Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Urgent Request from Flat Holm



Tonight (Wednesday 19th September we heard about the following request 
The historic Flat Holm island is being reviewed by Cardiff Council and they want to hear what YOU have to say about it.
The Council want to hear from the public about their views and experiences of Flat Holm Island.
Cardiff’s Economy and Culture Scrutiny Committee will be investigating the way Flat Holm Island is run and is inviting the public to have their say.
“If you have a view please email (by Thursday 20th September)
scrutinyviewpoints@cardiff.gov.uk and your comments will be considered as a part of the investigations.”
Councillor Craig Williams, Chair of the Economy and Culture Scrutiny Committee
Thank you

Saturday, September 15, 2012

New Field meeting Announced

An additional field meeting has been added to the programme sent to members 

This is listed on the Programme on this blog, and oon the main society website which is shown to the right of this post

The New meeting is Saturday 8th Jun which is a full day meeting at  Taff Fechan, Merthyr and is a joint trip with WTSWW

Regards
Andy

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Update on Orchards

We have received an update from the Welsh Traditional Orchards Inventory project

They have now finished locating and mapping all of the potential orchards, apart from a few areas of Ceredigion still to be done in the next couple of weeks. Below is a table showing the number they have found in each county, along with the number and percentage allocated so far to volunteer surveyors for ground-truthing. As you can see in some areas they are still in need of volunteers

Early next year the inventory will be fully available to all via CCW. PTES will also produce county summaries with key statistics such as the remaining area of traditional orchards and the condition these are in. This should be useful for a wide-range of conservation and heritage projects, will produce baseline data for BAPs and hopefully help secure future funding for this important habitat.

County
Potential orchards
No. allocated
% allocated
Blaenau Gwent
6
6
100.0
Bridgend
105
41
39.0
Caerphilly
95
94
98.9
Cardiff
57
48
84.2
Carmarthenshire
811
206
25.4
Ceredigion*
374
50
13.4
Conwy
222
42
18.9
Denbighshire
601
45
7.5
Flintshire
762
149
19.6
Gwynedd
412
81
19.7
Isle of Anglesey
355
53
14.9
Merthyr Tydfil
18
5
27.8
Monmouthshire
975
388
39.8
Neath Port Talbot
106
31
29.2
Newport
123
115
93.5
Pembrokeshire
119
14
11.8
Powys
957
235
24.6
Rhondda Cynon Taff
124
86
69.4
Swansea
267
230
86.1
Torfaen
33
30
90.9
Vale of Glamorgan
368
114
31.0
Wrexham
310
148
47.7

You can contact PTES via www.ptes.org if you are able to help them

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Out of the Woods 2012


The Out of the Woods Festival 2012 organised by Cardiff Council in Bute Park turned out to be a nice day as hoped and Cardiff Naturalists were proud to be a part of creating enjoyment for adults and children alike

We had an informative display with information on the things that have been seen in the parks, with some specimens of common plants collected to be able to explain what they were to people

We also had books for sale and pictures of local plants, animals and scenery for people to admire



Mike Dean and Danii Roberts manning the CNS stall at the out of the Woods festival

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