Everyone who attended our Spring meeting on 11th April was impressed with Rob Bacon’s presentation on Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus) and how Natural Resources Wales* hopes to get a better understanding of their distribution across Monmouthshire by involving people like us in recording sightings. Rob demonstrated how to make a trap to capture (temporarily of course)… Read More Stag Beetle Recording
This year we are holding open days over two weekends, on Sunday 9th June and Sunday 16th June. On Sunday 9th June MMG members in the Shirenewton area will be opening their meadows for visitors, and in the evening we shall be holding a get together to celebrate our 10th anniversary and mark the launch… Read More Meadow Open Days June 2013
This year’s Spring get-together, incorporating our AGM, will be held at The Bridges Community Centre in Monmouth on Thursday 11th April, starting at 7pm. Everyone is welcome and we would love to see you all there, to help us celebrate our 10th anniversary. We’ll get through the business quickly then our chairman Stephanie Tyler will give… Read More Join us at our Spring Meeting, 11th April 2013
Thursday April 18th at St. Michael’s Centre, Abergavenny 6.45-9.45pm Abergavenny and Crickhowell Friends of the Earth are promoting The Bee Cause campaign with an open meeting featuring a number of speakers. Entry is free. Find out all about bees and other pollinators. Learn about their potentially catastrophic decline. Look at ways of supporting pollinators in our gardens.… Read More The Plight of the Humble Bee – Public Meeting
Mackenzie Hall, Brockweir at 7.15 pm Thursday 7th March 2013 The Parish Grasslands Project AGM and spring meeting on 7th March, focusses on local birds – species, habitats and making your own observations. The evening features illustrated talks from MMG chairman Stephanie Tyler on local birds of rivers, farms and woods, and from Sarah Sawyer… Read More An Evening of Local Birds with the Parish Grasslands Project
Gwent Wildlife Trust have fully funded grants of up to £2,000 available for capital works that help enhance and restore Local Wildlife Sites in Monmouthshire. This is part of their Natural Assets Project, which aims to help identify and support the care of some of the best places for wildlife in Monmouthshire. So if you are… Read More Grants Available for Local Wildlife Sites
Our latest newsletter has just been published. Features include Founder member Ida Dunn Support for the Plantlife Road Verge Campaign and what you can do to help The sad demise of the Grasslands Trust The Million Ponds project Reports of our events over the summer and our autumn get-together as well as editorial from our… Read More MMG Autumn Newsletter
We have helped Rogiet Community Council and Tidy Towns with the management of the Rogiet Countryside Park in Rogiet near Caldicott (over the railway line at Severn Tunnels Junction and just to the right). The park hosts a number of rare and unusual plants in the meadow area. There will be work tasks there on… Read More Work Tasks at Rogiet Countryside Park
Dean Meadows Group are hosting two one-day courses in useful management skills for landowners or gardeners by Andrew Williams who is an experienced tutor and a committee member of the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Hedge Layers Association: 1. Practical hedge laying instruction day on Saturday November 24th 2012 Andrew teaches the Midlands style… Read More Courses in Hedge Laying and Hurdle Making
The latest Recorders’ newsletter is available from the SEWBReC web site (download pdf file). It’s well worth a read. This issue’s contents include Wildlife haven in West Glamorgan Botanical highlights in 2012 Canada Tips & Quarry Pools, Blaenavon Blaencanaid Raven Roost Update Rare Fungus in Dingestow Wildboar in Gwent Recording around Ebbw Vale Wasp Spider… Read More Gwent-Glamorgan Recorders’ Autumn Newsletter
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