INCC News

Looking for a Christmas gift? Say it with Science!

Got a nature-lover in your life? Looking for a meaningful Christmas present for them? Look no further than Natur Cymru! For just £30 you can give a year’s magazine subscription this Christmas and bring the joy of Welsh wildlife and wild places to those you love.  For £30 you will get: A copy of the current edition (summer 2025) to give...

Job Opportunity – Investigative Journalist

We are fighting for the future of Wildlife in Wales, and our Nature Investigations Unit is a vital branch in how we are going to achieve our goals. We are looking for a talented investigative journalist who is able to uncover hidden issues facing the natural world, and tell stories that will provide a lifeline to biodiversity here in Wales....
An oak tree and a carpet of bluebells at Llwyndewi nature reserve

Restoring Llwyndewi: Funding Success for Ammanford Nature Reserve

Some fantastic news for our Llwyndewi nature reserve. 2 Restoring Llwyndewi - Press Release. 19.11.2025Download

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...

Establishing the new South Wales American Mink Partnership (SWAMP)

Invasive Non-native Species (INNS) are one of the principal threats to biodiversity worldwide. Huge amounts of money are spent annually in the UK on the removal and/or control of species such as Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica, American Signal Crayfish Pacifasticus leniusculus and Grey Squirrels Sciurus carolinensis. American Mink (c) Tim Melling One of the UK’s most significant INNS is the...
Water Vole Surveys

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...
Wasp Spider (Vaughn Matthews

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 -...