INCC News

Open Letter to the new NRW Chair Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev
On his first day in his new job as Chair of Natural Resources Wales, we wrote to Mr Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev asking him what assurances he can give us that he will reverse the dreadful decline in nature in Wales. The new Chair had previously expressed that 'positioning NRW as a national leader in nature recovery' is a priority for...

Species Monitoring
Our new Species Monitoring Officer - Faith Campion has joined the INCC team for the next few months and will be undertaking monitoring across several different sites that we help manage. Faith joins us as a Student Placement from Cardiff University. Here is Faith's story so far...... Hello! I am Faith, a 20- year- old student currently studying Zoology at...

Sefydlu Partneriaeth Minc Americanaidd De Cymru (SWAMP) newydd
Mae Rhywogaethau Estron Ymledol (INNS) yn un o'r prif fygythiadau i fioamrywiaeth ledled y byd. Mae symiau enfawr o arian yn cael eu gwario'n flynyddol yn y DU ar gael gwared ar a / neu reoli rhywogaethau fel Canclwm Japan Fallopia japonica, y Cimwch Afon Signal Americanaidd Pacifasticus leniusculus a Gwiwerod Llwyd Sciurus carolinensis. Minc Americanaidd (c) Tim Melling Un...

Stepping Stone for Students
One of INCC's core objectives is to support early career nature conservationists on their conservation journey. Our sector can be incredibly hard to break into at times and the more support we can give, hopefully the better for wildlife in the long run. Over the past four months INCC has been able to employ four students from Bridgend College to...

Conservation Report / Adroddiad Cadwraeth 2024 – 2025
With your support we have been able to achieve so much for wildlife over the past year. We have summarised some of these achievements in our annual Conservation Report – available here. Gyda'ch cefnogaeth chi, rydyn ni wedi gallu cyflawni cymaint dros fywyd gwyllt yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Rydyn ni wedi crynhoi rhai o'r cyflawniadau hyn yn ein Hadroddiad...

Ceibwr Bay – What NRW had to say
In early 2024 INCC was made aware of the concerns from local residents of the impacts of Coasteering within the Aberarth - Carreg Wylan Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) & Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC). We wrote to NRW regarding the concerns. 1. INCC's Concerns - NRW Aberarth - Carreg Wylan SSSI 13-02-24Download 2. NRW's Response -...

INCC’s Quarterly Newsletter Spring / Summer Edition
Welcome to INCC’s Spring / Summer newsletter, summarising some of the conservation projects we are undertaking for wildlife across Wales. From Beavers and Balsam to Marsh Fritillary and Water Voles. Also more about our Investigations Unit and our fight to reduce the impacts of wildfires across Wales. Q2 Newsletter 2025Download

Alastair Robertson
My brother, Alastair Robertson, who has died aged 75, combined a passion for wildlife with a compulsion to draw from an early age. Home was a suburban version of My Friends and Other Animals, with green lizards in a vivarium, a succession of ferrets stinking out a garden shed and a Harris Hawk called Doris in the downstairs loo. His...

PROSIECT ACHUB LLYGODEN BENGRON Y DŴR
Newyddion cyffrous i INCC. Dros y 3 blynedd nesaf byddwn yn gwneud gwaith ymchwil pwysig ar gyfer Llygod Pengrwn y Dŵr yr ucheldir ym Morgannwg. Byddwn yn nodi pa mor dda y mae’r gwahanol boblogaethau wedi’u cysylltu, a pha rwystrau maen nhw’n eu hwynebu wrth wasgaru. Mae Menter ar gyfer Cadwraeth Natur Cymru (INCC) yn gobeithio gwella ffawd un o...
