Croeso pawb,
Last week was full of meetings, though thankfully most were outdoors, generally avoiding the rain except on Thursday when I spent the day with a mix of senior managers from both Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government when we all ended up getting very wet indeed. It was worth it to showcase the work achieved by the Sands of Life Project at Pembrey Burrows and the Nature Network fund used in Pembrey Forest.
With the days marching towards winter, now is the time when most of the heavy practical work will be carried out across our sites, especially the Local Nature Reserves.
The planning has happened so now contractors will be starting work with Invasive Non Native Species eradication underway at North Dock LNR and at Pwll Lagoon LNR with Sea Buckthorn, Japanese Rose and rhododendron being the targets.
At Ynysdawela more meadow management including removing swathes of brambles and coppicing are the order of the day
Look out for work being carried out by Bumblebee Conservation's "Connecting the Carmarthenshire Coast" project soon to start in the Millennium Coast Park.
While I was out on Thursday I was explaining why unregulated litter picking is driving the Strandline Beetle hurtling towards extinction from the UK, as luck would have it we came across litter that had, with the best intentions, been picked and left in pile to be collected at some point. Out of curiosity I picked up one of the bags and there were two Strandline Beetles just sitting there - I searched the litter but could not find any more, it does go to show that there is a huge need to be be cautious when litter picking so that the Strandline Beetle isn't accidently carried away.
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