Yesterday was a beautiful day to join North Wales Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers at their most popular reserve - Rhiwledyn on the the Little Orme.
Frances, Rob and Nia were great advocates of maintaining biodiversity, the impact of climate on our environment and the importance for all of us to engage with the world around us.
I joined a group of volunteers including Caitlin, Noel and Katy, helping them improve a short section of the Welsh Coastal Path (a fantastic development, celebrating its tenth year!) They have been restoring the bank in the picture from scrub (in the background) to a scarce limestone grassland (in the foreground) and the many varied flowers including orchids that enjoy that habitat.
We left Rob with the volunteers before walking on to Angel Bay to meet Paul, one of the many volunteers who do great work monitoring the seal population (the picture of the Bay and seals is one I took a few weeks ago).
On our way we got into some of the trickier policy issues and challenges - intensive tourism, a tourism tax, the pros and cons of a tidal lagoon, how we can manage our own energy consumption, the relationship between food, farming and nature and heating our homes.
A worthwhile morning and a real insight into what we have - and who is caring for it. Thank you NWWT!
