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Hornet nest inspection

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Angela, clearly thrilled to be holding the nest! Following a week of hard frosts, we were pretty sure it would be safe to finally remove the spectacular Hornet nest from the tool shed, and what an impressive multi-storey structure this turned out to be. Front of nest Back-side of nest attached to wall Internal multi-storey structure   Bottom of nest One that never made it out before the freeze  Great to have witnessed the annual cycle of a Hornet nest, but fingers crossed, they choose to nest somewhere more convenient next year!
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Tongue-leaf Copper-moss reintroduction update

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Copper spoil with metallophyte vegetation It's been four years since the nationally rare metallophyte   Tongue-leaf Copper-moss   Scopelophila cataractae  was translocated from Bynea, back onto the site where the species was discovered new to Europe by the late Roy Perry . We were commissioned by the lead partner, Natural Resources Wales to provide a status update on the project. Fresh new growth of Tongue-leaf Copper-moss It was pleasing to discover that 47% of the treatment sites were found to support small, but healthy colonies of  Tongue-leaf Copper-moss , providing reassurance that simple measures can be implemented to help safeguard this key species.  The Six Pit, Swansea Vale an White Rock SSSI was only recently notified to protect the last few remaining fragments of post-industrial copper smelting sites of the Swansea Lower Valley and the highly specialised vegetation they supports. Read more here ...
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