Chloe Griffiths Ecology

Chloe Griffiths Ecology provides surveys on a wide range of wildlife in Ceredigion and runs the "Nature of our Village" wildlife recording project. Please note I no longer offer Phase 1 Surveys.

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Update!

If you follow the work of the Penparcau Wildlife Group, a citizen science project in West Wales, you may know that we have been rather quiet of late. I have just got a Master's degree in Human Geography, for which the dissertation looked at our very own project! Now I am doing a PhD in "Community involvement in biological recording: an ethnography of citizen science". As part of the PWG I hope to run more surveys and spend more time talking to people about their experiences of the group.

To kick us off, there is a Mermaid's Purse hunt on Monday the 16th December at 2pm, meeting at the car park on Tanybwlch beach, near Aberystwyth, West Wales. Come along and find out more.

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Latest Annual Report on the Nature of our Village Project in Penparcau, Aberystwyth. For all the latest information on how our nature was doing in 2022, please take a look at this, hot off the press!

The Nature of our Village Report on 2022.pdf

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I was delighted to have an article published in the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s Welsh Bulletin.  It was a write up of a recent session of our Aberystwyth Botanical Society’s visit to the dunes at Ynyslas to the north of Ceredigion.

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Penparcau Wildlife Project Report 2021

I’m delighted to release the latest annual report on the Penparcau Wildlife Project, which gives details on how our local wildlife is doing.  So many people have helped out on this project, with their time and expertise, knowledge and enthusiasm, it truly is a group effort.   Here’s the link to take a look:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/t0hgx7j3wy0y8rs/The%20Nature%20of%20our%20Village%20Report%20on%202021.pdf?dl=0

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Reptile Report 2021!

Have a look at how the lizards and slowworms of Penparcau, a village on the edge of Aberystwyth, West Wales are doing.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/o3s24x8wg76ruae/2021%20reptile%20survey%20Pen%20Dinas.pdf?dl=0 

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Thanks to Sea Changers!

We are delighted to acknowledge funding from the Sea-changers, who are making possible our new project - Trash and Treasure.  We will combine regular beach cleans with all sorts of activities, from learning about our marine fish in Cardigan Bay to exploring the Rock Pools, as well as discovering the plants and insects that live on the grassy areas nearby.  Everyone welcome!  #BeASeaChanger

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Very pleased indeed to get a mention in the prestigious British Wildlife magazine - in the Aprill 2022 edition, with the wonderful and very stinky Devil’s Fingers (Clathrus archeri)!

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Really chuffed to have my article on Waxcaps published in the new Natur Cymru magazine, and also one I co-wrote with Lizzie Wilberforce, the Editor, on how not to crush the spirit of learners!  Fab magazine, here’s how to get your copy:  https://www.natureconservation.wales/product/natur-cymru/

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 We are delighted to bring you the latest report on our project, The Nature of our Village.  This is the culmination of 5 years’ work, looking back on how much we have learned about the wildlife of our village.  

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We’re very grateful for further funding coming in recently, and proud to be funded by the Reaching Wider Project, with thanks to Dr. Deb!

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3 months’ work in one report, with photos, get it here!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/grlg8hm259i0aus/NOOVreport23.docx?dl=0

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More funding success!

We are very grateful to the Community Cohesion Fund for supplying more funding to keep our project running. Diolch yn fawr!

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Funding!

We are very grateful to the Local Conversations Group of the Penparcau Community Forum for providing vital funding to continue the Nature of our Village Project until June 2021.

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New this week, 5 years of surveying for Reptiles and Amphibians on Pen Dinas, our local Bronze Age Hillfort on the West Coast of Wales.  Please take a look as it is a good news story! 

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An introduction to a community pond in Wales, by Meg Kirby: “The Parc y Llyn pond is situated in a rough grassland meadow between a housing estate and retail shopping centre on one side and the river Rheidol on the other side. The area is open to the public. It is County Council owned … Continued

Very pleased to have an article on our local pond published on the British Dragonfly Society’s website.  Meg and I are working on a dragonfly survey for this pond, following government guidelines for safety, over this summer, and will be reporting back how the life of the pond develops.  So far we’ve had a Large Red Damselfly and an Azure Damselfly, plus a dozen exuviae.  We look forward to future sightings.

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The Nature of our Village Project in Penparcau - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Delighted to have an article about our work on Bumblebees published in the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s online blog!  

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I’m delighted to have been asked to join the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s Country Committee for Wales.  I’ve been a member of BSBI for years and I look forward to serving on this committee to support the botanical community across Wales.