Interesting afternoon visit to the canal off Pentre Lane. Water fern was located along the length of the canal. It’s an invasive species that takes over but weevils to the rescue, we released them & they’ll eat it up! TY for the info & invite @TorfaenEcology#biodiversity
Spent an hour last night with Brian and Rich tackling #Himalayanbalsam behind Glan Rhyd. 4th time we've been over this section. Hopefully that's this finished, although loads of May 2019 sized plants were found & easy to miss. #Volunteering#INNS
One of the recommendations of our Green Flag award for Garn Lakes Local Nature Reserve was to repair the natural bird hide on the upper conservation lake. This is now complete. Please respect! @torfaencouncil @BWHEGvolunteers #LNRs@GreenFlagWales@TorfaenGDW@WBP_wildlife
Great site meeting with @TorfaenEcology about updating Henllys #LocalNatureReserve‘s management plan. Also discussed some of the newer ideas in the pipeline.
11.07.19. I spent 1hr with #scythe & handpull of #Himalayanbalsam behind the log circle area. Loads of small balsam hidden in bramble and bracken. 1st wasp stings of the year too...hooray. @KWT_Torfaen @TorfaenEcology
@OakfieldBnB Looks like Signal Crayfish that are a non-native invasive species. I wasn't aware they occurred in The Keepers. Once a population takes hold its hard remove. #nonnativespecies
Today's theme from #InvasivesWeek is marine. The closest we have to this are our watercourses. In 2015, a large orange fish was released into our top pond. In 2019, we now have these, which were recently identified as Golden Orfe an #INNS. Rehoming soon in an ornamental pond.
Noticed on Saturday that a new #stile has been installed on the middle entrance to the LNR off Henllys Way. Looks like its a kit & its a tidy job, but no idea who did it. @TorfaenEcology ?
Rich & I went out in the rain identified a patch of opposite-leaved golden saxifrage. Its genus Chrysosplenium means "golden spleen" for the spleen-shaped leaves. As such, it was used to treat spleen-related ills. Considered edible, but don't confuse it with edible delicious.