Long Wood Lampeter

Long Wood is a 300 acre site of mixed woodland near Lampeter in Ceredigion. The woods are owned and sustainably managed by the local community

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Saw this is the North Ceredigion Bat group, its this Saturday and looks quite interesting to say the least https://t.co/t14yPDMxgk

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I've been keeping an eye on the older, more established ponds this week looking for dragonfly and damselfly exuviae on emergent vegetation. Those interested can find a handy guide to the... https://t.co/Kp118fN82q

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The Bat Conservation Trust page has some nice infographics on these winged mammals. Def worth a look in https://t.co/L9R6jl5BlD

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Wednesdays volunteers will be in the mill yard doing various jobs like heeling in the trees we didn't get planted in the last planting season, so that they are ready for the next planting season. Putting some... https://t.co/zDojDp9QJB

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Our friends at Cae Hir in Cribyn have their 30th Anniversary Open day today https://t.co/OpHvpNcdmC

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Apologies all, Last week I sent out a notice about the usual Public Meetings to our mailing list and listed the date for the next meeting incorrectly due to bank holiday!
The meeting will be held on the 13th... https://t.co/tKZVPCZncn

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With the longer (warmer?) evenings arriving and with them, a flourish of insects, it's nice to see our winged friends making the most of the season. (I'm not sure that the link works correctly but the infographic is nice and informative).. https://t.co/H001vSg0H7

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nice little infographic https://t.co/0reZr3yHAN

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I'm sure everyone has noticed that there's a whole host of butterflies and moths out this week. I've seen countless orange tips over the weekend (unless its the same one, just playing tricks on me!) and woodland browns as well.... https://t.co/osmXnrbgfw

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Wednesdays Volunteers will be carrying on with the Bird Hide tomorrow. The weather actually looks nice! 😊⛅️😊

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a few brief road closures in the area next weekend https://t.co/LNni4gFdlo

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At some point over the weekend, the kissing gate near Canolfan Long Wood has come apart. We will get right on with fixing that. thanks for everyone who let us know.

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Our friends at The Woodland Trust have asked us to help promote this campaign.... https://t.co/4cKdtWEITE

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Last week the volunteers carried on working on the Bird Hide and it really is coming on now, we think it's beautiful and everyone has put in so much work on it and had fun learning new skills. It's not far off... https://t.co/1XHyhdYVL2

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We had a great Tree Planting Day and Saturday Surgery last Saturday and got another 300 trees in. Thank you to all who turned up and helped to plant them 😊👍🌳👍😊

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Our usual Wednesday last week was successful, we put wooden backing and stakes on a loads of our safety signs. A big thank you to our fantastic volunteers 😊👍😊

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We are not holding an Easter event at Long Wood this year, there are already plenty of Easter themed events going on around our community for all to enjoy. https://t.co/RLjTsf1VWj

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Last Wednesday the volunteers helped tidy up and fix some rails at the forest school and then we went and planted some Sessile Oak in the clearfell area 😊🌳🌳☺️

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Still on a dark skies tip: I found this cool link to the National Schools Observatory. As I understand it, schools can register and submit requests for images directly to the observatory...science is awesome! It's also available in Welsh so... https://t.co/9t4p3FmZDO

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We are blessed here with often stunning night skies. Although National Dark Sky Week was actually back in February, I saw this nice little infographic about the little changes we can make to keep our skies dark and thought I'd share. https://t.co/UZOpveNltq