Welcome to WILD Bytes, a jam-packed bitesize series dedicated to our wonderful welsh wildlife and habitats. Over this six part series, we'll chat to the team and discover some of the diverse habitats and species we have on our doorsteps. From wetland biodiversity, woodland types and heritage, to bringing back our beavers and hedgerow wildlife, we're covering the basis to help you discover #DoorstepNature in Wales. For this first episode, we join our Digital Comms Officer Madi, who is also a behavioural ecologist and naturalist, to talk about her favourite seabird and the evolution of their uniquely shaped egg! We hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, share and subscribe for more WILD Bytes! www.welshwildlife.org @WelshwildlifeOrgWTSWW

Our seas and marine life are suffering the impacts of society and human interference. The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales are working tirelessly to monitor and protect the semi-resident population of Bottlenose Dolphins in Cardigan Bay. But we need your help! Cardigan Bay (the base for our Living Seas work) is one of only two areas in UK waters that host a semi-resident population of bottlenose dolphins – apex predators like these are barometers of the state of the marine environment. For this reason we have been monitoring the population through our Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) for over 20 years. We need your donations to carry on this work. Your donations will allow us to recruit and train volunteers to carry out research and monitoring, and to provide the necessary equipment to support them. Our volunteers also carry out regular beach cleans and are an integral part of the Living Seas Wales team. Without dedicated volunteers like Madi, we couldn't deliver our marine conservation work. You can help us to continue this vital work by donating to our #DonationsforDolphins appeal here: https://www.welshwildlife.org/appeal/donations-for-dolphins-appeal/ Together, we can be the change that we want to see. A big thank you to Madison who continues to support the Trust by volunteering and sharing her passion and dedication for our natural world.

Welcome to episode 4 of WILD Bytes, a jam-packed bitesize series dedicated to our wonderful welsh wildlife and habitats. So far, we've chatted wetland biodiversity and their natural carbon storage attributes, woodland types and their heritage and uniquely shaped seabird eggs. In this episode, we check back in with behavioural ecologist, naturalist and our Digital Comms Officer Madi, to talk all about Beavers in Wales! Lead by the Wildlife Trust Wales, Beavers were introduced into Cors Dyfi, a Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve this March 2021 as an enclosed release. If you'd like to learn more about the project and support it, see here: https://www.welshbeaverproject.org/ We hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, share and subscribe for more WILD Bytes! www.welshwildlife.org @WelshwildlifeOrgWTSWW

Welcome to our first episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. Skomer LIVE series 3 will be released every Monday for four weeks, at 6pm on our Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) YouTube Channel. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww www.welshwildlife.org Filmed, produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.

Welcome to our second episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. Skomer LIVE series 3 will be released every Monday for four weeks, at 6pm on our Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) YouTube Channel. In this episode, we join our Skomer wardens and their long-term volunteers to hear all about seabird counts, Skomer's long standing research and the importance of seabird monitoring. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww Filmed, produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.

Welcome to our third episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. In this episode, we meet our Head of Island and Marine, Lisa Morgan, to discuss the silent cliffs of Skomer, in recognition to the decline of kittiwakes. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww Filmed, produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.

This year for #NationalMarineWeek we have various different themes dedicated to our wonderful welsh marine wildlife! For our first #WeirdAndWonderful video, we teamed up with Madison Wildlife to delve into the life of the common cuttlefish, a species that can be seen right here in welsh waters! Thank you to Matt Green for his footage. www.welshwildlife.org