Saturday July 3rd was National Meadows Day, a day dedicated to our wonderful wildflower meadows. To mark the occasion Plantlife launched it’s new Meadows Hub which has loads of fantastic information on how to make and look after a meadow. Here in Herefordshire we celebrated by hosting two events in Titley and near Bromyard respectively. At the morning event in… Read more →
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Meadow Plant ID training session in Urishay
On 24th June Stuart Hedley, county plant recorder, led the second of our plant ID training sessions in the field at a site in Urishay. Participants split into small groups to carry out quadrat surveys and get to grips with common meadow plants, including some trickier species like cat’s ears and the hawkbits. This time, as well as in an… Read more →
Meadow Plant ID training session
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 →
Plantlife launches new surveying app for 2021 Great British Wildflower Hunt
The 2021 Great British Wildflower Hunt has just begun and this year Plantlife have developed a new, free surveying app ‘Survey123’ so that participants can use their smart phones to collect and submit their wildflower data. Over the sping and summer Plantlife will run four different Hunts with over 70 different iconic British Wildflowers to look out for. This is… Read more →
Watch Again: Dr Trevor Dines on Creating a Meadow in the Conwy Valley
Dr Trevor Dines is Plantlife’s botanical specialist. In a recent webinar presentation he talks about his personal experience of creating a wildflower meadow in North Wales. Watch this uplifting, informative and inspirational talk again here. Read more →
Meadow creation option coming soon in local Natural Flood Management Construction grant
Herefordshire River Wye and Lugg Natural Flood Management Project is a Herefordshire Council project working in seven catchments in the county. There are a range of grant items available for land owners who want to get involved. Bethany Lewis is the project officer who is arranging for wildflower meadow creation to be added to the list of landowner innovation options… Read more →
Latest research on which wildflowers and best for wild bees
Some interesting findings have emerged from a project that asked the question ….. Which wildflowers are best for wild bees ? Click this link to read the article You may notice that the soil in the research area near Bath was more limey than Herefordshire and the favourite wild bee forage plants reflect this; kidney vetch is unlikely do well… Read more →