Ceredigion County Council website

From Rhos pastures and ancient woodland to its rich coastline, Ceredigion has an amazing diversity of landscapes and wildlife; but they are precious, fragile, and under threat from a variety of environmental pressures.

The Ceredigion Local Nature Partnership is a strategic collaboration of public agencies, local voluntary organisations, businesses, community groups and individuals working together to protect and radically enhance nature.

Ceredigion LNP is part of the Local Nature Partnership Cymru.

The Ceredigion LNP is hosted by Ceredigion County Council and currently chaired by Councillor Keith Henson, Biodiversity Champion and portfolio-holder for Ceredigion County Council’s Highways, Environmental Services and Carbon Management.

and staffed by Rachel Auckland, Coordinator and Gillian Clark, Service Support Officer whose roles are hosted by Ceredigion County Council.

If you would like to hear more about the work of the CLNP or join the partnership, please email biodiversity@ceredigion.gov.uk.

At this time of climate and ecological emergency the Ceredigion Local Nature Partnership (LNP) aims to:

• Engage communities and raise awareness of the vital benefits that a healthy natural environment brings to people and the economy
• Steer the collective work of individuals, conservationists and business to work in partnership to protect, improve, create and connect Ceredigion’s natural landscape
• Collaborate with the Public Service Board and support other public bodies to protect and enhance nature across the county
• Work to maintain, restore and create habitats that are thriving with wildlife including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, plants, fungi and more
• Ensure Ceredigion’s marine, intertidal, terrestrial and freshwater environments retain and regain good health
• Make sure consideration for the environment and incorporating nature recovery objectives are put right at the heart of local decision-making

This is a Welsh Government grant scheme that focuses on engaging communities to actively create and enhance places for nature.

It assists areas of deprivation and those with the least access to nature in Wales, such as urban communities, elderly and disabled people or other under-served groups to restore and enhance their local nature areas.

It is an opportunity to start a Food Growing Garden or Wildlife Garden and rescue unloved areas with lots of support, guidance and with all the materials you need supplied.

We are focusing on food growing, tree planting, wildflowers and pollinators, but if you have an idea for a bespoke project, or for more information about the scheme, please contact Rachel Auckland on biodiversity@ceredigion.gov.uk.

There is information on the project and how to apply on the Keep Wales Tidy Local Places for Nature page.

Get Involved

It is free to join the Ceredigion LNP and membership is open to any individual, group or organisation who shares our aim, to halt and reverse the decline in nature within the county. Members receive regular email updates and invitations to our quarterly meetings.

Newyddion Natur Ceredigion

Sign up to Newyddion Natur Ceredigion at biodiversity@ceredigion.co.uk which shares the work of partners and communities.

Contents typically include announcements and campaigns; training, workshops and activities; surveys and consultations; dates for your diary; job opportunities; news updates and funding. There are also regular updates from the Ceredigion Local Nature Partnership and meeting information.

We welcome contributions. If you have an event or some news that you would like to share then please email them to the address above for inclusion.

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Our Partners

• West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre
• Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales
• RSPB
• National Trust
• Welsh Water
• Aberystwyth University
• Tir Canol
• Denmark Farm
• Dyfi Biosphere
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David Tir Glas

Members Directory

If you wish to be listed in the Directory, please complete an NRAP Matrix to show what you’re doing to help the Nature Recovery Action Plan, or email biodiversity@ceredigion.gov.uk to arrange a workshop.

Local Places for Nature

Local Places for Nature is a Welsh Government scheme that focuses on engaging communities to actively create and enhance places for nature.

Keep Wales Tidy provides wildlife, food growing and orchard packages to community groups on application on their Apply now for free garden packs! page. Local Nature Partnerships also assist in delivering bespoke projects to assist in areas of deprivation and those with the least access to nature in Wales, such as urban communities, elderly and disabled people or other under-served groups, to restore and enhance their local nature areas or create new places which provide ‘nature on your doorstep’.

Here the Ceredigion LNP are focusing on food growing, tree planting, wildflowers and pollinators. For more information contact biodiversity@ceredigion.gov.uk.

Current Projects

Verges and Mowing Equipment

A key element in encouraging biodiversity in Ceredigion has been changing the way the County Council manages its grassland on verges, open spaces and parks to create space for nature.

Part of this has been the purchase of specialist mowing equipment; The Flailbot and Amizone Profihopper, to increase the number of areas included in reduced mowing or wildflower management zones, allow grass and wildflowers to grow in certain areas and help reduce the decline in pollinators.

Flailbot videos here

Gerddi Ffynnon

This is sheltered accommodation in Aberystwyth which received raised beds of different shapes and sizes to meet the diverse access needs of residents who use a range of mobility aids. A wildflower meadow has also been created so that the residents can enjoy the benefits of a nature boost.

Hafan y Waun

This project was the creation of a new orchard at Hafan y Waun, Dementia Care home in Aberystwyth with the themes around wildlife & biodiversity, community, and food growing.

Tyfu Ceredigion

A county-wide Community Food Growers Forum, bringing together representatives from existing and potential allotment associations, community gardens and other community food growing projects for networking, to exchange knowledge and skills and provide mutual support.