This year we have been supporting landowners in the Frome, Arrow, Lugg and Wye catchments to carry out species rich grassland restoration and enhancement works with support from the Environment Agency’s Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF). We have worked with 10 different landowners to: The project will increase biodiversity, reduce nutrient use and run off, improve soil health, improve animal… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows AGM with guest speaker John Phillips
This year’s AGM was held on Tuesday 3rd December at Holme Lacey Village Hall with guest speaker John Phillips Grazing & Landscape Manager at Epping Forest. Cattle grazing plays a crucial role in the management of Epping Forest’s extensive and nationally important habitat mosaic of veteran trees, woodland, pasture, heathland and scrub, and was home to the UK’s first ever… Read more →
Winter Management and seedling ID training day 2024
A very big thank you to Kate Gatacre who hosted this year’s seedling safari and winter meadow management training day at The Batches in Brockmanton. Kate has restored 4.55ha of species poor grassland using funds very generously provided by Herefordshire Council via their Natural Flood Management (NFM) Project and brush harvested seed from Bromyard Downs. After an introduction to the… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows November Newsletter
Attached is our November newsletter. Read more →
Herefordshire Rural Business Advice Day 2024 and GRH6 Presentation
On 12th November a host of organisations and business working to support the county’s rural community came together for the Rural Business Advice Day hosted by the Herefordshire Rural Hub at Lyde Arundel. We enjoyed catching up with some familiar faces as well as meeting new farmers and land managers. A series of presentations were made during the day on… Read more →
National Grasslands Conference 2024
This year the National Meadows Conference was held in South Shropshire on Friday 15th November. The event brings together meadows groups and advocates from across the country as well as larger national charities including Plantlife and Buglife. The event offers a fantastic opportunity to network and share ideas and also to celebrate all the positive work being doing across the… Read more →
Waxcap Walk at Sturts North
On Monday 4th November Herefordshire Meadows held a waxcap walk at Hererfordshire Wildlife Trust’s Sturts North Nature Reserve, looking for autumnal indicators of good grassland diversity and soil health.The session was led by Jo Weightman and David Williamson from Herefordshire Fungus Group, who helped us to identify the various and sometimes colourful waxcaps on show as well as a variety… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows October Newsletter
Westminster Grassland Conference
On Tuesday 15th October Herefordshire Meadows Chair of Trustees, James Hawkins and Co-Directors Caroline Hanks and Rory Johnson travelled down to the Houses of Parliament to attend Plantlife’s Grassland Westminster Reception sponsored by Wera Hobhouse MP. The event, attended by farmers, NGOs, corporate partners MPs and Peers called on the UK Government and DEFRA to unlock the value of grasslands… Read more →
GRH6 Manage Priority Habitat Species Rich Grassland (endorsed) is now available in SFI
Great news that the GRH6 “action” is now available in the Expanded SFI offer, and we are able to offer you some helpful information. You can also read more on the Natural England (NE) website about GRH6 and how to register your interest. Some key points and top tips from HM: The action’s AIM is for there to be species rich grassland with a… Read more →