On 26th May County Plant Recorder Stuart Hedley led an excellent zoom training session on meadow plant identification aimed at beginners and improvers. Stuart began by outlining to members how to properly carry out a rapid monitoring assessment survey. Stuart then went on to teach some essential ID tips covering all of the most distinctive species of Herefordshire’s lowland meadows… Read more →
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Moths, meadows and mills
Our hosts are Hilary and Matthew Engel who will guide us around the farm and the historic mill at Fair Oak. David Lovelace will then set up one or more light traps and we will have the chance to see how this is done and to start to learn how to identify moths typical of the grassland landscape of the… Read more →
Wildflower seedling safari 2 with Matt Pitts from Plantlife
This is a virtual farm walk for anyone who sowed seed in 2019 and has seedlings emerging at the moment. We will look at photos from members meadows and Matt Pitts, Meadow Adviser from Plantlife will be on hand to ID seedlings and give advice on management of your meadow in the early months, including maintaining the balance between wildflower… Read more →