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Conserving, protecting and enhancing the nature of

Neath Port Talbot in South Wales

NPT Local Nature Partnership

Conserving, protecting and enhancing the nature of Neath Port Talbot

We achieve our aims by creating partnerships between people that protect and care for nature in NPT, gathering information on the conservation of species and habitats in NPT, supporting the development of projects that are contributing to the aims of the Partnership, developing new projects to address local priorities and providing an advisory function on the subject of the state of nature and nature recovery in NPT. 

Blue Ground Beetle Vaughn Matthews
Basil Thyme Clinopodium acinos Charles Hipkin

THE STATE OF NATURE IN NPT

An assessment of the State of Nature of our county has revealed that nature in NPT is in trouble and at risk from threats such as climate change and development. Urgent actions are required to improve the resilience of NPT’s biodiversity, in particular the coastal, heathland and moorland and semi-natural grassland habitats.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Nature conservation begins at home and there are steps we can all take, wherever or whoever we are, to help preserve the natural heritage of NPT.

Barn Owl Neath Port Talbot How can you help (c) Laura Palmer
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Our Nature Recovery Action Plan

An assessment of the state of nature in NPT is the first step towards achieving a sustainable, healthy environment, which will provide all of us and future generations of NPT with an inspiring place to live. The actions that are suggested on this website are our road map to this; our Nature Recovery Action Plan.

NPT nature in numbers

21

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)

950

Hectares of protected land

70

Section 7 Species

21

UK Red Listed breeding birds

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Upcoming Events

  • The Christmas Shiver / Digwyddiad Nadoligaidd i Deuluoedd
    The Christmas Shiver / Digwyddiad Nadoligaidd i Deuluoedd
    Tue 30 Dec
    Aberavon Beach SA12, UK
    30 Dec 2025, 11:00 – 16:00
    Aberavon Beach SA12, UK
    Join Beach Academy and the NPT Local Nature Partnership for a day of festive family fun at Aberavon Beach! Dewch i fwynhau hwyl yr ŵyl gyda’n diwrnod hwyl i deuluoedd llawn gweithgareddau’r gaeaf!
  • Nature in Neath - Help us design Neath YMCA’s new nature mural!
    Nature in Neath - Help us design Neath YMCA’s new nature mural!
    Wed 14 Jan
    Lletty Nedd
    14 Jan 2026, 12:00 – 14:00
    Lletty Nedd, Pen-Y-Dre, Lletty Nedd, Neath SA11 3HG, UK
    Neath YMCA is running a project with the help of Neath Port Talbot Local Nature Partnership to help nature and raise awareness of our local wildlife! As well as swift boxes and bird watching equipment, a new nature mural is going to be painted. But we need your help!
  • Form and Function of Feathers and Moult - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    Form and Function of Feathers and Moult - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    Wed 14 Jan
    See GOS website
    14 Jan 2026, 19:10 – 21:00
    See GOS website
    Mark Grantham, Licensing and Engagement Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology will talk to us about the form and function of feathers and moult.
  • To Antarctica and back with Arctic Terns - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    To Antarctica and back with Arctic Terns - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    Wed 11 Mar
    See GOS website
    11 Mar 2026, 19:10 – 21:00
    See GOS website
    Dr Chris Redfern will talk to us about Arctic terns. Arctic terns are renowned for the global scale of their migration. The routes taken by individuals can be determined using small electronic ‘geolocators’ attached to a leg ring. These devices have been fitted to Arctic terns ...
  • Cudyll Cymru – a new dawn for monitoring raptors in Wales - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    Cudyll Cymru – a new dawn for monitoring raptors in Wales - a Gower Ornithological Society event
    Wed 15 Apr
    See GOS website
    15 Apr 2026, 19:10 – 21:00
    See GOS website
    Charlotte will talk to us about Cudyll Cymru, BTO’s Welsh Raptor Monitoring Project. Her role for the last couple of years has been to develop and co-ordinate raptor population monitoring efforts and obtain greater understanding of the populations of some of our commoner species in particular.
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