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Call out for volunteers!
Call out for volunteers!

Severn Estuary Partnership are looking for volunteers to help two citizen science initiatives happening across the Gwent Levels area.

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Volunteer needed!
Volunteer needed!

The Monmouthshire 2030 dragonfly atlas project is looking for a volunteer to help complete the project.

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Conservation success

Natural Resources Wales today released more welcome news about the status of bitterns and marsh harriers as Newport Wetlands.

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Gwent Levels Dragonfly Hotspot

Newport Wetlands and Magor Marsh nature reserves are to join a list of sites from across the UK that have been specially chosen for the range of dragonfly and damselfly species they support.

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View fullsize The Centurion. Sometime around the 2nd Century AD, as recorded on the 'Goldcliff Stone', the Roman centurion Statorius Maximus led soldiers from the 1st cohort of the 2nd Augustan Legion on to the Levels to construct ditches and embankments.
View fullsize The Centurion is composed of 3000 individual laser-cut pieces of Corten steel. The steel forms a rusty outer coat that protects the metal underneath. The layers are spaced to allow light to pass through, giving the figure a spectral quality.
View fullsize Sculptor Sebastien Boysen with his recently installed Roman Centurion at Lighthouse Inn. #ourlivinglevels, #gwentlevels
View fullsize Fantastic bee walk session after postponing it due to yesterday's extreme wet weather We wandered around Black rock and Caldicot Castle with @cartwrightbex from @bumblebeeconservationtrust as part of our #Pollinatingthelevels project Nothing rare
View fullsize Fantastic event at #monmouthbeefestival last weekend, was great to be out talking to people again about the amazing #GwentLevels both in terms of the fantastic rare bees found here but also as a historic handcrafted landscape to be explored #discove
View fullsize Fantastic field session with our dedicated #GwentLevels #beewalk #volunteers at @rspbcymru @naturalresourceswales #Newportwetlands we found #UKBAP Shrill Carder Bee and Brown banded carder bee & this amazing group of nationally scarce male Melitt
View fullsize Great Traston Meadows- a hidden gem on the #GwentLevels and an absolutely stunning @gwentwildlifetrust reserve just off Nash road and teaming with bees, butterflies and wildflowers We will soon be using some green hay from here to restore other mead
View fullsize We have some exciting plans for restoring the priority grasslands accross the #GwentLevels this summer working with @gwentwildlifetrust & local farmers to take #greenhay and spread on sites like @nttredegarhouse as part of the #pollinatingtheleve
View fullsize Heritage on the horizons Goldcliff to Newport Wetlands and back again today as part of our loops and links with @digventures
View fullsize The Gwent Levels are a refuge to some amazing wildlife with this stunning annual visiting Spoonbill spotted at Goldcliff Lagoons #GwentLevels #LovingYourLevels #DiscoverGwentLevels #darganfodlefelaugwent #birdphotography #birdwatching #ukbirds
View fullsize Well that’s a wrap for ditching! Breeding bird season has officially started but we managed to complete nearly 9km this winter working with local contractors and our partners @natreswales Pictured- Internal Drainage District (IDD) doing what t
View fullsize What a difference a week makes and perfect example of partnership working in action - photos are before, during and after   @natreswales Integrated Workforce team supporting The Living Levels Partnership Project restoring a section of neglected

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