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Carys Solman
Species-Rich Grassland Project in the Wye Valley National Landscape
Over the last few months Herefordshire Meadows have been delivering a project aimed at identifying, surveying and mapping some of the best species-rich meadows in the Wye Valley National Landscape, with funding from the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) Programme, administered by the WVNL on behalf of DEFRA. This summer we have surveyed grassland at 15 land holdings where there… Read more →
Seed Harvesting 2024 update
Over 6 days in late July, the Herefordshire Meadows seed harvesting team visited 6 very special meadows to spend a day collecting, sifting, sorting, weighing and distributing a total of 500kg of seed-rich mix, which this autumn will be used to restore around 27ha of grassland at 13 land holdings. Many of this year’s restoration sites are in North Herefordshire,… Read more →
Spring 2024 Big Give campaign update
Earlier this year you helped us to raise over £14,000 during our ‘For the Love of Meadows in Herefordshire’ campaign, hosted by Big Give. Thanks to your generosity, and to Big Give for match-funding your donations, we have been able to spend the last few months delivering events and training aimed at inspiring better understanding, management and preservation of meadows… Read more →
PHI Survey and Plant ID Training day 12th June 2024
On Wednesday 12th June landowners, meadow makers and volunteers attended a training day with Herefordshire Meadows, to learn how to identify key meadow plants and carry out a grassland survey. Training took place on the fantastic Meadows at Hurstans, Soller’s Hope – where owner Fiona Fyshe manages species-rich grassland that was enhanced with seed from Joan’s Hill Farm, as part… Read more →
Improvements in species diversity at Herefordshire Meadows restoration sites.
Analysis of monitoring datasets 2019-2023 Over the last 5 years Herefordshire Meadows has been encouraging and assisting landowners to monitor the progress of their meadow restoration projects, via yearly botanical surveys, beginning with a baseline survey pre-restoration. The simple Rapid Assessment Monitoring method is used, where species are recoded at regular stops whilst walking a zig-zag route through the restoration… Read more →
Updated Meadow Monitoring survey sheets for 2024!
For 2024 we have introduced a slightly amended Rapid Monitoring recording sheet which we hope will assist the new tranche of meadow makers coming in under the Kingspan and other projects, as well as helping previous restoration site owners carrying out their annual monitoring surveys. Download the pdf survey sheet HERE or the Excel file HERE and visit our Survey… Read more →
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Donate to Herefordshire Meadows this April and double your money!
We are excited to announce that Herefordshire Meadows has been selected to participate in the Big Give – Green Match Fund 2024 campaign, meaning that for one week starting at midday on Thursday 18th April, any donations received by Herefordshire Meadows through our Big Give campaign page will be matched by the Green Match Fund! If you have ever considered… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows Newsletter – March 2024
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