Healthy Hedgerows is a rapid hedgerow health checking survey. With just a handful of questions, this hedgerow health-checker will place each hedge you survey in the lifecycle and give you instant management options. It has been designed for farmers and … Continue reading
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Carmarthenshire Meadows Group Hedge laying training
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Many thanks to Kate Smith for preparing this article and taking the photographs. Ten Carmarthenshire Meadows Group members took part in hedge laying training led by Malcolm Edwards on Saturday 4th of February 2023 at Blaenig Uchaf, Talley. Malcolm talked … Continue reading
Floodplain Meadows Partnership conference. Restoring Meadow Communities: plants, soils, people. 24-25 May 2023
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This conference is at Oxford Natural History Museum. The Partnership says: “We’re planning a really inspiring conference on floodplain meadow restoration this May, including the latest science, practical perspectives, arts – even dinosaurs (courtesy of our venue at the Oxford … Continue reading
Skills for Bees Cymru – Training in Bumblebee identification – open to all and free – two online beginner sessions
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The details are as follows from Bumblebee Conservation; Would you like to learn more about bumblebees and how to identify different species? Would you like to help us discover more about how bumblebee populations are doing in Carmarthenshire? Skills for Bees … Continue reading
Plantlife – provide an online course on Waxcaps
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Plantlife has set up an online course. It’s free, anyone can join it, you can dip in and out of it whenever you like. It’s an excellent introduction to waxcaps , and does not assume any prior knowledge or expertise. Aspects … Continue reading
News and updates and events.
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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
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