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Anyone, even people who have never seen one, can recognise the call of a Cuckoo. The Carmarthenshire Nature Partnership, County Bird Club and WWBIC are asking everyone who hears a cuckoo to please send in a record. You need to … Continue reading →

Its not directly meadows – but its one of those topics that needs to be read, considered and shared. The Soill Association says: “The consultation aims to gather feedback on:the proposed Precision Bred Variety List for Englandimpact on businesses across … Continue reading →

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Gethin Jenkins-Jones from the BTO is running two free Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) training events in Carmarthenshire this spring at the following locations: National Botanic Gardens of Wales (15/02 9:00 – 11:30) WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre (08/03 9:30-12:00) Although only … Continue reading →

This is the message that we have recieved: “Plantlife along with Bannau Brycheiniog National Park are facilitating a discussion on the creation of a new meadows group in Bannau Brycheiniog, and we wanted to extend this invitation to any of … Continue reading →

Firstly, thanks to Laura Moss for pointing out this interesting paper devoted to species-rich grassland and effects of different management methods: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/avsc.12723?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0CHlTOWPLsht024FP_XI80VRCPtf6dcZVYSUfrJL-07sAsigT540lNWpY_aem_mJCpq5rbI3L9CNJpQ1mHDg It is in an issue of the Journal “Applied Vegetation Science”, which contains a lot of papers describing … Continue reading →

On Wednesday 13th November 2024 in the Vestry of the Capel Newydd Independent Chapel in Llandeilo at 7.30pm. Details of the talk are below – and the reasons why this will be the last event for this group are set … Continue reading →

Our Meadows Group is part of the Carmarthenshire Nature Partnership (CNP) and several members of our Steering Group attend the CNP meetings along with representatives from lots of other conservation-related groups and organisations.  CNP has produced a report on the … Continue reading →

Location: Carmarthen Park and Ride, 747 Llysonnen Rd, Carmarthen SA33 5DR Event details: Join our Local East Carmarthenshire Local Group and Bruce Langridge at a former GWR quarry with an interesting history, now a conservation project. With over 200 fungi … Continue reading →

Just to say that CMG have had a couple of recommendations for contractors to undertake land management work – fencing, topping and so forth. Many thanks for those – and I have added them to the site with more specifics … Continue reading →

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You may know one of our speakers, Kate MacRae, better as Wildlife Kate: https://www.wildlifekate.co.uk/ Here are some tasters from Kate’s year in Carmarthenshire: