There are now over 60 nest boxes, a mix of woodcrete and wooden boxes, in our woodland which is comprised of Oak, blackthorn and hazel. They have been used by Blue Tits, Great tits, Nuthatches and Pied Flycatchers. We monitor the boxes during the breeding season to identify First egg dates (FED) which when compared between years can help us track effects of climate change and also we monitor to identify the breeding success of each of these species.

Pied flycatcher chick in the hand after adding a BTO ring (under licence)

*** Booking Open ***

Next course 17-21st Jan 2022 is available to book. See for more info and course programme.

Contact Jez (jez@ecoexplore.co.uk) for more details or to obtain an invoice.

Great News -a very generous donor has offered to buy Nant Bran Wood outright, and place it in trust for long term research and conservation. The purchase is currently in progress (solicitors instructed)! As a result, all monies pledged on the original crowdfunding site will no longer be collected (no need to cancel the payments, we just won’t receive them) -but we’d still be very grateful if you would be willing to support the set up of the long-term research projects, and the initial conservation work. To do this, you’ll need transfer your donations into the following Just-Giving fund: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Welsh-Rainforest

Take a look at our Statistics training page to see reviews of our course on “Data Analysis with R Statistical Software”, from some of our latest participants (Nov 2016).
If you would like to improve your data analysis skills then email us for more details or book onto the January course.

Join with Eco-explore in purchasing and protecting 12 acres of beautiful Welsh oak woodland, as a study site for today’s research into the impacts of climate change on woodland ecosystems, and for the benefit of future generations. The wood will be used for long-term monitoring scientific research into the ecological impacts of climate change on woodland ecosystems -the focus of several PhD- and Masters-level research projects based at Cardiff University in collaboration with Eco-explore. The project crowdfunding page is here -thank you for your support! http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/welsh-rainforest-reserve

*** New Guidebook Release ***

Eco-explore is pleased to announce that the updated guidebook will be launched at the British Ecological Society Annual Conference in Liverpool, 12-14 December 2016. #BES2016 Eco-explore will have a stall at the conference selling the books -come and say hello!

To view the guidebook contents please click here.

To pre-order your own copy, please click here

Our next Data Analysis with R course is being held on 1st-5th July 2019 at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.

Click here to book your place!

Or email Rob Thomas for further details: ThomasRJ@Cardiff.ac.uk