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ATF summer field visit to Wales |
Abergavenny and surrounding area
11 - 12 June 2005
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Coed-y-Person/Punchbowl
(Woodland Trust) am.
A remarkable glacial hollow. One of the highest native beech woods with
immense beech pollards.
Cwm Merddog SSSI/LNR (Gwent Wildlife Trust) pm.
Much of the Reserve was notified in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific
Interest. It is open woodland, interspersed with wet flushes and areas that
were once meadows. The woods form part of one of the most westerly and
highest natural beech woods in Britain.
Beech trees provide a large supply of beech nuts used for food by winter
flocks of Chaffinches and Bramblings. The many ant hills suggest that this
area was once pasture and the ants are the favorite food of the Green
Woodpecker. Other birds nesting in the woodlands include Pied Flycatcher and
Redstart.
Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve
The large beechwood canopy of the woods prevents direct light penetrating to
ground level in most paces, so there are only occasional plants to be found
such as the birds nest orchid. The wood attracts many birds including
woodpeckers, nuthatch, sparrowhawk, kestrel and tawny owl. Clinging
precariously to the cliffs are yew and whitebeam trees.
Saturday 11th June 2005
Meet in the carpark of CCW/FC offices at Cantref Court, Abergavenny at
10:00 - 10:30am. We will try to car share. Clydach Gorge is about 20
minutes from Abergavenny - we will park along the old railway line in the
reserve and in the company of the NNR Site Manager Richard Preece walk up
through the upland beech woodland. This site is on steep slopes and strong
footware is needed. In the afternoon we will drive to Cwm Merddog SSSI to
look at the upland wood-pasture.
Sunday 12th June 2005
Meet at 10:00 am in the carpark aat the CCW/FC offices at Cantref Court,
Abergavenny.
Site visit to punchbowl and Blorenge. PM visit to orchard to be confirmed. |
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