The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

Learn about Dartmoor’s rare Fritillary butterflies Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 10am-1pm Brook Manor, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0HR Moor Meadows and Butterfly Conservation have teamed up to provide a free training session on Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies. The workshop is bei...

Yes, good idea to do a soil test to check your soil type if you're investing in spending on seed.

Hi Piers, if you can bare it, I'd sow seeds this September, just to make sure the ground elder is under control. As your soil is clayish, you may want to consider sowing seeds suitable for clay soil. Emorsgate have a native meadow mix for clay and other soil types: https://wildseed.co.uk/product/mix...

14th March, 7.30pm
South Brent Village Hall
An evening with John Walters and Jerry Horn

For more information & to book see here:
https://ssb.org.uk/event/house-martins- ... -swallows/[/size][/size][/b]

The status of the Harvest Mouse in Devon was largely unknown until Devon Mammal Group set up The Devon Harvest Mouse project. The technique of searching for abandoned summer nests locally has helped to increase knowledge of harvest mouse distribution across the county. A cheerful 37 volunteers brave...

Cactus tree guards - reusable & relatively non obtrusive - have been widely funded through the Farming in Protected Landscapes grant (FiPL) at 100% of cost for planting of individual parkland/shrubland or orchard trees (at least within Dartmoor National Park). They arrive flat packed. Robbie Ph...

Thank you Alice. I watched the video - how very sad this lovely meadow with its green winged orchids and skylarks is facing great threat. There is a total lack of understanding by the company Roots about wildflower meadows and their national importance. It's an act of vandalism to wilfully destroy i...

Hello all If you’re interested in learning about the nationally rare harvest mouse and how to look for their nests in rough grassland (and how to submit your findings), this two hour field survey maybe for you. The survey will be run by mammal expert Sarah Butcher from the Devon Harvest Mouse Projec...

How to Create a Nature Reserve on an Acre
by Ed Parr Ferris, Conservation Manager, Devon Wildlife Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao4OFAM_9Ss

Recorded at Stockland Village Hall, 7th November 2023.

The talk was recorded at the Stockland event and will be available to view on Moor Meadows Youtube in the next few days. A link will be posted on the Forum when it's ready.