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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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Visits and Events
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Uncategorized |
February 16, 2017
Yesterday we hosted a group of interested folks from both NRW and Carmarthen Council. Organised by Craig at JCR Planning, it was a great opportunity to talk to people about the work we are doing at Ricketts Mill and the broader beaver project. Over the past couple of weeks we have also attended the PONT…
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Natural Resources Policy
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Uncategorized |
January 23, 2017
Last week Jo and I attended the Natural Resources Policy Consultation Engagement Event in Cardiff. The title is certainly a mouthful and it was with some trepidation that we traveled to the capital, fearing perhaps some jargon laden attempt at schmoozing the environmental ‘stakeholders’. We could not have been more wrong, yes, of course there was a…
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Establishing Wetlands
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Uncategorized |
December 16, 2016
We have been very busy down at Ricketts Mill. The plan is to turn the old trout farm into a focal point for the Trust’s activities where students and land managers can come to get first-hand experience of management techniques. The existing lake was built for trout fishing and drops sheer at the banks to…
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Looking Back
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Uncategorized |
December 12, 2016
The summer seems so far away now. Daylight seems so brief and the mist lingers all day. However, my day was brightened immensely when a DVD containing lots of wonderful photographs from our friend David Woodfall arrived. He spent many happy hours in the summer photographing the top pond beavers and their kits. Seeing all…
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Frosty Days
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife |
December 1, 2016
It’s been a busy time with the beavers. We worked flat out to get the new beaver fence ready at the new enclosure, trapped a family of five and got them in, only to find that one of the adults found a weak place in the new fence and escaped. To make matters worse, three…
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Momentous News!
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Uncategorized |
November 24, 2016
It has just been announced that the beaver is now recognised as a native species in Scotland! The implications for the rest of the UK have yet to be seen but this can only be a positive step for the Welsh and English beaver reintroduction projects. Read more about it here
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Beavering Away
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife |
November 8, 2016
October has been dry and we have had a lovely Indian summer. Yesterday there were still dragonflies on the ponds. We have been very busy on the farm making the most of it while it lasts. Pete, James and Linda finished the fiddly bits of fencing down at Skinny Dipping Pond that has now become…
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Owl Update
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife |
October 3, 2016
Like a child leaving home our visiting barn owl has moved on with mixed feelings from the staff. His recovery was very rapid thanks to the expert care of our aviculturalists and as we had a spell of settled weather looming we thought that getting him back out to his home territory was the best…
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Slurry Pits
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife |
October 2, 2016
A neighbour delivered a Barn Owl here on Thursday. He had found it floundering in his slurry pit. It was exhausted and caked in slurry. We tube fed it with finely ground up mouse that we give the baby falcons, and with electrolytes to provide fluids. Then we left it in a dark warm box…
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