{"id":228322,"date":"2025-07-01T04:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228322\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T04:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:04:09","slug":"welsh-communities-urged-to-connect-with-local-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228322\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh communities urged to connect with local wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Wales Nature Week, taking place from July 5 to 13, is a national celebration of biodiversity, wildlife, and habitats, with a programme of events including guided walks, nature festivals, and workshops.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Evelyn Gruchala, nature recovery volunteer coordinator at Swansea Council and Gower National Landscape, said: &#8220;As we face the ongoing nature and climate emergencies, there has never been a more important time to support local wildlife and safeguard the green and blue spaces that underpin ecosystem resilience and our future wellbeing.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Gwent, there is a range of activities including a swift talk and walk in Monmouth on July 3, an Alfred Russel Wallace Day in Usk on July 5, a noticing nature walk on July 7 in Pontypool Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On July 9, there is forest therapy in Ebbw Vale, a guided insect safari in Abergavenny and a dragonfly event at Beaufort Hill Ponds &amp; Woodlands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On July 12, Parc Bryn Bach will host a Go Wild! event, with Newport Wetlands hosting a bumblebee ID course and guided walk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The wetlands will host a dragonfly ID course and guided walk on July 13.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Many activities are free and open to all ages.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sean McHugh from Natural Resources Wales\u2019 Wales Biodiversity Partnership support team said: &#8220;Wales Nature Week is a fantastic opportunity for people of all ages to get involved and make a difference for nature.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As we\u2019re in a nature and climate emergency, caring about nature has never been more important.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Nature is for everyone, so please celebrate Wales Nature Week any way you can, whether that\u2019s by attending an event, raising awareness with friends and family, or simply enjoying a summer stroll.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A full list of events is available on the Biodiversity Wales website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales Nature Week, taking place from July 5 to 13, is a national celebration of biodiversity, wildlife, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-228322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114776001973953812","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}