Are there polecats in Troserch Woods?

Check it out our Wildlife site.

Woodland Open Days

Hi All, had this sent through to me. Maybe of interest to some within the group.
Jon

To promote our charcoal making project we are holding 3 "open days" in Gelli Hir woods, essentially we will be working in the woods and avaliable to explain what we do & why. Due to limited parking I am suggesting pepole call in on an as and when informal basis. 

I would be grateful if you could please promote this. See attached poster.

many thanks
Paul

Paul Thornton

Senior Wildlife Trust Officer

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Nestbox Update

We have recently carried out a periodic check on all our nestboxes - please check out our Troserch Woods Wildlife link  for more information.

Owl Box Elevated!

Many thanks to Dan and Tidy Towns Wales for donating the Owl Box to our society.

As Owl boxes go this one really is 5 star accommodation and I shouldn't wonder, that now the box is up, there are owls from all over Carmarthenshire flying in for a viewing. We have also put up 2 other owl boxes (sadly, further down the star rating scale) and there is a small prize for the first person to locate all three before the end of May!

We have also carried out our first check of the nest-boxes this year but nest building, as with everything else this year, is very slow and we will try again in a fortnight. For more info on what has been happening as Spring begins to creep through the woods check out our Troserch Woods Wildlife link opposite.

Llangennech Primary School visit.

On Monday Miss Baker and Mrs Bowen, with a little help from Joni, took 30 pupils from year 3 at Llangennech Primary School around our woods to check out the wildlife and the wood's history. For many it was their first visit and besides the cold they did  seem to enjoy, so let's hope they'll make use of the woods as they grow older. Ken and I went along to make sure they didn't get lost and to check that the wolves and the bears weren't around; and we had a good time as well. Thanks as well for the lovely card that the children signed and dropped in to the house.

Rustic Ash bench

This is my first attempt at making a rustic log bench.  The timber was felled at Troserch some time ago near to the old ruin next to the Beaver Bridge.  It took me less than two hours using: 2 axes to split the log in half, a hand saw to cut the legs, a mallet, a small knife to taper the leg ends, a drill with hole bit and a belt sander to smooth the surface.  Why not give it a go?

Working Party - Mar 18th

Thanks to Dan and his team for assisting on Monday 18th March.  We felled the remainder of the trees marked up on the H&S walk but to our surprise found another cluster of windblown trees over the path since we cleared it only just over a week ago.  This was just up a bit from the first 'zig-zag' path that Dan's team built.  There must have been around 8 - 10 down over the path, we cleared what we could but there are a few difficult ones remaining, although the path is clear, for now.

We also cleared a few more trees up on the pan handle, the area now requires a small morning working party to sort and tidy the brash.  There is some good light coming through, so we may see some new coppice growth this season.

I helped myself to some timber to make two small stools for my daughters, hopefully photos to follow if all goes well.

If you're walking in the woods pay attention to the standing dead/rotting trees - you can easily spot where the woodpeckers have been drilling into them!