Veronica Haines - Llanelli Naturalists

After all the rain we've been having this winter a lot of places are looking “boggy”.  A true peat bog is an area of...

Well there didn't used to be any in this country, but since the 1970s Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) have been spreading northwards and westwards from Europe, first breeding in Britain in 1996. Read the full article on our website

Are you beetling about doing your Christmas shopping? The phrase comes from the scurrying activities of our most widespread family of insects.   Read the full article on our website

In and around Llanelli we have large areas of good wildlife habitat, especially along the coast, of which migratory life is an important component. Read the full article on our website

The cricket season may be over, but not the season for crickets. Most of the thirteen British species of bush-crickets are around from July...

Wasps have an important role as pollinators and garden pest controllers. Most wasps capture, sting and paralyse their prey, which is then fed to...

Flowering this month is the Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), a common native plant well known for its egg-shaped flower heads which persist throughout the winter...

Orchids are the second biggest group of flowering plants worldwide, consisting of some 28,000 accepted species. Some are rare, many are unusual looking, but...

In the summer months you may see newts in your pond. If your frog tadpoles are disappearing, they may be to blame! There are...

Damselflies will be appearing this month on our lakes and ponds. The first to emerge is the Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), followed by...