The meadows at Great Dixter are one of the richest and most diverse garden meadows in the UK and contribute to a very high level of biodiversity in the garden. Fergus Garrett will be giving the talk -and given his … Continue reading
YouTube Video: Rhos Pasture – Plant ID for beginners
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Below is a link to a useful video: Learn about some of the wild plants that can be found in a Rhos pasture on Dartmoor, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. Rhos pastures are a mosaic of wet meadows, bogs, heaths, woodland … Continue reading
East Carmarthen (Llandeilo) Wildlife Trust Events in July
Please see below for the two events being run by East Carms Wildlife Trust this month.
Sunday 9 July 2023 2:00pm – 5:00pm
A visit to the Bishop’s Park and Gardens at the Abergwili Museum. SA31 2JG
A chance to view the gardens, the trees, the meadow, the lake, and find out how everything is developing, plans for the future.
They have a nice café there where we can meet afterwards. It is open until 5pm.
Tuesday 11th July 9.30pm
Bat watch and walk with Neil Matthew. Meet at Llandeilo Railway Station, go right down to the end of the road where the car park is (SN633224 or SA19 6ND). Please bring a torch.
Please note that the group is on the hunt for more committee members – please contact Colin Miles colin_miles@talktalk.net if interested. They usually meet once every three months in person, the rest of the time via email or phone.
Thanks.
Rachel
CMG visit to the Carbon Community Sunday 25th June
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This is a brief article about the visit by CMG members made to the Carbon Community. If you’re not aware of what the Carbon Community (CC) does, this isn’t really the place to go into it in great depth, you … Continue reading
Any volunteer scythers out there?
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The Meadows Group has been contacted by a Trustee of Lluest Horse & Pony Trust, an Equine Welfare Charity near Llandeilo. The Trust is asking around for keen hobby scythers who might be able to give up some time to … Continue reading
An Event – The Mid Wales Meadow Makers – 17 June 12 – to 9pm
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See the poster below for the details. The word is spreading – and this is the first event by a group trying to get a Meadows Group together in Mid Wales. It’s great to see this happening. They are keen … Continue reading
The Wildlife Trust’s East Carmarthenshire Local Group
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On Wednesday 12th April 2023 at 7:30pm, there will be a series of 3 short talks by Peter Hatherley showing how folklore is shaped by the natural environment, “The Green Man and the Green Wood”. Each talk in some way represents our … Continue reading
The Big Meadow Search Book
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The Big Meadow Search project was initially just within our county, but it was soon expanded to be UK wide. From the start, the project included social media posts on aids to identifying grassland indicator plant species and lots of … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH – The meeting this evening in Llandeilo of the E Carmarthenshire local group of the Wildlife Trust has had to be cancelled, due to the forecasted weather conditions. So the talk on the Carmarthenshire Bat Project will take place at a later date, yet to be decided.
Spring Meeting – 1 April 10am – Llangain
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The spring meeting of CMG will be on Saturday 1st April starting at 10:00, at the Memorial Hall, Llangain, Carmarthenshire, SA33 5AE. There will be two main talks, by Ivy Denham, and Vaughn Matthews. Vaughn is the Species Officer for … Continue reading