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Grazer of the Week 4th October; White Walker the Welsh Pony

Formally feral pony, White Walker recently made the move from the Gower Hills to the edge of the Black Mountains. So named for her eerie blue eye! With her sister Baby Dice, she is grazing a wet meadow with dominant molinia grass, to help maintain the habitat for marsh fritillary butterflies.

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Grazer of the Week 27th September; Connor the Highland Cow

Connor the Highland steer is an essential team member of the Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd Cymru – Celtic Rainforests Wales project. The Celtic Rainforests Wales project aims to protect this special Atlantic Oak Woodland/ Celtic Rainforest habitat for future generations by controlling invasive species such as Rhododendron, introducing conservation grazing at specific

Species in Focus; Marsh Fritillary

Look closely at the ground in a marshy grassland at this time of year and if you’re very lucky, you could spot the larval webs of the beautiful marsh fritillary butterfly. The marsh fritillary is a threatened butterfly, small in stature but beautifully patterned. Once widespread in Britain, they have declined

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Grazer of the Week 20th September; Bo-Peep the Welsh Mountain Pony

Our #GrazeroftheWeek Torcoed Bo-Peep is currently grazing at Cwm Ivy Salt Marsh on the Gower Peninsula. Cwm Ivy is a beautiful site with an interesting back story. The area was claimed for farmland during the 17th Century by a strong sea wall that kept the tide at bay. Back in 2014, the sea

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Farming for the Future / Ffermio ar gyfer y Dyfodol ar Benrhyn Llŷn

National Trust Trialling a Payment for Outcomes agri-environment scheme on the Llyn Peninsula Here at PONT we are working together with the Tir a Môr Llŷn partnership and the National Trust on an exciting new trial of a ‘Payment for Outcomes’ agri-environment scheme on the Llyn Peninsula. The work is funded by

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Grazer of the Week 13th September: Wren the Welsh Black

Wren the Welsh Black is this weeks Grazer of the Week, who grazes the saltmarsh in the Loughor Estuary. This saltmarsh, part of the nature reserve at WWT Llanelli, is part of a mosaic of lakes, scrapes, pools, streams and lagoons which blend into the coast of the Burry Inlet in