Wales Biodiversity Week and International Year of Biodiversity
2010
Join us on Saturday 12th June at the Gnoll Country
Park for the third annual event to celebrate Wales
Biodiversity Week.
This year is set to be bigger and better as
2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity by
the United Nations. It is the year that celebrates the
diversity of life on Earth, including every plant, animal and
micro-organism. It is also an opportunity for us to
promote the wider benefit that biodiversity has, including clean
air, reducing soil erosion, pollination by our insects and
giving us fantastic, natural places to visit.
Neath Port Talbot Council, in
partnership with The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, South
Wales Police, Swansea and District Beekeepers’ Society, local
artists volunteers and wildlife experts, will introduce you to some
of the wildlife you'll find in our area.
A range of activities have been
organised which will provide you with ideas to take home of ways in
which you can help our wildlife. There will be plenty of
things to have a go at and for those of you who fancy some night
time exploration, a bat walk will take place at dusk (from 9pm),
where you can have a go at tracking down a bat with your own bat
detector.
There are also plenty of ways
for you get involved again in the future. There are new
Wildlife Walk leaflets which are
available at the event and there are lots of ideas for
wildlife friendly activities on our webpages. Please keep an
eye on the website also for other events that will be coming up in
the future.
This event is funded by
the Countryside Council for Wales and is supported by members
of the Neath Port Talbot Biodiversity Forum.
Gnoll Event Poster 12th June 2010
All documents open in a new window.
Download Acrobat PDF Reader (external website). Acrobat PDF Reader allows you to view PDF files.
For further details on how to view documents, refer to our Help pages.
Other Activities
Biodiversity Planner of the Year
Awards - Tuesday 8th June 2010 - This is not a public
event
The Biodiversity Unit will again be
recognising the work of Planning Officers who do their best to
protect our important species and habitats through the
planning process. The Director of Environment, John Flower,
will be presenting the prizes.
Biodiversity Blitz - Thursday 10th
June 2010 - for Recorders and Species Experts
This year's Biodiversity Blitz takes place at the Neath Golf
Club at 5pm. If you wish to join the hunt for new and
interesting species, please contact the team's Ecologist on (01639)
686149.
Wildlife Walks - Public Event
Neath Port Talbot's Biodiversity
Unit and Sustainable Access Teams have come together to produce a
series of wildlife walks.
The walks have been nominated for
their wildlife and habitats and are currently being launched with a
series of led walks.
The first walk will take place
from 6.30pm along the Neath Canal on Wednesday 9th June (this is a
published walk). Another walk will take place on Wednesday
23rd June at 6.30pm at the Glyncorrwg Ponds and Cycle Track.
This walk is not yet published but has been nominated for
2010.
Please visit our Wildlife Walks pages for further
information.
Page Details
Last Updated: 28.06.2010 at 18:08