2019 Spring Meeting Yes, its nearly Spring and time to post the details of our spring meeting. We hope to see you and what we think will be a useful and practical meeting: We are promoting this meeting on various … Continue reading
First notice of 2019
A Happy New Year to our members.
If you have some spare time tomorrow night and can get to Llandeilo – here is an event which might interest you:
https://www.welshwildlife.org/events/pollinators/
Join Carmarthenshire local group of the Welsh Wildlife Trust for a talk with Abi Lowe for her work on Pollinators. Abi is a PHD student at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.
More news, thoughts and events will follow.
Rachel
Caterpillar Eating Fungus
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It’s not too late in the year to find interesting things in our meadows. And I’d don’t mean 50 p coins… About 3 weeks ago I found a very small, and unfamiliar orange fungal fruiting body at one edge of … Continue reading
Another Fungi Event !
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CMG members may be interested in a talk being given by Bruce Langridge, from the National Botanic Garden of Wales, who’s the founder of the events taking place this Sunday at the NBGW, which were advertised in a recent post. … Continue reading
Another date for the diary -Wales Fungus Day – Sunday 14 October
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Wales Fungus Day Sunday 14th October – NBGW. All information is at the link below: https://botanicgarden.wales/visit/whats-on/wales-fungus-day-2018/ Always a good day out and this year appears to be a particularly good one for fungi.
Plantlife and its campaign for proper mapping of meadows.
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You may have already been following Plantlife’s campaign for a full inventory of Britain’s remaining meadows. There is a petition to encourage wider participation in the issue. Plantlife have recently had the opportunity to meet with the Special Advisor on the … Continue reading
Our meeting last Saturday….
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We had a very interesting meeting on Saturday – and thanks to all those who attended and participated in the discussion. To our speakers – a special thanks for their time and the quality of their talks. Gareth Griffiths from … Continue reading
Saturday meeting suggestion
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A suggestion for those coming on Saturday to the Autumn meeting: one of our topics is grassland fungi. If you have fungi to id, bring examples with you. We’ve been posting pictures on the Facebook page of those found so … Continue reading
An Introduction to Beewalks…run by Bumblebee Conservation Trust – Dinefwr 29 September.
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Reflections on the Blaen Tir meadow 2017/18
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Many thanks to Derek for providing both his observations on and photographs of his stunning meadow over the strange year that has been July 2017 to July 2018: It was never going to be a normal year from the late … Continue reading