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There's plenty of nature activities happening over the next few months in Wales.

I hope you've all managed to sort out your body clocks now BST is finally here. The rookery near my house has definitely livened up lately and I keep meaning to try and film the daily aerial acrobatics, as hundreds of crows take to the skies each dawn and dusk.

Hywel Couch has been in touch from the to say that they will be launching a new project - Explore Nature at St Fagans.

There's a brand new bird hide in place as well as webcams recording all the action so if you fancy seeing some lesser horseshoe bats, great crested newts and too many birds to mention, then pop down there from Saturday, 2 April.

Further north, the National Trust has launched a £1million appeal to help save a Snowdonia farmhouse - Llyndy Isaf which is now up for sale.

The 600 acre upland farm on the shores of Llyn Dinas is unique in Snowdonia - untouched by intensive farming and home to many threatened species such as kingfisher, otter and chough.

Richard Neale, the National Trust’s General Manager in Snowdonia said today: "When I look at the landscape of this small but spectacular corner of Wales I can't think of a more deserving location for National Trust protection than Llyndy Isaf."

"I hope that people from Wales and beyond help us, so that we can buy the farm. If we don't raise the money, we will lose Llyndy Isaf. There is, frankly, no plan B".

Welsh Hollywood actor Matthew Rhys, star of American drama series Brothers and Sisters, and newly released film Patagonia, has become the Ambassador to save one of Snowdonia's most precious landscapes.

The National Trust have all sorts of events taking place so for things to do near you.

Over to Gower now where local fisherman, Tony Jones had an unexpected encounter with a family of otters. Tony was fishing at around 10.30pm on Sunday night when he heard some high pitched whistling sounds coming from the sea.

He shone his lamp in the direction of the sounds and was surprised to find a young otter in the shallows - around 3.5 feet long. He got to within a few feet of it before it swam off but heard at least two other otters calling to one another in the darkness.

are hosting a two day food festival from 14-15 May.

The festival will feature the very best food and drink that Carmarthenshire and the surrounding areas have to offer, plus talks and tours on a range of subjects, including growing your own veg, keeping bees, gathering wild food, making 'killer compost' and there will be visits down on the farm to see rare-breed lambs and Welsh Black calves.