The Wye & Usk Foundation have been coordinating litter and rubbish removal from the Wye for 10 years now, clearing 900 miles of river bank and shifting over 100 tons of rubbish so far! The various tributaries (Ithon, Irfon, Lugg, Arrow, Monnow and all the smaller ones) have been cleared and on the main river,… Read More Work Parties on the Wye
Dean Meadows Group has alerted us to this event on Sunday 8th February: a Forest-wide Big Seed Swap at 5pm at the Bailey Inn in Yorkley, GL15 4RP. Bring your spare seeds, as well as seedling or bulbs, to swap and share. All will be free but please label your seed packets carefully with as… Read More Forest of Dean Big Seed Swap 8 February
Many MMG members have been looking for help with conservation grazing of their meadows, and we now have two more farmers with sheep they are willing to transport to members fields. We’ve been contacted by James Edwards near Usk who has a small flock of sheep which are run on an extensive, minimal input system.… Read More More Grazing Options
Willow Farm Alpacas MMG member Jan Parker has a pair of solid white, male alpacas for sale (in the picture) They are BAS registered, 18 months old, with quality genetics Fully vaccinated and wormed Anyone interested please contact Jan on 01600 772891
Now 2015 has well and truly started, it’s time to blow away the cobwebs and get back to helping nature at Rogiet Countryside Park. Work parties are happening on Monday 26th January Tuesday 3rd February Saturday 14th March Keep Wales Tidy are organising these work days and are asking for volunteers to help maintain and improve… Read More Winter Work Parties at Rogiet Countryside Park
Following their enjoyable day in October when owners of Local Wildlife Sites met at Llanishen to share stories and enjoy a fungi walk in New Grove Meadows, GWT are hosting another event on Sunday 30 November in their beautiful Silent Valley Reserve. Although it’s largely aimed at Local Wildlife Site owners, other members of MMG are… Read More Local Wildlife Sites – Landowner Morning 30 November
GWT have produced a series of useful publications on habitat management, as part of the Local Wildlife Sites in SE Wales project. These are available to download from the GWT web site as pdf’s (see below) or you can get hold of resilient printed copies at their Local Wildlife Site Owners Days. There are 14… Read More Habitat Management Toolkits from Gwent Wildlife Trust
Monmouthshire Meadows is one of the groups supporting Bee Friendly Monmouthshire, and on 10th October we joined other supporters at Kate Humble’s farm in Penallt to launch the campaign and the Bee Friendly Pledge. This is a promise to take actions to provide food, habitat and safety for bees and other insect pollinators, by Providing pollinator-friendly… Read More Sign the Pledge for a Bee Friendly Monmouthshire
South East Wales Biodiversity Recorders Centre (SEWBReC) produce the Gwent-Glamorgan Recorders’ Newsletter which usually has items of interest to Meadows Group members. The autumn issue published in October 2014 (pdf) includes a report from Steph Tyler and Elsa Wood (Monmouthshire’s Botanical Recorders) on their highlights of 2014; information about the Local Records Centre’s Data Access Tool (which… Read More SEWBReC’s Autumn Newsletter
Our Autumn Newsletter is longer than ever – that must be because we’ve had such a busy summer! You can download the pdf here. Members should have received their emailed copy by now, as a smaller file. If you need a smaller version please get in touch via our Contact page. Back copies of our… Read More Our Autumn Newsletter – now available to download