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If you've visited the reserve over recent weeks, you'll have seen our new building, The LookOut, emerging from the earth bank next to the Coffee Shop. When it's finished, we'll use it for all sorts of events and activities, and it'll be open to visitors most days to enjoy the wildlife...

The latest part of our Conwy Connections project has really started to shape-up this week. And now we can reveal what we're going to call the new building that will soon grow next to the Coffee Shop. This week has seen a load of steel work arrive on site. The only steel in the finished building...

Apart from the fresh new look, the exciting new facilities such as the new play area, new picnic area, new viewpoint...and everything else that Conwy Connections has to offer, Conwy Connections has created many other opportunities, including the chance to work with some of Conwy’s greatest talents...

Nature Observatory - work begins Work has started on the new building this week. We've scooped out the earth bank between the Coffee Shop and the boardwalk, and apart from the brick foundations, glass windows and steel door, the whole construction has been grown. The wood, of course, has been growing...

The Spring that we thought would never come has finally arrived in a rush. Gales earlier this week made finding birds difficult, but the last two calm sunny days made it all seem worthwhile. In the space of a week, many of our expected summer migrants have arrived: yellow wagtail (Sunday 14th, and more...

I've been on holiday for a few weeks, and I had a fantastic time of course, but I was also looking forward to getting back to Conwy to see the progress made on Y Maes while I was away. We've been able to open some parts of it for the Easter weekend, and the rest will open in phases over the next...

Helo! O’r diwedd, fe glywn ni chi’n dweud...dyma ein bwletin Cysylltiadau Conwy diweddaraf! Os oedd eich ymweld diwethaf y llynedd, wel, mae sypreis yn eich disgwyl ar gyfer y tro nesaf. Fel y disgwylir, rydym wedi’n cyffroi’n fawr ac yn hapus iawn gyda'r ail-wampio hyd...

Hello! At last, we hear you say...here is our latest Conwy Connections bulletin! If you haven’t been to visit us since last year, well, you’re in for a surprise! Just as expected, we are very excited and pleased with the redveleopments...but there’s still some work to be done. ...

This month, as part of the new projects on the reserve, the Wildlife Explorers Conwy worked on a cool new feature – Tegi the Earth Dragon. Tegi is made from mounds of earth. A builder made Tegi for kids to play on and it was our job to lay grass seed on Tegi.We were each given a bit to work on...

Next week (19 February) sees the start of the next stage of our Conwy Connections project, the construction of Y Maes. This is the area between the Visitor Centre and the Coffee Shop and will become a much more interesting and fun place to spend time. There are more details below, but the main thing...

The last two weeks have seen Waxwings arrive along the North Wales coast, from Caernarfon to Connah's Quay. Llandudno and Wrexham hosted flocks into treble figures, though they seem to have quickly moved on. We've had several sightings at the reserve, with a flock of 40+ on 13th November, 30...

Diggers Things have really started to get busy for our Conwy Connections project this week, as you'll notice if you visit - there are a lot of big yellow 'toys' beetling up and down the field outside the Visitor Centre. For a quick recap of the project, see our earlier blog and Bulletin....

We've had lots of interest this week from artists interested in our commission for an artwork to sit next to the reserve entrance, at the top of the sliproad from the A55. If you haven't heard about it, you can read the full story here , and that's also where artists can download the brief...

Conwy Connections: Enhancing RSPB Conwy for People and Nature Conwy reserve’s visitors will soon be getting more from their visit than ever before. After good news from various funding partners, work will start on transforming certain areas of the reserve, improving the connection between people...

Cysylltiadau Conwy: Gwella RSPB Conwy ar gyfer Pobl a Natur Bydd ymwelwyr RSPB Conwy yn cael llawer mwy nag erioed am eu hymweliad yn fuan. Ar ôl ambell i newyddion da gan wahanol bartneriaid ariannol, yn cynnwys y project Cymunedau a Natur, bydd gwaith yn cychwyn ar drawsnewid rhai ardaloedd o’r...