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Thank you to Julian for these interesting observations: What a summer to remember! For any meadow owners who’ve had to cut a crop for hay, or haylage it’s clearly been the best year in ages for getting it into a … Continue reading
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Its Bees Needs Week this week. Its an annual event co-ordinated by Defra. Here is the link to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website for more information: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bees-needs/ More than that, there is a local event – at Usk Reservoir near … Continue reading
I will post these in the Events page – but for those who receive notification of blog updates please note these: Ranger Ramble at Dinefwr Tuesday 15th May, 1.00pm – 2.00pm National Trust Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire Join a guided walk around … Continue reading
Plantlife are looking for volunteers for the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, which is a new habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by BSBI, CEH, Plantlife and JNCC. The aim is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in … Continue reading
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No doubt there will be plenty of options on National Meadows Day on 7 July – but here is one. Its been sent to us by the Marches Meadows Group. Apparently they would particularly welcome a Carmarthenshire Meadows Group team … Continue reading
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Thank you Andrew for sourcing the article below and the lovely photograph (Bombus Humilis on Devil’s Bit Scabious) : This is a very good summary of a research paper recently published in the journal Conservation Evidence. This journal is open … Continue reading
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Very little gets written on these pages specifically about livestock on members’ meadows. Probably rightly so, but after Rachel’s plug for pictures, here’s a little piece about our own experiences. We realised very early on that we couldn’t manage some … Continue reading
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Many thanks to Andrew Martin for this piece: We are very fortunate at our place to have a pair of barn owls which both roost and breed in a box we put up a few years ago. It’s fairly normal … Continue reading
Carmarthenshire Meadows Group - Grŵp Dolydd Sir Gaerfyrddin 