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There is nothing like a crowd of more knowledgeable enthusiasts to re-energise you in whatever you happen to do. I’ve been very lucky in...

After a long dry patch, as Wimbledon arrived, normal weather service resumed. It’s raining. Wales is famously wet. West Wales doubly so....

The late May bank holiday saw wonderful weather and an even more wonderful group of Bridgend College conservation volunteers at Cefn...

This post is more about the possible future of Cefn Garthenor rather than the here and now. So, bear with me! Beavers have been creeping...

It looks very much as though most, if not all, of my female herd, one cow and ten heifers (a heifer is a female that has yet to have her...

It’s all going on at Cefn Garthenor. Winter has been making way for spring which is, of course, the time for new life. And there...

Almost two years ago, when I was first walking the land, on the boundary of what I christened Badger field and a patch of woodland, I...

The last weekend in January was the occasion of a much delayed wildflower seed sowing session. These were the seeds collected in the...

December brought the first snow that has settled since the project started in spring 2021, and very beautiful it was too. It was not so...

I had the fabulous Emma Williams from Coal Spoil Fungi (@coalspoilfungi on Twitter and Instagram) and Rob Parry from INCC...

So, Cagney and Lacey, the mother and daughter Tamworth pig team, have been on the job for 3 months now and I have to say, they seem to be...

How do the thousands of self-seeded and sucker trees sprouting up over Cefn Garthenor fit with the government’s well publicised plans to...

It’s been a hard slog, but, three months after their eggs hatched, our barn owl parents are now empty nesters. They certainly deserve a...

I have been wanting to get pigs on to the land at Cefn Garthenor since I started last May. Tamworths seemed the best bet as they are an...

As part of the effort to get nature back more rapidly than it might if left to its own devices, I have been trying to encourage wild...

The Galloway cattle are currently at work in the marshy grassland in the SSSI area, opening up the soft rush as they munch and trample...

Back in December Arfon Williams (birder extraordinaire and hero of the razzle and dazzle blog post) and Rob Parry (INCCymru) installed a...

May has seen the hedges and increasingly the fields transformed with flowers in bloom. It is, of course, the season for it, but in terms...

Over the last 10 months or so we have done various things to help turn the top, most “improved” fields (i.e. those closest to a bright...

I was delighted to host a team from Radnorshire Wildlife Trust (www.rwtwales.org) today. They have recently acquired Pentwyn, a farm on...