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Prynhawn da pawb,

I thought I would try and summarise what has been going on in the last few months.

The biggest development has to be the work we are conducting at our Ynysdawela Local Nature Reserve in Upper Brynamman.

middle path above the river

 This 16ha woodland site sits on the north side of the valley   and consists of former coal workings and farmland. Much   of the site is now secondary woodland with a small area of   Ancient Semi Natural Woodland, some marshy grassland   meadows, ponds and of course the River Amman on its   southern boundary.

Meadow recovery in progress

Work has concentrated on removing old infrastructure, improving the path network and managing the meadows more appropriately.

Notable species are Hazel Dormouse and Marsh Fritillary butterfly, although work by Liam Olds and Christian Owen has identified a wealth of invertebrate life, but I'll leave that for another time.

Access to the site is not straightforward but a few cars can park on Llandeilo Rd and walk down the track, (w3w location is  scanning.hack.claw ) or at the cinema in Upper Brynamman, follow the road signs

 

Its back, ranger nature notes

 Hi, after a long hiatus I'm going to give the Blog another life.

I've moved on since the last blog and now work as the conservation Coordinator for Carmarthenshire County Council's Outdoor Recreation Service with six local Nature Reserves (LNR) to manage along with providing advice to our estates and operations teams.

Despite last nights light snowfall we are well on our way into spring with recent days bringing in a lot of Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers, Blackcaps have been recorded in smaller numbers.

My first Northern Wheatear was a week or so ago a nice fresh male.

I need to remember h
ow this blog thing works so bear with me; if the technology works here is a short drone video of our two new nesting rafts, one at Sandy Water Park and the other at Ffynnon Helyg, thanks to ranger Oliver for the video

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