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#GowerWatch

An on-going series dedicated to The Gower Peninsula. A story that tells the tale of its unique history, marine and coastal ecosystems and wildlife. As the first area in the whole of the UK to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Gower is known for its beautiful landscapes and coastline, internationally important habitats and geological interest and rare flora and fauna.

Welcome to #GowerWatch!
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Madison Bowden-Parry

Welcome to #GowerWatch!

Welcome to #GowerWatch, a small series dedicated to the wonderful Gower Peninsula in South Wales, U.K. Across this ongoing series, I'll be exploring the various ecosystems and their incredible biodiversity across the 70 square miles Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the first in the UK may I add! I'll be discovering some of the species I love to look out for during different seasons, delving into the history and geology of Gower and why it's important for the wildlife that lives here and uncovering the reasons why Gower is unique and the importance of keeping it this way. Not only do I want to show my adventures across Gower through this series, I want to showcase the diversity of wildlife here. Some of which can be found across Europe, but Gower is a stronghold for a variety. I hope you enjoy the series and stay tuned for episode updates! Happy GowerWatching! Thank you to weCREATE.
#GowerWatch - South Gower's iconic seabird
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Madison Bowden-Parry

#GowerWatch - South Gower's iconic seabird

Welcome to #GowerWatch, a small series dedicated to the wonderful Gower Peninsula in South Wales, U.K. Across this ongoing series, I'll be exploring the various ecosystems, habitats and the incredible biodiversity across the 70 square miles Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the first in the UK may I add! For the first episode, I'm raising the sails and heading out to explore the South Gower cliffs, the only way I know how! I'll be chatting about a particular species of seabird that nest on the most westerly point of Gower and of course, keeping a close eye out for other (and rather social!) marine wildlife you can encounter whilst exploring this magnificent coastline. Make sure you stay tuned for a Spring Special, where I delve into my all time favourite wildflower with quite the interesting conservation story! A huge thank you to Vinny Stelzer and Bob Wells.
#GowerWatch with the Gower Seal Group!
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Madison Bowden-Parry

#GowerWatch with the Gower Seal Group!

A story of how a passionate team of residents are not only working to advocate and protect Gower's seal populations, but nationally with other organisations to ensure grey seals are protected for the future. Across this ongoing series, I'll be exploring the various ecosystems, habitats and the incredible biodiversity across the 70 square miles Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the first in the UK may I add! For this seal-y special, join me as I delve into the grey seals of Gower and chat to Gareth Richards, founder of the newly established community group, Gower Seal Group. The Gower Seal Group are dedicated to the education and conservation of grey seals in Gower. With their passionate team, they not only work to advocate and protect Gower's seal populations, but nationally with other organisations to ensure grey seals are protected for the future. A huge thank you Vinny Stelzer at Sky and Tide Films for filming this episode, James Weaver for the edit and Gareth Richards for his wonderful seal clips. Follow #GowerWatch behind the scenes over on my instagram: @madison_wildlife
#GowerWatch - Oxwich's Dynamic Dunescapes
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Madison Bowden-Parry

#GowerWatch - Oxwich's Dynamic Dunescapes

For this episode of #GowerWatch, I chat to the Dynamic Dunescapes project team all about the beautiful Oxwich National Nature Reserve (NNR). Oxwich is a fantastic mix of habitats, from woodlands, wet woodlands, marshlands, coast, beach and of course the remarkable and extensive sand dune ecosystem. The Dynamic Dunescapes team work across the board to form a collaborative effort of parters to monitor, manage and protect sand dunes across the UK. In this episode, I sit down with Pippa and Hannah from Natural Resources Wales and Plantlife to learn more about the reserve, sand dunes, dune wildlife, dune management and how we can all get involved to advocate and protect precious sand dune ecosystems for the future. Thanks to co-producer Vinny Stelzer at Sky and Tide Films and Natural Heritage Lottery Fund for funding this episode. Camera trap footage under licence of NRW. Follow #GowerWatch behind the scenes over on my instagram: @madison_wildlife.
#GowerWatch Spring Special - Glamorgan's County Flower
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Madison Bowden-Parry

#GowerWatch Spring Special - Glamorgan's County Flower

Welcome to #GowerWatch, a small series dedicated to the wonderful Gower Peninsula in South Wales, U.K. Across this ongoing series, I'll be exploring the various ecosystem, habitats and the incredible biodiversity across the 70 square miles Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the first in the UK may I add! In this #GowerWatch Spring Special, I'm delving into the Yellow Whitlow-grass, a species of wildflower native to Britain, but is quite unique in Gower! It also has a unique conservation story and is a species I always make sure I catch a glimpse of every year along the South Gower cliffs. A huge thank you to weCREATE www.wearewecreate.com for filming and editing this episode. Follow #GowerWatch behind the scenes over on my instagram: @madison_wildlife Thanks for watching!

The Wildlife Trusts

Delve into some weird and wonderful facts about the natural world, featued with The Wildlife Trusts.

Welcome to #WILDBytes! Episode 1: Guillemot Eggs
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Welcome to #WILDBytes! Episode 1: Guillemot Eggs

Welcome to WILD Bytes, a jam-packed bitesize series dedicated to our wonderful welsh wildlife and habitats. Over this six part series, we'll chat to the team and discover some of the diverse habitats and species we have on our doorsteps. From wetland biodiversity, woodland types and heritage, to bringing back our beavers and hedgerow wildlife, we're covering the basis to help you discover #DoorstepNature in Wales. For this first episode, we join our Digital Comms Officer Madi, who is also a behavioural ecologist and naturalist, to talk about her favourite seabird and the evolution of their uniquely shaped egg! We hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, share and subscribe for more WILD Bytes! www.welshwildlife.org @WelshwildlifeOrgWTSWW
WTSWW volunteer Madison Bowden-Parry talks marine plastics
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

WTSWW volunteer Madison Bowden-Parry talks marine plastics

Our seas and marine life are suffering the impacts of society and human interference. The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales are working tirelessly to monitor and protect the semi-resident population of Bottlenose Dolphins in Cardigan Bay. But we need your help! Cardigan Bay (the base for our Living Seas work) is one of only two areas in UK waters that host a semi-resident population of bottlenose dolphins โ€“ apex predators like these are barometers of the state of the marine environment. For this reason we have been monitoring the population through our Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) for over 20 years. We need your donations to carry on this work. Your donations will allow us to recruit and train volunteers to carry out research and monitoring, and to provide the necessary equipment to support them. Our volunteers also carry out regular beach cleans and are an integral part of the Living Seas Wales team. Without dedicated volunteers like Madi, we couldn't deliver our marine conservation work. You can help us to continue this vital work by donating to our #DonationsforDolphins appeal here: https://www.welshwildlife.org/appeal/donations-for-dolphins-appeal/ Together, we can be the change that we want to see. A big thank you to Madison who continues to support the Trust by volunteering and sharing her passion and dedication for our natural world.
#WILDBytes Episode 4: Beavers
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

#WILDBytes Episode 4: Beavers

Welcome to episode 4 of WILD Bytes, a jam-packed bitesize series dedicated to our wonderful welsh wildlife and habitats. So far, we've chatted wetland biodiversity and their natural carbon storage attributes, woodland types and their heritage and uniquely shaped seabird eggs. In this episode, we check back in with behavioural ecologist, naturalist and our Digital Comms Officer Madi, to talk all about Beavers in Wales! Lead by the Wildlife Trust Wales, Beavers were introduced into Cors Dyfi, a Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve this March 2021 as an enclosed release. If you'd like to learn more about the project and support it, see here: https://www.welshbeaverproject.org/ We hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, share and subscribe for more WILD Bytes! www.welshwildlife.org @WelshwildlifeOrgWTSWW
Skomer LIVE - Series 3. Chapter 2: Let the count commence
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Skomer LIVE - Series 3. Chapter 2: Let the count commence

Welcome to our second episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. Skomer LIVE series 3 will be released every Monday for four weeks, at 6pm on our Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) YouTube Channel. In this episode, we join our Skomer wardens and their long-term volunteers to hear all about seabird counts, Skomer's long standing research and the importance of seabird monitoring. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww Filmed, produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.

YouTube Collaborations

#PICKUPYOURCUP with us!
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Mumbles Community Council

#PICKUPYOURCUP with us!

Our newest campaign #PICKUPYOURCUP is here! This campaign aims to change the way Mumbles does takeaway and we need YOU to help us! So, we've launched our branded reusable cups (made from recycled coffee cups!), but what now you ask? BIG REUSABLE THINGS! Let's ditch the single-use coffee cups together and join the reusable culture our planet needs. Let's reduce our waste, keep our oceans clean and be a more conscious society (whilst saving money on our delicious take-away hot brews!). When you purchase our cup, to say thank you for joining us, enjoy a coffee on us. On purchase, your loyalty card automatically grants you a FREE coffee and your 10th coffee is also FREE! ๐Ÿคฏ You can grab your cup ad loyalty card at Pippins, Mumbles coffee, Ripples Cafe and The Touring Tea Room or directly through Mumbles Community Council. So, join us. Unite with us and #PICKUPYOURCUP! Don't forget to send us your photos with your Plastic Free Mumbles cups! Let's keep Mumbles clean. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ™Œ Video by TideVisuals

Skomer LIVE with The Wildlife Trust

I produced, filmed and edited this series of Skomer LIVE 2022.

Skomer LIVE Series 3. Chapter 4: September delights
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Skomer LIVE Series 3. Chapter 4: September delights

Welcome to our fourth and final episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. In this episode, we meet again with our Skomer Warden, Leighton Newman, our Head of Island and Marine, Lisa Morgan, and Katrina Siddiqui-Davies, OxNav PhD researcher, to discuss Manx shearwaters and Grey seals on the island. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww Produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.
Skomer LIVE - Series 3. Chapter 2: Let the count commence
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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Skomer LIVE - Series 3. Chapter 2: Let the count commence

Welcome to our second episode of #SkomerLIVE Series 3 hosted by our fantastic Skomer Island team. Skomer LIVE series 3 will be released every Monday for four weeks, at 6pm on our Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) YouTube Channel. In this episode, we join our Skomer wardens and their long-term volunteers to hear all about seabird counts, Skomer's long standing research and the importance of seabird monitoring. Please support WTSWW by making a donation at www.welshwildlife.org/support-us/ or stay on the beautiful Skomer island yourself www.welshwildlife.org/visit/skomer-island. Enjoy the show and don't forget to follow us on social media! Twitter @WTSWW Facebook @WildlifeTrustSouthandWestWales Instagram @wildlifetrustsww Filmed, produced and edited by Madison Bowden-Parry.

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City and The Sea

City and the Sea is a local film produced to celebrate Swansea's coastline. Made and filmed by young people, this film follows the journeys and perspectives of those that live here. I spoke about Gower, its marine and coastal wildlife andย importance of individual actions and community conservation.

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Scuba Diver Mag

In this feature, I discuss the importance of community-based conservation efforts in marine conservation, marine photography and some of my most memorable moments throughout my diving career so far.

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