Nature Networks (round 5, under £250,000)

The programme aims to improve the condition and resilience of Wales’ network of protected land and marine sites.

Schedule of decisions

#NNF5 Saving Welsh Dragons

Applicant: Amphibian and Reptile conservation Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Connected Coasts/Arfordiroedd Cysylltiedig: Enhancing Marine Protection Through Sustainable Recreation, Citizen Science and Sector Engagement

Applicant: Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum Community Interest Company

Decision: Award grant of £249,584 (94%)

#NNF5 Sustainable Sand Dunes

Applicant: 'The Trustees of Merthyr Mawr Estate'

Decision: Award grant of £249,929 (100%)

#NNF5 Cae Byw (Living Field): Restoring Glamorgan Arable Plant Heritage and Connecting Landscapes.

Applicant: Fieldwork Studio CIC

Decision: Award grant of £248,414 (100%)

#NNF5 Pembrey coast habitat improvement

Applicant: Carmarthenshire County Council

Decision: Award grant of £209,950 (100%)

#NNF5 Cardigan Bay marine SAC: addressing the evidence gaps

Applicant: The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Creating investment-ready opportunities for pioneering nature restoration in Wales

Applicant: Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts

Decision: Award grant of £249,898 (89%)

#NNF5 Lleisiau Coed Derw'r Mawddach: Cymuned am gadwraeth / #NNF5 Voices of the Mawddach Oakwoods: A community for conservation

Applicant: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Adeiladu ar sylfaen Cudyll Cymru / Building on the foundations of Cudyll Cymru

Applicant: British Trust for Ornithology

Decision: Award grant of £249,968 (100%) 

#NNF5 -  Nocturnal Networks Development Phase / Rhwydweithiau'r Nos Cyfnod Datblygu

Applicant: Denbighshire County Council ( on behalf of Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB )

Decision: Award grant of £247,225 (100%)

#NNF5 Protecting the Gower Gateway

Applicant: Ymddiriedolaeth Penllergare - The Penllergare Trust

Decision: Award grant of £194,600 (100%)

#NNF5 Priority Plant Project 2: Surveillance, Monitoring and Strategic Action

Applicant: Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

Decision: Award grant of £249,988 (100%)

#NNF5 Lleisiau'r Môr / Voices of the Sea

Applicant: Cyngor Gwynedd

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)

#NNF5 Wilder Future Wales / Dyfodol Gwyllt Cymru

Applicant: North Wales Wildlife Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Bardsey and Llŷn Marine Mammals - Listening to the Sea / Mamaliaid Morol Enlli a Llŷn - Clust i'r Môr

Applicant: Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Gorlan: Uno Glaswelltir â Natur trwy Ffermio / Uniting Grasslands with Nature through Farming

Applicant: Plantlife International - The Wild Plant Conservation Charity

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Moroedd glanach: improving our seas through targeted policy, strategic advocacy, and business engagement

Applicant: The Marine Conservation Society

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 People and Places: Strengthening Protected Sites Together

Applicant: Gwent Wildlife Trust Ltd.

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Water Vole Action Plan for Wales

Applicant: People's Trust for Endangered Species

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Improved habitat for protected species at Coed Craig Ruperra and adjoining woods.

Applicant: Ruperra Conservation Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Montgomeryshire's Priority Habitats: Evaluation and Action

Applicant: Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Limited

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Menai-Connecting Coasts: A seascape approach to restoring coastal habitats in the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay / #NNF5 Menai-Cysylltu'r Arfordiroedd: Adfer Cynefinoedd Arfordirol ar Raddfa Morwedd yn Afon Menai a Bae Conwy

Applicant: Zoological Society of London

Decision: Award grant of £249,991 (88%)

#NNF5 Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus spp) in the Rivers Wye (in Wales) and Usk SACs: Past and Present

Applicant: Friends of the Upper Wye (Charity Commission) known as Friends of the River Wye

Decision: Award grant of £174,633 (100%)

#NNF5 Sibrydion y coedwigoedd: achub yr ystlum hirglust - Whispers of the woodlands: saving the brown long-eared bat

Applicant: The Bat Conservation Trust

Decision: Award grant of £249,630 (100%)

#NNF5 Machinery for Nature: Biodiversity, Biomass and Community in Dyfed

Applicant: Cwm Arian Renewable Energy Ltd

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Tir Natur - Peat, Heath & Rivers planning, improvements & connectivity

Applicant: Tir Natur

Decision: Award grant of £222,030 (100%)

#NNF5 Afon Gwyrfai: Afon Isaf yn Gweithredu ar adfer natur

Applicant: North Wales Rivers Trust Ltd

Decision: Reject

#NNF5 Llanymynech Sustainable Grazing / Grazing on the Rocks

Applicant: Llanymynech Golf Club

Decision: Award grant of £249,998 (100%)