INCC News
Marsh Fritillary Reinforcement Project
In March 2021, INCC and volunteers took (under license) 80 Marsh Fritillary caterpillars from several locations across Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly County Borough Councils. The caterpillars were reared in captivity through to pupation until adult butterflies. Whilst in the rearing pens, the butterflies laid thousands of eggs. This new generation of caterpillars would mark the return of the Marsh...
GIVE A NATUR CYMRU SUBSCRIPTION AS A GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS
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 2023) to give...
Job Advert – Community Conservation Officer
We are looking for someone to join the INCC team to work with local communities in the valley tohelp increase local biodiversity. Specifically, the role will concentrate on two of the Amman Valley’sflagship species, House Martin and Hedgehog. In addition to the flagship species the role will alsoinvolve running events and activities at INCC’s community wildlife garden to encourage more...
Hysbyseb Swydd – Swyddog Cadwraeth Cymunedol
Rydym yn chwilio am rywun i ymuno â thîm yr INCC a gweithio gyda chymunedau lleol yn ydyffryn i helpu i gynyddu'r fioamrywiaeth leol yno. Bydd y rôl yn canolbwyntio'n benodol ar ddwy orywogaethau blaenllaw Dyffryn Aman, sef Gwennol y Bondo a'r Draenog. Yn ogystal â'rrhywogaethau blaenllaw, bydd y rôl hefyd yn golygu cynnal digwyddiadau a gweithgareddau yngNgardd Bywyd Gwyllt...
Supporting Student Placements
Working alongside students and supporting them as they explore the world of nature conservation in Wales is something that INCC is very proud to be doing. Most recently we teamed up with Cardiff University to welcome Chemistry student Caitlin Ngheim to the team. I’ve recently just completed my first year at Cardiff University studying chemistry. Studying Biology at A-levels I...
Adroddiad Cadwraeth | Conservation Report 2022 – 2023
Diolch unwaith eto am eich cefnogaeth ac am helpu cyflawni cadwraeth natur. Boed hi trwy ymgyrchoedd i godi arian, ymchwil neu weithgareddau cadwraeth natur ymarferol, mae pob awr o amser a phob punt o arian rydych chi’n ei roi yn cyfrannu tuag at Gymru gyda mwy o fywyd gwyllt mewn mwy o lefydd. Adroddiad-Cadwraeth-2022-2023Download Thank you for all your support...
Student Placements with INCC
Encouraging the next generation of nature conservationists is important to INCC. Offering student placements, internships and volunteering opportunities helps early career conservationists to get a better idea of the sector and the work involved. Our most recent student placement JESS MARSHALL tells us a little about her experiences so far. I studied at Cardiff University from 2016 to 2020 and...
Marsh Fritillary Reintroduction Success
It’s now 18 months since INCC staff and volunteers collected the first caterpillars from the wild to bring back to the rearing pens at the National Botanic Gardens in Carmarthenshire. The last update, in July 2021, described how the next generation of caterpillars were hatching and starting to feed on the Devil’s-bit Scabious that is their foodplant. Since then the...
Species Monitoring Officer
This is Ellyn, the new Species Monitoring Officer at INCC, who will be working with us through August to help carry out tasks on some of INCC’s main projects. Ellyn is a Biology student at the University of Exeter and has just completed her industrial placement year at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where she has already been helping...
