Events in your area
As well as educating, nature-themed events bring people together, provide inspiration and contact with the outdoors and above all are fun!
Awareness-raising and education relating to biodiversity issues is an important role of all involved in the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity. Biodiversity is a global issue but local messages are far more likely to resonate with people. Local plants and animals provide a familiar and relevant connection and provide a sense of place.
Challenge yourself-get out and discover nature in your area!
Dragonfly Event Beaufort Hill
Beaufort Hill Ponds & Woodlands
Wednesday 9 July 10:00-13:00
Come and join us and learn all about dragonflies & their relatives. This is a great opportunity to learn about dragonflies during National Dragonfly Week and Wales Nature Week.
For more details and to book, contact Sheryl Beck
Ebbw Vale
Areas: Blaenau Gwent
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
Forest Therapy Ebbw Vale
Forest Therapy Ebbw Vale
Wednesday 9th July 6pm - 8pm
Silent Valley Nature Reserve - Ebbw Vale
Join us for a gentle, nature-based session of mindfulness and connection as part of Wales Nature Week. As part of Midweek Mindful Moments
For more information check us out on Instagram @wildheart.woodland_therapy
Silent Valley Nature Reserve
Areas: Blaenau Gwent
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
The New Environmental Governance Bill: What does it mean for public bodies?
Wednesday 9th July 11am-12.30
This Wales Nature Week join Future Generations Cymru and Wales Environment Link as we talk through the recently published Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill. Find out what the Bill is proposing and what this could mean for you as a public body. We’re delighted to have the expertise of some of our leading environmental organisations in Wales to talk us through it and to take your questions. This event is online only. Register online
Areas: All areas
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
Guided Insect Safari Abergavenny
Guided Insect Safari Abergavenny
Come and find out about the amazing insects that live in the River Gavenny meadows with our expert entomologist Richard Dawson. All ages welcome, no experience needed.
When: Wednesday, 9th July
Where: email LocalNature@monmouthshire.gov.uk for booking and meeting location
Abergavenny
Areas: Monmouthshire
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
Nature Art Event - Swifts, Swallows and Martins
Nature Art Event - Swifts, Swallows and Martins
Wednesday 09 July 19:00 – 21:00
Barry, Park Rd, Barry CF62 3BY
Join Vale LNP and Sarah Hannis for a free creative evening inspired by the beautiful aerial acrobats of summer – swifts, swallows and martins.
Free event. Booking required
Barry
Areas: Vale of Glamorgan
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
Volunteer Taster Session!
Volunteer Taster Session! Aberman
Aberaman 9th July 10am – 1pm
Want to help wildlife in your local area, stay active and meet like minded people? Join us for a volunteering taster session at Pwll Waun Cynon! Join our reserves officer Tara to learn more about invasive species, native wildlife and how you can help! Pwll Waun Cynon nature reserve What 3 words //distorts.deputy.unearthly Please contact Tara T.Daniels@welshwildlife.org for more information
Aberman
Areas: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Upcoming dates: July 09, 2025
Hedgehog Monitoring Cardiff
Hedgehog Monitoring
Thursday 10 July pm - 3pm
Cardiff Local Nature Partnership are looking for volunteers to help put out cameras in Heath Park for National Hedgehog Monitoring Project. We will introduce the survey and show you how to set up the cameras, before splitting into teams to put them across site.
Sadly, hedgehogs are under threat, having declined in recent years. To reverse this, we need to identify where and why hedgehogs are struggling and implement appropriate conservation measures. Free - please book on our Eventbrite channel
Cardiff
Areas: Cardiff
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Puffin Walk at RSPB South Stack
10th July and 12th July
Join us on a guided walk to visit our busy seabird colony. This month will be the last month to see our wonderful variety of seabirds before they make their way out to the sea over winter. Come over to see them before they leave!
Cost: £4.00 - £11.00
Further details and booking in the web link
Holyhead
Areas: Anglesey
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Dragonfly discovery walk
Dragonfly discovery walk
Thursday 10th July
10:00 - 11:30
Magor Marsh Reserve
Join the Living Levels team for a laid back discovery walk at Magor Marsh, bringing you closer to dragonflies and damselflies, as we celebrate the site's first anniversary as a designated @britishdragonflysociety hotspot!
It’s also Dragonfly Week and @walesnatureweek so even more of a reason to get out and explore!
Spaces are limited, please book a space on Eventbrite
Magor
Areas: Monmouthshire
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Biodiversity monitoring
Biodiversity monitoring
10 July 10:00-12:00
Edible Mach are celebrating #WalesNatureWeek with some biodiversity monitoring activities. We have a new iNaturalist page for our show allotment site so you can upload anything you see there here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/edible-mach-y-plas
On Thursday 10th July, at our regular volunteer session at the Plas 10-12 we will be surveying the site and making wildlife habitats. Come along and join in.
Y Plas, Machynlleth
Machynlleth
Areas: Powys
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Denbighshire Tree Nursery Tour
Denbighshire Tree Nursery Tour
Thursday 10th July 10am - 11:30am
One Voice Wales Community & Town Councils
An exclusive tour of the tree and wildflower nursery to discover our wonderful native species. The nursery was established to supply biodiversity projects across Denbighshire and it is not open to the public. This will be a fantastic chance to ask questions about the different native varieties of trees, shrubs and plants and their suitability for different functions and habitats.
This knowledge could help you transform your Council’s planting plans, improving biodiversity, and promoting heritage Welsh varieties that thrive in our unique climate, and support our diverse wildlife.
Places limited. Register now
Saint Asaph
Areas: Denbighshire
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Morfa Berwig Nature Walk
Morfa Berwig Nature Walk
Connect with Carmarthenshire's stunning wildlife and habitats in Wales Nature Week. No pre-booking required. More information: PAubrey@carmarthenhsire.gov.uk
10 July
10:00 11:30a.m.
Morfa Berwig
Areas: Carmarthenshire
Upcoming dates: July 10, 2025
Garden Nature Surveys
Birds
Bugs & Butterflies
Wildlifetrusts.org/bug mansion
Amphibians
Wildlife-friendly gardening links
wildlifetrusts/flowers, bees and pollinators
wildlifetrusts.org/attract-butterflies-to-your-garden
buglife.org.uk/gardeninging for Bugs
northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-gardening
Activities, ID Guides & Resources links
Butterfly-conservation.org/education
Bitesizetraining (free) for anyone with an interest in amphibians and reptiles
Animals,habitats and biodiversity
Family activities at the Centre for Alternative Technology
wildlifetrusts.org/looking-after-yourself-and-nature
Hedgehogs
wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-create-hedgehog-hole
Wildlifetrusts.org/hedgehog-home
Plants
plantlife.org.uk/discover-wild-plants
Marine
www.sas.org.uk//inspire-your-inner-ocean
General
wildlifewatch.org.uk/spotting-sheets