Carmel Reserve – Soup and Signs of Spring
Saturday saw the first guided walk of the year at The Grasslands Trusts’ Carmel National Nature Reserve. In the spirit of co-operation and common aims the Trust linked up with the nearby Country Park,...
View ArticleCarmel Reserve – Head to Head
And they’re off! Ty’r Eos Furyanna and Wessex AF120, head to head. For the last three winters the unimproved fields in the western section of Carmel National Nature Reserve have been grazed by Welsh...
View ArticleFinding a Balance
March was a very busy month at Carmel National Nature Reserve. We rushed to finish several scrub clearance jobs before the birds began nesting. One of our greatest challenges at Carmel is to achieve...
View ArticleCarmel Reserve – Not Quite the Dawn Chorus
Each Friday morning for the past few weeks the peace at Carmel has been interrupted by a pair of two stroke petrol engines. A duet in stereo by a brush cutter and a chainsaw. Though not melodic by any...
View ArticleCarneddau Ponies at Carmel
Sensitive grazing is key to conservation management. Carmel Reserve’s unique mosaic of grassland, woodland and heath was created and can only be maintained by grazing. It can be tricky to get the right...
View ArticleBeeday
There was a buzz around Carmel last Friday as a flight of the bumblebee enthusiasts made a beeline to the reserve. Busy as bees, they were a hive of activity swarming through woods and glades. …. Given...
View ArticleCatering for all
Once again, I’m pondering how to avoid conflicts between scrub clearance to expand the grasslands and the needs of the species that live in and around that scrub. When we plan management work it is...
View ArticleCreating a buzz at Carmel Nature Reserve
A joint project of The Grasslands Trust and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust has resulted in an exciting discovery of the rare Brown-banded carder bee (Bombus humilis), a UK Biodiversity Action Plan...
View ArticleDiscovering Carmel’s beautiful grasslands and woodlands
This weekend, while much of the UK was suffering under some of the worst rainfall on record, members of The Grasslands Trust Conservation Committee and Grasslands Trust Staff were basking in sunshine...
View ArticleSeptember issue of Grasslands e-news is now published!
The September issue of Grasslands e-news is now published and has been emailed directly to our subscribers. There is news on our new membership scheme, forthcoming bat identification evenings at...
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