Nature Networks Fund (round five) decisions, February 2026
Nature Networks (round 5, over £250,000)
The programme aims to improve the condition and resilience of Wales’ network of protected land and marine sites.
Schedule of decisions
#NNF5 Gwent Green Grid Resilient Connections
Applicant: Monmouthshire County Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £999,974 (71%)
#NNF5 Aberdaugleddau Biosecurity Community Development (ABCD)
Applicant: Milford Haven Port Authority
Decision: Award delivery grant of £959,180 (100%)
#NNF5 Natur i Bobl Nant Ffrancon
Applicant: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Decision: Award delivery grant of £998,766 (100%)
#NNF5 Protecting tomorrow by managing invasive species today
Applicant: The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited
Decision: Award delivery grant of £926,905 (100%)
#NNF5 Tir Morfa Wetland Connections
Applicant: The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Decision: Award delivery grant of £548,406 (89%)
#NNF5 Restore the Thaw Landscape 2
Applicant: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £574,850 (87%)
#NNF5 Tirweddau Gylfinir Cymru #Curlew Landscapes Wales
Applicant: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Decision: Award delivery grant of £999,758 (100%)
#NNF5 Cyrchu Moroedd Cymru / Accessing Welsh Seas
Applicant: Sea Watch Foundation: The Cetacean Monitoring Unit
Decision: Reject
#NNF5: Sustainable land management on farms to support the protected areas network: delivering local outcomes, while building capacity and engagement for scaled up long-term delivery across Wales.
Applicant: Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Limited
Decision: Reject
#NNF5 Gwarchodfeydd Gwydn Gogledd Cymru/ Resilient Nature Reserves North Wales
Applicant: North Wales Wildlife Trust
Decision: Reject
#NNF5 Black Mountains Land Vision 2030: Collaborative Landscape Recovery for Resilient Ecological Networks
Applicant: Black Mountains Land Use Partnership
Decision: Award delivery grant of £995,152 (91%)
#NNF5 Keystone Meadows: connected seagrass systems for marine recovery across Wales
Applicant: Project Seagrass
Decision: Reject
#NNF5 Radnorshire's Rivers
Applicant: The Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Limited
Decision: Award delivery grant of £952,350 (100%)
#NNF5 Project SIARC: Expanding networks to strengthen biological and community connections in Pen Llŷn a'r Sarnau SAC
Applicant: The Zoological Society of London
Decision: Award delivery grant of £997,771 (85%)
#NNF5 Gwlad y Gylfinir - Land of the Curlew
Applicant: Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Decision: Award delivery grant of £921,700 (71%)
#NNF5 Adfer Afon Dyfrdwy Gyda'n Gilydd / Restoring the Dee Together
Applicant: Welsh Dee Trust
Decision: Award delivery grant of £942,746 (100%)
#NNF5 Botanical Futureproofing for Protected Sites in Wales
Applicant: The National Botanic Garden of Wales
Decision: Award delivery grant of £823,320 (93%)
#NNF5 Wrexham Stepping Stones
Applicant: Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Decision: Reject
#NNF5 Cleddau Clir
Applicant: West Wales Rivers Trust
Decision: Reject