We have a host of interesting things for you here: Firstly – the ideal Christmas Present – a CMG T-Shirt or Hoody. Like many other conservation organisations, we are working with Teemill, based on the Isle of Wight. As you … Continue reading
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Nature Friendly Farming event 27 October – Elan Valley
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There is a fungi walk and talk at farm of Sorcha Lewis in the Elan Valley. Its on the Thursday before our own Autumn meeting on 29th at Myddfai. It’s definitely fungi season – in all its glory. Details are: … Continue reading
Thoughts from the meadows – clearing small meadows yourself.
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Thank you Ivy for sharing these thoughts. This message from Ivy Denham is both practical and uplifting: The floral diversity of old fashioned hay meadows are preserved and enhanced by annual hay cuts – where the seasons growth is cut … Continue reading
Event – Ffridd: Managing a mosaic of upland fringe habitats. Thursday 13 October 10:00-14:00 Cwm Berach Uchaf, Ammanford
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Pont and Plantlife working together bring you this event on 13 October. You will visit ffridd, a habitat found on the boundary between the enclosed lowland and open uplands and often includes a mixture of habitats including grassland, heathland, mire, … Continue reading
Dormice – Join the Carmarthenshire Nut Hunt
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Carmarthenshire Meadows Group is promoting the Carmarthenshire Nature Partnership’s project to locate Dormice in the county. Survey efforts indicate that they are more widely distributed in the county than previously thought but that they are facing declining habitat quality and … Continue reading
Big Meadow Search 2022 – just over a week to go
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There is still time to take part in this year’s Big Meadow Search, which will be accepting new records until the end of this month. If you haven’t yet tried it, why not have a go? You don’t have to … Continue reading
Reacting to better/good practice
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Reports on the ground of some careful verge cutting on the Llandeilo by-pass part of the A40 has resulted in noticeably better amounts of flowering species than many other road verges. Our roving reporter noted that the verges had been … Continue reading
CMG Autumn Meeting – October 29th 2022
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CMG stopped indoor meetings when the pandemic arrived and since then we have not been able to have indoor meetings in village halls around the county. For the last two autumns and winters, we have been having online meetings using … Continue reading
Mycorrhizal fungi in a wildflower meadow – link to fascinating article
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There is a fascinating article by Bruce Langridge in the Blog section on the National Botanic Garden of Wales website: https://botanicgarden.wales/2022/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-in-a-wildflower-meadow/ with insights from Raphaella Hull (a visiting PhD student from Cambridge University) into the part fungi play in meadows … Continue reading
