Bugs, Drones and Habitat Change: A case study of Heathlands in the West Midlands by Aaron Bhambra. Aaron’s talk will discuss the value of lowland heath and explore how unmanned aerial vehicles can be used to help manage and protect sites. Investigating how restoration and connectivity benefits UK pollinating species by Indiana Jones. Indie’s talk will discuss the benefits that… Read more →
Tag Archive for meadows
Winter Management Training and Seedling Safari 2023
A very big thank you to Jocelyn, Charlie and Sarah Finnigan who hosted this year’s seedling safari and winter meadow management training day at Homme House in Much Marcle Jocelyn, Charlie and Sarah have restored 5ha of species poor grassland using funds very generously provided by the Woolhope Dome Environment Trust and brush harvested seed from Plantlife’s Joans Hill Farm… Read more →
Festival of Wildlife
Rory Johnson from Herefordshire Meadows will be leading a Meadow Walk at this event which is open to everyone of any age who is interested in recording and learning about our county’s wildlife. Activities will include dissecting owl pellets, foraging, pond dipping, crafts and much more. Hellens cafe will also be open on the day. FREE ENTRY Read more →
Moths and Meadows in the Black Mountains
Hilary Engel hosted a moth evening at Fair Oak Farm this May, for some neighbouring Herefordshire Meadows members and other enthusiasts in the Black Mountains. Below is their report of the evening’s findings, and some links to resources for those wanting to get started with moth trapping. Moth Evening, Fair Oak Farm, May 2023 We set up three traps in… Read more →
First Summer Meadow Walk at Bromyard Downs and Warren Farm
On the 22nd May twenty nine keen attendees set off across Bromyard Downs and down onto Warren Farm in the early evening sunshine for the first of this year’s Meadow Walks. James Hawkins, Chair of the Bromyard Downs Commoners Association, tenant farmer at Warren Farm and Herefordshire Meadows Chair of Trustees, kindly led the tour through the land he manages,… Read more →
Meadow Walk and pollinator presentation FULLY BOOKED WAITING LIST ONLY
FULLY BOOKED WAITING LIST ONLY Join us for a late Spring walk across the wonderful Bromyard Downs and on to a field restored in 2019 by Herefordshire Meadows Chair of Trustees, James Hawkins. Here Indie Jones, a PhD researcher from Liverpool University, will give a short presentation on the methodologies she is using to collect data on pollinator abundance and… Read more →
Herefordshire’s Meadows on film
As part of an ongoing meadow restoration project supported by Air Wick UK we had the pleasure of welcoming a film crew from WWF UK to Herefordshire last summer to capture some of the fantastic work local landowners, graziers and farmers are doing to bring UK nature back to life. You can watch the short film on YouTube now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AELSPqw6XUk… Read more →
Open Garden Event at Eardisley Castle followed by Choral Evensong in Eardisley Church
Meadow Restoration at Castle House was part of the Pollinator Meadows Project funded by The Duke of Cornwall’s Benevolent Fund through Plantlife and Herefordshire Meadows. Blair Priday, host, summarised the project saying “We started making Castle meadow in September 2020 with a great deal of invaluable support from Herefordshire Meadows and Plantlife. This was Herefordshire Meadows’ first experience of making… Read more →
Shelterbelts and ‘Living Barn’ Wood Pasture Mosaics
A big thank you to Rich Thomas who hosted the third event in our Meadows, Mosaics and Mitigating Climate Change spring series. We kicked off the afternoon with guest speaker Sam Hollick (Bangor University) who spoke to us about his research on shelterbelts and how they can be integrated into grassland systems to help improve livestock productivity and resilience. We then went out… Read more →
Making Meadows across Herefordshire
With the support of various funders, since 2019 Herefordshire Meadows members have been able to carry out meadow restoration works across the county. Most recently, in 2021, as a partner on Plantlife’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund Meadow Makers project we have restored over 56ha of additional wildflower meadows across Herefordshire. Below is a map showing where we have been working.… Read more →