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- Mon May 13, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Project Share
- Topic: The Big Devon Meadows Count
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The Big Devon Meadows Count
Moor Meadows is excited to share the news that The Devon Environment Foundation has awarded a grant of £10,800 to us and our partner, The Devon Biodiversity Records Centre, for a new project - The Big Devon Meadows Count. Meadows are some of our best sites for biodiversity and Devon is fortunate to ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Fritillary butterflies workshop, Tuesday 30th April
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Fritillary butterflies workshop, Tuesday 30th April
Learn about Dartmoor’s rare Fritillary butterflies Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 10am-1pm Brook Manor, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0HR Moor Meadows and Butterfly Conservation have teamed up to provide a free training session on Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies. The workshop is bei...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: making a wildflower lawn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1433
Re: making a wildflower lawn
Yes, good idea to do a soil test to check your soil type if you're investing in spending on seed.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: making a wildflower lawn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1433
Re: making a wildflower lawn
Hi Piers, if you can bare it, I'd sow seeds this September, just to make sure the ground elder is under control. As your soil is clayish, you may want to consider sowing seeds suitable for clay soil. Emorsgate have a native meadow mix for clay and other soil types: https://wildseed.co.uk/product/mix...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: In person talk: House Martins, Swifts and Swallows - what can we do to help them thrive?
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In person talk: House Martins, Swifts and Swallows - what can we do to help them thrive?
14th March, 7.30pm
South Brent Village Hall
An evening with John Walters and Jerry Horn
For more information & to book see here:
https://ssb.org.uk/event/house-martins- ... -swallows/[/size][/size][/b]
South Brent Village Hall
An evening with John Walters and Jerry Horn
For more information & to book see here:
https://ssb.org.uk/event/house-martins- ... -swallows/[/size][/size][/b]
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Harvest Mouse survey results
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- Views: 894
Harvest Mouse survey results
The status of the Harvest Mouse in Devon was largely unknown until Devon Mammal Group set up The Devon Harvest Mouse project. The technique of searching for abandoned summer nests locally has helped to increase knowledge of harvest mouse distribution across the county. A cheerful 37 volunteers brave...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Cactus tree guards - handy video demonstrating everything you need to know about installation!
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- Views: 1366
Cactus tree guards - handy video demonstrating everything you need to know about installation!
Cactus tree guards - reusable & relatively non obtrusive - have been widely funded through the Farming in Protected Landscapes grant (FiPL) at 100% of cost for planting of individual parkland/shrubland or orchard trees (at least within Dartmoor National Park). They arrive flat packed. Robbie Ph...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Save Abbots Leigh meadow from development
- Replies: 6
- Views: 724
Re: Save Abbots Leigh meadow from development
Thank you Alice. I watched the video - how very sad this lovely meadow with its green winged orchids and skylarks is facing great threat. There is a total lack of understanding by the company Roots about wildflower meadows and their national importance. It's an act of vandalism to wilfully destroy i...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Learn how to survey for harvest mice
- Replies: 0
- Views: 781
Learn how to survey for harvest mice
Hello all If you’re interested in learning about the nationally rare harvest mouse and how to look for their nests in rough grassland (and how to submit your findings), this two hour field survey maybe for you. The survey will be run by mammal expert Sarah Butcher from the Devon Harvest Mouse Projec...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Talk video now available: How to Create a Nature Reserve on an Acre
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Talk video now available: How to Create a Nature Reserve on an Acre
How to Create a Nature Reserve on an Acre
by Ed Parr Ferris, Conservation Manager, Devon Wildlife Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao4OFAM_9Ss
Recorded at Stockland Village Hall, 7th November 2023.
by Ed Parr Ferris, Conservation Manager, Devon Wildlife Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao4OFAM_9Ss
Recorded at Stockland Village Hall, 7th November 2023.