Land Managed by Monmouthshire Meadows
In 2016 the Monmouthshire Meadows Group committee purchased our first area of land, at Kingcoed Meadows near Raglan.
The same year we were bequeathed an area of beautiful grassland in Maryland, The Narth, which we have named Ida’s Meadow.
In 2017 we signed the lease on Trellech Wet Meadow, which we now manage jointly with Gwent Wildlife Trust.
All the land for which we are responsible will be managed appropriately in order to preserve and enhance its wildlife value.
Summer 2025 Invertebrate surveys at MMG reserves
Thanks to our team of expert botanists, MMG has a detailed record of the plants on our own Reserves. Our meadows, however, are also the home and refuge of a myriad of insects and other invertebrates. Members may remember that trustees decided last year to ask a good entomologist to pay monthly visits to Wet Meadow and Kingcoed Reserves to establish what was there. Christian Owen did a marvellous job at these two MMG reserves and his findings are summarised here.
In addition, thanks to Wye Valley National Landscapes there was a DNA survey of hedge invertebrates at Wet Meadow which is summarised here.
Invertebrate survey for Kingcoed