Yn rhifyn cyfredol Natur Cymru, mae'r golygydd Lizzie Wilberforce yn ysgrifennu am SoDdGAoedd Cymru a sut maen nhw’n cael eu cyllido ac yn cael gofal. Sut ddyfodol sydd i’n mannau pwysicaf ni ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt? natureconservation.wales/natur-cymru/su…

Great day yesterday at Coleg y Cymoedd highlighting our upland water vole project and the importance of water vole conservation in Wales. Huge thank you to all students for showing so much enthusiasm in the project.

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Great weekend up in the hills of South Wales looking for water voles with volunteers. Big thank you to all who came along on the day, and I'm glad we got to see so many field signs. Fingers crossed the Water Voles will have a good breeding season up there this year.

Big Thanks to David Prince who is undertaking a solo bike ride from Seville to Gijon in Spain this May to raise funds for INCC's Nature Investigations Unit for Wales. If you can donate and want to support David & INCC, here is the link below. Thank you. justgiving.com/page/natureinv…

Marsh Fritillary pupae In the wild Marsh Fritillary pupate under the leaves of Molinia and Devil's-bit Scabious, but in the pens they pupate on black sheets and plant pots as well as the plants. We think its to do with warmth. Marsh Fritillary love the warmth.

The first of our Marsh Fritillary butterflies emerged yesterday inside the rearing pens. They have been on the wing at Llantrisant Common for a few days now. This nice weather will help them when it comes to egg laying.

Frank Sengpiel 👨🏼‍🔬🧠🌵🦋🦉🦊🌺 INCC Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Nice set Frank.

Thanks Frank. Lovely to see.

Its a great start to our Pied Flycatcher monitoring in the Amman Valley this year. We have around 30 nest after the second week of checks. The monitoring this year has been made possible by all the landowners who we work with and some brilliant volunteers.

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Our Marsh Fritillary butterflies have finally stopped laying eggs in the rearing pen. Now its time for the big sort out.

I ddathlu llwyddiant ein prosiect Llygod Pengrwn y Dŵr yr ucheldir, rydyn ni wedi cynhyrchu'r animeiddiad rhyfeddol yma gyda. Minc yw'r bygythiad mwyaf maen nhw'n ei wynebu o hyd. Helpwch ni i frwydro dros ein Llygod Pengrwn y Dŵr sy'n weddill. bit.ly/4eymyTy

To celebrate the success of our upland Water Vole project, we've produced this wonderful (day in a life) animation. American Mink are still the biggest threat Water Voles face. Please help us fight for our remaining Water Voles. bit.ly/4eymyTy

Working with lots of landowners in the Amman Valley on lots of conservation projects. Only 2 occupied Barn Owl boxes yesterday, plus a Tawny. We also saw lots of meadows and flower rich pastures. Its an amazing place. Thanks to Cedwyn and Dafydd for their Barn Owl expertise.

Very happy to welcome Freya Smith to the INCC Team. Freya will be with us up until October, working on our upland Water Vole Project. Freya has volunteered with INCC for a number of years at our nature reserve and our various farm restoration projects. bit.ly/4eymyTy

Cattle are back at Llwyndewi Nature Reserve. Wonderful evening spent at the reserve watching these guys settling in to their new home. Cattle and conservation grazing are so important to Welsh Wildlife. Huge thank you to Toby our grazier.

Another wonderful day at our Llwyndewi Nature Reserve, this time Bracken Bruising to help restore the grassland habitat and to create nesting plots for Nightjar next year. Huge thank you to all the volunteers from Bridgend College Conservation Volunteers. Huge help, as always.

This Water Vole was filmed going about its business on the River Thaw in South Wales. They were reintroduced to the river last year, after a 20 year absence. Surveys this year suggests that the population is doing well and the Water Vole are exploring new habitats.