Nature Networks Fund (round five) decisions, February 2026

Nature Networks Fund (round five) decisions, February 2026

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Schedule of decisions made by the grant in aid non-lottery sub-board (a sub-set of Trustees), 23 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

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