Past Projects

A collaborative project involving Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Brecknock Wildlife Trust offices that ran from April 2021 until March 2023. Working with local community groups, small businesses, landowners and councils to take action to address climate change and biodiversity loss and create a nature recovery network across the county.

We provided advice to improve management of habitats and strengthen ecological networks, both for specific rare or uncommon species, and to implement nature-based solutions. We provided local people with opportunities to learn about wildlife from staff and local experts, and helped them undertake trainings so they can continues survey their local areas, and manage it for nature. 

Resources and informational, such as habitat management and wildlife surveying advice, pulled together from the project can be found here, 

A project run from March 2021 until March 2023, focused on restoring rhôs pasture and increasing awareness about the habitat across Radnorshire. Rhôs, a Welsh word meaning 'moor' or 'moorland' describes wet, marshy grassland, is widespread but declining in Wales, identified as a priority grassland habitat in Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.

Focused in the north west of Radnorshire, we worked with local farmers and landowners to survey and monitor the restoration of rhôs pasture, improving the biodiversity, soil structure and carbon and water storage of the habitat. We worked with CARAD - Community Arts Rhayader And District to use arts and hertitage to explore and better understand rhôs pasture, delivering art workshops, talks and walks to increase the local awareness. Our artist in residence, Sean Harris, finalised the project with his exhibition, film installation titled "Clymau Sy'n Cynnal – The Ties That Bind Us".

A year long project based at our Cefn Cenarth nature reserve between September 2020 and August 2021. Most of the trees of Cefn Cenarth are very similar in size and age, we continued the restoration of the woodland by planting a greater mix of tree ages to increase the diversity, and resilience to the future impacts of climate change.

 We worked with local landowners and residents in the area to form a new volunteer group to help manage Cefn Cenarth. Together, we completed surveys of the species and habitats on the reserve, installed multiple bird boxes and a new benches, and produced Historical Leaflets about the site in Welsh and English.

Closer to Nature was a project we ran in 2023, designed to bring nature to those who cannot usually access it. Working with four care homes and one cancer charity, we helped people get nearer to the outdoors, either really or by using Virtual Reality. We helped the care homes grow flowers and vegetables for the residents, took people on walks out in nature, and using bespoke Virtual Reality headsets, we helped those who couldn't get out into nature feel like they were there.