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Sat 13th April Bushwaka event at Bryngarw Country Park
Hi All, You may have seen in the local press that the park are hosting a Bushwaka Day this coming Saturday.It’s the first time it’s been done, and they’re all hoping for a successful event and some dry weather! … Continue reading
Who’s a pretty birdie?
Here are some wonderful pictures of some of our waterfowl taken recently from the southern hide at Kenfig Pool by Adrian Morrison. They are truly outstanding and many thanks to Adrian for sharing them and allowing me to use them … Continue reading
Tues 19th Mar 5.30pm – Amphibian Training Course
TUESDAY EVENING 19 MARCH 5.30PM TO 9.15PM. At Kenfig National nature Reserve Visitor Centre 17:30 – 19:15 – powerpoint presentations 19:15 – 21:15 – surveying ponds Kenfig and Bridgend volunteers welcome – bring snacks etc if you like!
Posted in Educational, Fascinating Facts, Fauna and Flora, Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Tagged amphibians, Kenfig, Kenfig NNR, volunteers
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Bridgend Countryside Volunteers are never Sker-ed of a bit of tree planting!
Tree Planting at Sker Farm, Kenfig Friday 1st February 2012. Bridgend finally saw some good weather on Friday morning for our latest countryside event. Some of our veteran tree planters from the last event at Coed y Mwstwr Hotel were … Continue reading
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Tagged Kenfig, sker, treee planting, volunteers, willow
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‘…it only takes some volunteers to plant a thousand trees’
Tree Planting at Coed y Mwswtr Hotel, Coychurch 26thJanuary 2013 This was the first Bridgend Countryside volunteer event of the year and snow was still on the ground when we met at Coed y Mwtswr Hotel for some tree planting.Coed … Continue reading
Spread the word ………
Why not encourage your friends, family and colleagues to subscribe to this blog? It’s free and they can be kept up to date with all the fantastic volunteer opportunities and events which are regularly held to raise awareness, manage and … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, countryside, improve, subscribe, volunteers
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Bryngarw Balsam Bashed! – 7th July
We welcomed 2 new volunteers who braved the inclement July weather – Charlene and her son Josh, plus 5 regulars, Dan and Helen. Although the weather wasn’t great, we managed to do 4 hours work and cleared quite a large … Continue reading
