Cardiff Local Nature Partnership Scheme

The LNP Scheme is being delivered across all local authorities and our three National Parks in Wales, coordinated by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA). The Scheme sits under the Local Places for Nature (LPfN) Programme, funded by Welsh Government.

What did the project do?

Buglife’s role within this project focused on working with communities, partners and other stakeholders to encourage the establishment of food and shelter resources for pollinating insects, raise awareness, and deliver workshops and training, such as FIT Count training.

Importantly, Buglife Cymru helped develop the Cardiff Nature Recovery Action Plan (NRAP). The NRAP exists to establish long- and short-term conservation and management plans for invertebrates listed under Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 and species listed in Buglife’s South Wales Coast Important Invertebrate Area (IIA). These species include Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), Grayling Butterfly (Hipparchia semele),  White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album), Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes), and many more.

Alongside contributing to the development of the Cardiff Nature Recovery Action Plan, Buglife Cymru inputted to drafts of Cardiff Council’s Pollinator Action Plan – once finalised, this action plan will enable Cardiff Council and partners to establish new habitats for pollinators and enhance existing ones; encourage less pesticide use; and introduce favourable mowing regimes.

How can you stay involved? 

We encourage you to get out and record the pollinators and other invertebrates that you find in and around Cardiff. You can share your sightings through iRecord, LERC Wales, Aderyn, iNaturalist, or by sending data directly to SEWBReC.

Add your own wildflower projects to our B-Lines map to help expand our pollinator highway network in Cardiff.

For more information and ways to get involved, please contact Buglife Cymru at [email protected].