Last night Bruce Langridge (Head of Interpretation at National Botanic Gardens of Wales) gave an excellent talk on fungi. A recording of the talk will shortly be posted on CMG’s Youtube channel. If you were enthused for more – or … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening, Plantife’s series of webinars on monitoring change (short term and long term) in meadow species composition began.  If you missed it, that’s a pity, but they should all become available as recorded presentations in due course – when … Continue reading →

A series where you can find out all about how to create and/or restore a meadow, how to manage them in the long term and how to survey and monitor your site. The webinars also recognise and address that some … Continue reading →

When the Covid pandemic began in spring 2020 we had to cancel a big indoor meeting we’d arranged for the group at Myddfai Village Hall. Up until then, we’d arranged big indoor meetings every spring and autumn in different locations … Continue reading →

CMG does not make a habit of promoting job opportunities but this is worth (we think) a promote: Cwmaman Town Council are seeking to appoint an Environmental Development Officer under its “Green Infrastructure Amman Valley” project. Full details via the … Continue reading →

A interesting report from Andrew on a trial at National Botanic Garden of Wales: “On the fungus walk last week at the NBGW, we all walked round the main entrance of Principality House.  One of the lawns outside it has … Continue reading →

CMG is pleased to be able pass on to readers of this blog an article written by the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru: The Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (INCC) is a relatively young charitable organisation, active throughout Wales, but … Continue reading →

Join Plantlife and Buglife on this mini course and learn how to manage and monitor your meadow for insects. Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer y cwrs chwilod y weirglodd hwn! Defnyddiwch y linc yma i’w mynychu y Zoom; https://bit.ly/3kdrhhC. Join … Continue reading →

The Biodiversity Information Service (BIS) are hosting a Zoom event about the Marsh Fritillary on August 24th.  This iconic butterfly is currently subject to much conservation effort in Wales to restore populations to their former levels. This informative talk over … Continue reading →

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has teamed up with West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre to launch a Square of the month to focus on bumblebee recording. Records are wanted from all three counties – but especially in grid reference SN34 which … Continue reading →