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:

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A message from Bryony Jenkins of Plantife: Now that we’re heading into the cooler seasons, we have the exciting opportunity to see and learn about the different types of grassland fungi that are starting to pop their heads up, in particular … Continue reading →