Visits
All Years
Llys Nini is proud to work with multiple community groups on site, whether to learn about animal care and welfare or to work outdoors in nature. Here are some of our visits, complete with the fruits of their labours!
A Year in Llys Nini
Photo Diary of a Wilderness, in conjuction with ASDES
2016 has seen the start of a new site-wide project - the creation of a year-long photo diary, shot by young people with Autistc Spectrum Disorders, or ASD. The group come for a photography session on a Saturday afternoon once a month, where they tour the site armed with a set of prompts and a snazzy camera or three.
The resulting images are breath-taking, and reveal a side to nature that many people might overlook.
January
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Something smooth
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Something rough
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Something tiny
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Something new
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Something colourful
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Something that reminds you of January
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February
In total, the six prompts were:
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Something cold
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Something huge
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Something to do with love, or that makes you smile
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Something alive
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Something out of place
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Something that reminds you of February
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March
In total, the six prompts were:
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Something shiny
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Faces
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Something to do with Wales
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Something changing
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The other side
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Something that reminds you of March
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April
In total, the six prompts were:
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Something tidy
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Something messy
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Rain
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Together
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Inside/within
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Something that reminds you of April
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May
In total, the six prompts were:
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Something warm
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Something open
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Something closed
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Something curious
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Bugs
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Something that reminds you of May
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June
In total, the six prompts were:
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Something hidden
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Many
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Light
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Stairway
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Faeries
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Something that reminds you of June
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July
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Contrast
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Fleeting
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Golden
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Nostalgia
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Silence
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Something that reminds you of July
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A special session, just for the S4C documentary. In total, the three prompts were:
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Deep
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Shadows
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Something you see that no one else sees
Filming Special
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October
In total, the six prompts were:
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Autumn
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Brittle
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Spooky
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Straight
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Welcoming
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Something that reminds you of October
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December
In total, the six prompts were:
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Angle
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Full
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Ornaments
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Secret
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Winter
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Something that reminds you of December
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... and a bonus round, in which the participants came up with their own prompt and took a photo.
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Ysgol y Wern
A school visit, in English and Welsh!
In April, we were visited by pupils from Blwyddyn 1 in Ysgol y Wern, Ystylafera. The children were split into 3 groups, with each throughout the day being taught about animal care, getting to visit the animals, and spending some time down in the woods being rangers for the day, helping Conservation Manager Elanor to take notes on the plants and animals they saw.
At the end of the visit, the children got to explore our playground. Happy smiles all round!
Penllergaer 5th Cwm Newydd Scout Group
Geocaching!
The end of September saw the Penllergaer Scout Group come to Llys Nini for a spot of after-hours geocaching! The children found every cache after a bit of searching, and a good time was had by all.
Penllergaer Primary School, and Tesco
The Formal Boardwalk Opening
After a few months of hard work, we got to formally open our new accessible boardwalk into the ancient wood - with help from Penllergaer Primary School pupils!
Postcards from Qatar
The overseas visit
We were lucky enough to be chosen by a group of Qatari students looking for an organisation to use in creating a sustainable development model. They were absolutely fantastic, and loved our woodlands!
The Schools of 2018
All visits by local primary schools in 2018
2018 has seen a huge uptick in the number of school groups coming to visit us and explore the woodlands; so much so that it's not feasible to list them all individually! So this album contains photos from the many visits.
