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A wide range of affordable invertebrate ID courses available at Preston Montford and other venues this year.

See what the findings from the National Plant Monitoring scheme are telling us.

Why not get involved in this UK-wide project - there are plenty of available squares to survey!

Visit their website to get involved.

Ever wondered what species of bat is visiting your garden, workplace, or local park?

You may remember that NWWT ran a pilot bat detector loan scheme last autumn in partnership with the Bat Conservation Trust called 'Understanding Our Environment / Deallt Ecosystemau'. This NRW-funded project is now being fully rolled out to the public this season in the counties of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy (west of the River Conwy only, sorry!) and in Pembrokeshire as part of BCT's Monitoring Programme in 2019. NWWT are one of 3 loan centres in North Wales, the others being the Snowdonia National Park offices in Penrhyndeudraeth and Anglesey Council in Llangefni Library. For further background on the project and instructions how to book them out, please visit Visit here

The placement is full-time for 5 months (starting asap until the end of August 2019) and is paid £100 per week. It's ideally suited to a student looking for a work placement as part of their course/year in industry.

Although accommodation is not provided we are happy to help you find a place.

What will I gain from the placement?

An thorough theoretical and practical understanding of how the Great Orme Country Park is managed.

The chance to attend training courses.

A knowledge of different habitats and associated species.

The undertaking of survey work on the network of Public Rights of Way paths and on wildlife.

Experience in leading guided walks for adult and school groups.

Opportunities to practice and develop practical site management skills such as fencing, footpath maintenance, installation of infrastructure, woodland management, etc.

Experience in supervising work experience placements and volunteers.

A chance to make contacts in the countryside sector.

What do I do next?

If you're interested in the placement, give Sally Pidcock or Sion Dafis a call for more information on the number below or e-mail a covering letter with CV before Friday 15th March.

Newsletter covering all the latest developments in UK non-native species.

Lots of interesting wildlife observations.

The RSPB are looking for volunteers to help record Chough on the Llyn Peninsula.

The survey will take place on the morning of Saturday 16th March with the 17th March as a backup in case of bad weather.

If you're free that weekend (or even just one of the two mornings) and would like to take part then please let Adrienne know and hold the date(s) in your diary.

Once they have a list of confirmed volunteers, they'll circulate the details of the walks that will be included in the survey and you’ll be able to sign up to one or more of these (the distances will vary between about 2 km and 6 km).

They'll ask you to walk your route any time in the morning (finishing at about 2pm at the latest), and listen and look for Choughs. You'll be provided with a map and more detailed instructions for which information to record and how to record it nearer the time.

For now, they just need a firm yes from those who would like to take part, a postal address to send the map and instructions to (alternatively you could pick these up from the RSPB Bangor office when they are ready), and an indication of the distance that you'd like to walk.

Exciting news on migrant dragonflies in North Wales.

Sion Dafis has received his new microscope with help from the Cofnod Grant for Biological Recording. Sion will be using this for bee identification in North Wales.

This grant fund is still open, so please visit our website if you have a biological recording need in North Wales.