I’ve had the following communication which I received a few days ago from Anita Daimond at Plantlife re waxcaps. Apologies for not posting it sooner, but I missed that there seems to be quite a tight deadline on returning it. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Nature
Pond Life and Death
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When we had a small pond dug out in our upper wet meadow some 17 years ago, we thought it would be a great environment for amphibians and invertebrates like damsel and dragon flies. We didn’t expect that unusual plant … Continue reading
Moles, Owls and First Signs of Spring
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Following on from some comments made after the last post, I’m grateful for several members of the group sending me photos relating to points raised last time. Unfortunately WordPress doesn’t allow photos to be included in comments, but the topics … Continue reading
Brown Hairstreaks; Coughing Herons; Meadow Group Events for 2017; Meadow Galleries.
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A cornucopia of snippets during this grey wet weather, when it’s mainly the moles that are having their moments in our meadows. Are fellow meadow owners bothered by moles? I view them as a sign that the ground is having … Continue reading
Barn Owls
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Many thanks to Andrew Martin for the following brilliant inspiring post and photos, about how to encourage barn owls to nest on our land … Thanks for the post about birds, Julian, and yes it looks like a buzzard to … Continue reading
National Meadows Day 2017; January Birds.
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Isabel has kindly just passed on confirmation that National Meadows Day will again take place this year on the first weekend of July. I’m including the press release below from the organisers for everyone to read, and hopefully Carmarthenshire will … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings
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Very best wishes to all readers for a happy and peaceful Christmas Time. Certainly no Christmas snow’s going to fall this year on the county’s meadows, and whilst it’s a time when you’d be hard pressed to tell a flower … Continue reading
Meadow Hedge Management
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Many thanks to Andrew Martin from Ffos y Broga for this update, and photos, of his hedgerow management this autumn… Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for how to get rid of a huge amount of brushwood which resulted from … Continue reading
Meadows Group Planning; Meadow Mammals; Bark Stripping.
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About 10 days ago a group of 16 volunteer members met again at Myddfai Hall with the aim of trying to plan how to develop the group, in a bit more detail. About 3 hours later, and after much discussion, … Continue reading
Bumbles, Badgers and Meadow Group News
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We’re heading into the quiet time of the year for meadow activity (at least visibly above ground), but there’s been a lot of activity behind the scenes in the meadow group, leading up to a planning meeting of what we’re … Continue reading
Carmarthenshire Meadows Group - Grŵp Dolydd Sir Gaerfyrddin 