Balsam Bash - Aberlleiniog (Wednesday 13th June, 1.30pm-3.30pm
Himalayan Balsam is a non native and invasive plant which can take over areas and smother native plants, this can affect local wildlife. Come and help us remove this pest from the Aberlleiniog area.
Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. Meeting at Llangoed village car park near the bridge (SH611796) at 1.30. All welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Allan Brandon, the North Wales Dragonfly and Damselfly recorder needs your help to fill the gaps in records across North Wales. May and June are the best time to see these wonderful creatures so it’s not too late to help. Read more about how your records will contribute to the impending British Atlas of Dragonflies and Damselflies.
Contact Details
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Human Resources,
Anglesey County Council,
Council Offices,
Llangefni,
Ynys Mon,
LL77 7TW |
Overall Job Purpose: To maintain the administrative and networking functions of the Local Biodiversity Action Plan process, supporting IACC in its role as Lead.
Richard Gallon’s experience of spider recording at the recent Cemlyn BioBlitz...
BioBlitzing can significantly improve our knowledge of the species which inhabit an area; the recent Cemlyn BioBlitz being a case in point.
Prior to the Bioblitz, the Cemlyn survey area had records of only 13 spider species (based on records held by Cofnod). However, during the BioBlitz event 26 spider species were recorded, of which 21 were new to the site.
In total the Cemlyn BioBlitz survey area now has records for 34 spider species – almost tripling the site’s species list in a single day!
The BioBlitz also produced a record of Silometopus ambiguus, a coastal money spider which is not only new to the reserve’s list, but only the fourth Anglesey record for this poorly recorded species!
If you have an interest in an obscure species group, why not volunteer for a forthcoming BioBlitz and see what you can find?
View the full list of species recorded at the BioBlitz on Cofnod's website.
The next two BioBlitzes which Cofnod will attend will take place on 30th June at Plas Tan y Bwlch and 15th July at Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire. Click here for more details
On the 30th of June 2012 the Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd Project Llên Natur will be holding a BioFlits organised jointly with Cofnod. This will be a day of recording wildlife on a number of short walks through the wonderful habitats around Plas Tan y Bwlch, in the company of various species experts. Welsh will be the language used for much of the day. Please see the attachment for more details
This coming weekend the British Arachnological Society is holding their Annual Field Weekend and AGM at Plas Tan y Bwlch, Maentwrog, Gwynedd. Our resident spider expert Richard Gallon will be on hand along with other British experts to help people
North Wales Wildlife Trust, Cofnod and some of North Wales’ wildlife experts visited Cemlyn Nature Reserve for a 24hr species
count on 2nd and 3rd June. The results can be viewed here