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Magor Marsh
Magor Marsh is a wetland reserve, located on the Welsh side of the Severn Estuary. It is managed by the Gwent Wildlife Trust. It has a great variety of habitats, including damp meadow, hay meadows, sedge fen, reed bed, scrubland, scrub and wet woodland. There are also numerous reens and a large pond. Magor Marsh Nature Reserve is the richest site in Wales for wetland beetles and soldier-flies, and its pattern of drainage ditches and other features have remained unchanged since the 14th century. In March 2020 the reserve was featured in the BBC One programme ''Countryfile''. Geology The soil of Magor Marsh is mostly peat with a depth of around . Beneath this is alluvium laid down by the Severn Estuary. The level of water must be kept near the surface to preserve the peat. Wildlife Flora There are two meadow, hay meadows in Magor Marsh, maintained using traditional methods. The meadows are grazed during autumn and winter. The hay crop is mown in mid-summer to provide winter fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwent Wildlife Trust
Gwent Wildlife Trust ( cy, Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gwent) (GWT) is a wildlife trust covering the area between the lower Wye and Rhymney rivers which forms the vice county of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. It is a registered charity and a member of the Wildlife Trusts Partnership. History Its origins lie in the Monmouthshire Naturalists Trust, formed in 1963. In the 1980s the Trust was renamed the Gwent Trust for Nature Conservation, and then Gwent Wildlife Trust. Gwent was an administrative county between 1974 and 1996, covering a similar but not identical area to the historic county of Monmouthshire. The Trust's first objective, under the then presidency of FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, was the conservation of Magor Marsh, the last remaining area of fenland on the Caldicot Level. It was particularly responsible for survey work, training programmes, and increasingly in educational projects and in campaigns against inappropriate development proposals, particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
