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Talk and Walk, Saturday 7th April 2017

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I gave an illustrated talk on Friday evening to the Wales Wildlife Watch group which seemed to go well to an attentive and inquisitive audience. Today in overcast and showery conditions saw the first guided event of the season, a beach walk on Cefn Sidan between CE51 and CE52, a group of 19 including 6 little ones was a good size. With so  much emphasis on the benefits to be gained from "getting outside" and enjoying the countryside and coast, some may be interested to know that todays walk of just over 2 miles (measured on a map), all the ups and downs of the dunes, contributed around 5000 steps to the daily target of 10000! The walk thorough the reserve revealed a few things but with the season seemingly a few weeks behind we didn't have more than a few flowering plants in bloom, a torpid SLOW WORM raised some interest. Once on the beach it was clear that the easterly wind of the last few days had covered the older tide lines with sand so we worked the

BUZZY Tuesday 3rd April 2018

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Met up with Simeon along with Sinead (Bumble Bee Conservation BBCT) at Sandy Water Park this morning as a follow up to a meeting a few months ago, looking at creating habitat for Bees and other inverts' along with some wild flowers in the swathe of grass that is Sandy Water Park. Looking West across the lake Before With limited funds BBCT have engaged a contractor to strip an area of turf and put down a limestone gravel substrate. Removing the turf and some topsoil will reduce the nutriments from the area making it better for naturally occurring flora to take hold, the gravel will help to replicate the lime conditions on the dunes and suppress the stronger ruderal flora from pushing through, possibly. A man and a machine duly appeared and got stuck in making the job look so easy!!!, while another man and a brand new £80000 JCB loader stood by ready to move the gravel. Doesn't take long Another example of partnership working for the benefit o

Easter Monday 2nd April 2018

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A "day off", a chance to do some admin! Well a busy week ahead including a talk on the Carmarthenshire Local Nature Reserves on Friday: 7pm. Felinfoel Community Resource Centre SA14 8BE, This is a WWW event see www.facebook.com/waleswildlifewatch for details, a small charge applies. Then the first guided event of the season with a Beach Walk/Safari on Saturday the 7th starting from the Pembrey Burrows Reserve entrance at 10am booking is essential for this (and all our events this year) No charge. Call me on 07984788218 A report this morning of a SHORT EARED OWL at the burrows around 08:30 - thanks Bernie, there has been a Merlin around in the last few days, and a Great Northern Diver off Old Pembrey Harbour. A Sea Potato, a burrowing Sea Urchin complete (unusually) with spines