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Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow.
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Uncategorized |
October 31, 2017
It’s been a good mast year for acorns and we’ve collected plenty. We are planting up about 7 hectares (17.3ac) of the steep north facing banks. Bracken is rapidly taking over on these banks and with Azulox being phased out, it is almost impossible to control it. The banks are too steep for a tractor…
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Squirrels!
By The Bevis Trust
In Conservation, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized |
September 15, 2017
We were asked by the Caldey Island Estate some time ago if we could help them achieve a long held ambition for free living red squirrels on the island. It’s been a long haul and the first job was to eradicate the rats. Quotes were gathered and funding sought and 18 months ago West Wales Pest…
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Beavers
By The Bevis Trust
In Animal Welfare, Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
July 10, 2017
Nick has done a guest post on our friend Jim Barrington’s blog: https://jamesbarrington.wordpress.com/
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A Visitors View
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
July 5, 2017
One of our lovely beaver watching guests has written about her experience on her blog. You can read it here: http://www.absolutenature.co.uk/watching-beavers-in-wales/
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Sitting Tenants
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
July 4, 2017
The young swallows have left the nest in the beaver hide and are sitting on the beams, plucking up courage for that first sally into the air. We were a bit worried that they wouldn’t manage to get any youngsters off this year.
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Beaver Study Days
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
June 30, 2017
We’ve had two beaver study days this week hosted by the Bevis Trust and Alicia Leow-Dyke from Wildlife Trusts Wales. On Tuesday we had 11 staff from Natural Resources Wales, two from Welsh Government and ten from local councils. On Wednesday we had 20 representatives from a variety of NGOs and Universities. It was a…
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Water Rail
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
June 19, 2017
Sion has been busy camera trapping and has come across a species only seen here once before, many years ago – the water rail. We can only hope that the wetland habitats we are creating with the help of the beavers are bringing these shy and elusive birds to the farm. Drew
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A Busy Time
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Falconry, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Rofalconry, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
June 12, 2017
It’s been manic on the farm recently. This prolonged wet and windy weather has made silage making a gamble and Eirian just got the last lot in at two in the morning before the heavens opened yet again. Many big tree branches, heavy with wet leaves, have been blown down in the strong winds. The…
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Beaver Watching – Online Booking
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands |
May 26, 2017
We now have an on-line system for booking and paying for beaver watching experiences. Just follow the link… http://www.bevistrust.com/BeaverWatching.html
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A Little Piece of Upland
By The Bevis Trust
In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Uplands, Wetlands |
May 11, 2017
Here on the farm we have a tiny vestigial piece of upland, it’s tucked away on a bank alongside a farm track and is so tiny you’d barely notice it. There are a few tufts of heather, some rowans and a fair sprinkling of blaeberries. It’s wonderful to see the tiny berries starting to appear…
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