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Reserve officer Ian Moran surveying for great crested newts at Glascoed, St Asaph. A North Wales wildlife conservation charity has begun its annual survey of great crested newt across the region. The great crested newt is one of Britain's most strictly protected amphibian. They are a European protected species and the animals, its eggs, their breeding sites and resting places are all protected by law. Wild Ground own and manage nature reserves across North East Wales with their primary focus being the protection of amphibians and reptiles, specifically the protected great crested newt. ...

The pond at Stryt Las where the Crassula will be removed from. A funding boost is allowing a conservation charity to remove a highly invasive non-native plant species from two local nature reserve sites. Wild Ground will carry out an exciting project to eradicate Crassula helmsii from their Johnstown nature reserves, thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government through the Local Places for Nature Scheme. Crassula was first recorded in the UK in the 1970s. It causes serious problems for native wildlife and habitats as once it is introduced to a pond it s...

Stryt Las set to be drained ahead of annual clean-up and litter removal This article is old - Published: Friday, Jan 8th, 2021 A pond in Wrexham is set is to be drained ahead of its annual clean-up and litter removal. The rangers at Stryt Las Park in Johnstown carry out the task each year to clean the lake bed and remove the fish which are netted by Natural Resources Wales and relocated to another pond or a lake that needs stocking. The fish are removed to prevent them from eating the the rare and protected Great Crested Newts that live on the site.

WREXHAM Council is set to drain the large pond at Stryt Las Park in Johnstown.