Radnorshire Wildlife Trust
@rwtwales
Promoting an environment rich in wildlife for everyone in Radnorshire 🦡
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🌳 Exciting news! Thanks to Ludlow Firewood, we've acquired 350 oak saplings for our WACC project! 🙌 Our team's already planting them across Radnorshire to connect habitats. Interested in helping out or learning more? Get in touch! Herefordshire Wildlife Trust The National Lottery Community Fund Wye Valley National Landscape
Join us at #PentwynFarm for a guided walk led by the RWT team, part of the Presteigne Festival Springboard Events 🍃 An opportunity to visit the site at the beginning of its 30-year journey towards sustainable farming.
Book here: presteignefestival.com/events/
Did you know? Nearly a quarter of UK mammal species are bats! 🦇 In Powys, 14 out of the 18 species have been spotted, including the #LesserHorseshoeBat (Rhinolophus hipposideros). If you know of a site supporting a bat roost, contact [email protected] #Nationalmammalweek
Our new Trainees: Rhodri and Thea have been building dead hedges and surveying butterflies at #PentwynFarm this month!
If you’re 16-18 and looking to develop skills and knowledge in the environmental sector, please contact [email protected] to become a work placement student.
Happy #EarthDay 🌍 This year, the spotlight is on #Plasticpollution . It's a major threat to our waterways, alongside climate change, agricultural, and sewage pollution. So reducing our use of single-use plastic is just one step we can take to support #healthyrivers 🌊🚯
Check out our latest blog post written by Stephen Jenkins from @tirnatur on the topic of rewilding and farming.
“A topic charged with emotion”
rwtwales.org/blog/tir-natur…
#blog #natureblogs #farming #rewilding
⚠️Comments close *today* on the application for a major development right beside #LuggMeadowsSSSI .
✍️Please find time to submit a comment if you share our concerns.
herefordshirewt.org/news/lugg-mead…
The Wildlife Trusts Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Friends of the River Wye
Introducing mechanical hedge laying! Developed in 2005 near Aylesbury, this method is quick and cost-effective ✅ At #WilderPentwyn Farm, we recently trialed this method. Stay tuned for training demonstrations next winter. Interested landowners, contact [email protected].
Eurasian Otter / Lutra lutra
An iconic, semi-aquatic species that calls the #riverLugg home.
We would love to hear about any sightings of Otter and other species you find interesting as part of the #WilderLugg project. Reach out to Dan, at [email protected]
📸Andy Rouse 2011
It was too rainy for any stargazing at our event last week, but we still enjoyed a really interesting talk from Newtown Astronomy Society at #WilderPentwynFarm 🔭🪐
Their key message was to just get out and look at the night sky with your eyes/ binoculars and a guide book.
