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Phasia hemiptera on an umbellifer flower. It's a colourful orange and purplish-black fly with broad, irridescent wings

Pretty fly

From beegrabbers to comb-horns, discover five weird and wonderful flies.

Bluebell carpet in an ancient woodland

The path to valuing our wildlife

Thanks to the tireless efforts of our brilliant volunteers, Pentwyn has now hit 1,000 recorded species!

Volunteer Jon Conradi shares his reflections after unknowingly capturing the 1,000th…

Robin and blue tit on bird feeder

Feeding garden birds safely

Is it okay to feed our feathered friends? In light of a new evidence review from the RSPB, Tom Hibbert explains the best way to keep birds visiting your garden safe.

A pond skater floating on the water's surface, its long legs spread out to either side

Pond patrol

Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.

Kingfisher

Tales from the hide 2

Another 'tale from the hide', this time delving into the life of the Common Kingfisher. Sue our rivers trainee explores her connection with this striking species and the river habitats…

Pine Marten

With Martens in Mind

Pine martens have been sighted more and more across the county! Historically there have been scattered records of them but the feeling was that the population of native martens in Wales was too…

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