to looking like this! (as shown in the photo).
🪲 Only 4 spaces left!
Join Liam Olds & Carys Romney of Glo i Natur CIC for a guided woodland invertebrate walk at Coed Bach Park, Pontarddulais. Discover beetles, spiders, woodlice & more living beneath the leaves.
⚠️ 2 morning / 2 afternoon places left
🎟️ Book: www.trybooking.com/uk/FVTB
The Friends of Betteshanger have long fought to protect the wildlife of Betteshanger Country Park, a SSSI-worthy colliery spoil site in E Kent. Pls help them develop a new vision for the site by taking this short survey eu.surveymars.com/q/iXYOi3Bnt.
@gloinatur.bsky.social #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
🦋 1 week left to Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips!
Thanks to your support we’ve already funded scrub clearance to restore grassland habitat. Help us finish strong by supporting volunteer tools, school visits and guided walks.
🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
Every share helps! 💚
🌿 From Coal to Nature
Since launching in October we’ve been restoring habitat for the Small Blue at Cwm Tips, making wildlife discoveries on coal spoil sites and leading guided walks.
Read our short bilingual blog:
www.gloinatur.org/post/from-co...
Thanks to everyone supporting us so far 💚
The Pyrenean semi-slug Semilimax pyrenaicus - a pretty brown slug with dark spots carrying a small redundant shell on its back. Found in S Wales and the Pyrenees
Liam talking to a rapt audience about the amazing diversity of coal spoil tips across South Wales.
If you missed Liam’s talk, he’ll be leading an outdoor coal spoil walk for us at Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon, Swansea on Sunday May 31st. Please subscribe to our Eventbrite page to be notified when bookings open.
#CoaltoNature @gloinatur.bsky.social
Liam Olds, founder of Glo i Natur CIC, will be talking about these incredible sites this evening at St Hilary's Church Community Hall, Killay, Swansea. You're welcome to join us at 7.30pm
Final reminder of tonight's talk in #Swansea 🎤
Coal Spoil: Nature’s Surprise Legacy 🌿
Join Liam as he reveals the most surprising and exceptional wildlife found on South Wales’ former coal spoil sites.
🎟️ Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coal-spoil...
We’d love to see you there 💚
🌍 #WorldWildlifeDay
Coal spoil & other brownfield sites are vital for wildlife. These overlooked habitats support rare species - some found nowhere else, giving #Wales an international duty of care.
Industrial past, global biodiversity future. 💚
#CoalToNature #Wildlife #Cymru #Nature #Brownfield
📣 Featured in Ouest-France! 🇫🇷
Our work at Cwm Tips (Rhondda Cynon Taf) is highlighted in one of France’s biggest papers — showing how wildlife is reclaiming this former coal tip.
🌍 Post-industrial nature recovery matters.
🔗 www.ouest-france.fr/leditionduso...
#CoalToNature #CwmTips
Join us tomorrow for this special talk by entomologist and coal spoil nature champion Liam Olds!
@cofnod.org.uk will undoubtedly have a few suggestions. My contribution is Kryptonesticus eremita. Currently only known in the UK from a disused mine entrance on Flat Holm island and a Penarth sewer chamber.
🏴 #DyddGŵylDewi Hapus / Happy #StDavidsDay! 🏴
Today we’re shining a light on some of the extraordinary species that make Wales so special - species either globally restricted to Wales, restricted to Wales within the UK, or proudly carrying Welsh connections in their names.
#Cymru #Wales #Wildlife
Saw my first butterflies (Brimstone) and bees of the year yesterday, including this male Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes) at Margam Mine, near Bridgend.
