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We’re delighted to be partnering with Newport City Council and the Newport Local Nature Partnership to deliver this year’s Gaer Hill Fort BioBlitz, taking place on Friday 7 August and Saturday 8 August 2026. Funded through the Welsh Government’s Local Places for Nature Grant programme, the BioBlitz will bring together wildlife experts, local organisations, voluntary groups and members of the public to celebrate the remarkable wildlife of Gaer Hill Fort and record as many spec

When we launched Glo i Natur CIC in October 2025, we began with a simple belief: that coal spoil sites of South Wales are not scars on the landscape – they are sanctuaries. In just a few months, that belief has turned into action. Saving the Small Blue at Cwm Tips One site quickly became our focus: Cwm Tips in Rhondda Cynon Taf. This coal tip is now a biodiversity hotspot. More than 600 invertebrate species have been recorded here, including scarce bees and endangered butterf

We are delighted to announce the launch of Glo i Natur CIC , a new community interest company dedicated to protecting, celebrating, and restoring the unique biodiversity and heritage of coal spoil sites across the South Wales Valleys. Founded in 2025, Glo i Natur builds on more than a decade of work highlighting the extraordinary biodiversity of coal spoil sites. The idea was first championed through the Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative, and has now grown into a collabo