This conference is at Oxford Natural History Museum. The Partnership says: “We’re planning a really inspiring conference on floodplain meadow restoration this May, including the latest science, practical perspectives, arts – even dinosaurs (courtesy of our venue at the Oxford … Continue reading
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Skills for Bees Cymru – Training in Bumblebee identification – open to all and free – two online beginner sessions
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The details are as follows from Bumblebee Conservation; Would you like to learn more about bumblebees and how to identify different species? Would you like to help us discover more about how bumblebee populations are doing in Carmarthenshire? Skills for Bees … Continue reading
Plantlife – provide an online course on Waxcaps
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Plantlife has set up an online course. It’s free, anyone can join it, you can dip in and out of it whenever you like. It’s an excellent introduction to waxcaps , and does not assume any prior knowledge or expertise. Aspects … Continue reading
News and updates and events.
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We have a host of interesting things for you here: Firstly – the ideal Christmas Present – a CMG T-Shirt or Hoody. Like many other conservation organisations, we are working with Teemill, based on the Isle of Wight. As you … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s Autumn Meeting – Myddfai
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Just in case you’ve never been to the Myddfai village hall before, the address is:
Myddfai Community Hall and Visitor Centre Myddfai
Llandovery
Carmarthenshire.
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You can see more at https://www.myddfai.org/
Nature Friendly Farming event 27 October – Elan Valley
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There is a fungi walk and talk at farm of Sorcha Lewis in the Elan Valley. Its on the Thursday before our own Autumn meeting on 29th at Myddfai. It’s definitely fungi season – in all its glory. Details are: … Continue reading
Thoughts from the meadows – clearing small meadows yourself.
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Thank you Ivy for sharing these thoughts. This message from Ivy Denham is both practical and uplifting: The floral diversity of old fashioned hay meadows are preserved and enhanced by annual hay cuts – where the seasons growth is cut … Continue reading
Event – Ffridd: Managing a mosaic of upland fringe habitats. Thursday 13 October 10:00-14:00 Cwm Berach Uchaf, Ammanford
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Pont and Plantlife working together bring you this event on 13 October. You will visit ffridd, a habitat found on the boundary between the enclosed lowland and open uplands and often includes a mixture of habitats including grassland, heathland, mire, … Continue reading
Dormice – Join the Carmarthenshire Nut Hunt
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Carmarthenshire Meadows Group is promoting the Carmarthenshire Nature Partnership’s project to locate Dormice in the county. Survey efforts indicate that they are more widely distributed in the county than previously thought but that they are facing declining habitat quality and … Continue reading
Links to posts on the National Botanic Garden of Wales site:
There are some very interesting grassland-related posts on the NBGW blog section. For example, this one appeared recently and describes both seed harvesting and the use of green hay from the Waun Las reserve’s amazing meadows:https://botanicgarden.wales/2022/08/sowing-seeds-for-the-future/
This one describes how NBGW are assissting Carmarthenshire Couty Council with some meadow regeneration: https://botanicgarden.wales/2022/06/magical-meadows/
This is a very good article on Mycorrhizal fungi in a wildflower meadow, by a visitng PhD student from Cambridge university: https://botanicgarden.wales/2022/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-in-a-wildflower-meadow/
And finally, and related to the above, here is a podcast by Bruce Langridge of NBGW, where he meets Emma Williams, who will be giving us a talk at the Autumn Meeting at Myddfai on 29th October:https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bj1R0HyazARWpbL8fdco1
Carmarthenshire Meadows Group - Grŵp Dolydd Sir Gaerfyrddin 