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The Floodplain Meadows Partnership visit Germany: lessons from the Rhine Floodplain.

Submitted by Katherine.Wothe... on Tue, 09/12/2017 - 11:55

Find out about floodplain meadows in the Rhine from a blog written by Dr Stewart Clarke (National Specialist Freshwater and Estuaries) and Emma Rothero (Floodplain Meadows Partnership Outreach Co-Ordinator) when the team visited Germany in June this year.

Bee surveys on floodplain meadows

Submitted by Emma.Rothero on Wed, 07/20/2016 - 15:11

After a busy season out in the meadows looking at plants, and once a month looking for bees, it is now time to slow down as the hay is now being cut on sites around the country and we can no longer sensibly visit sites (nothing to see here!), I now have time to start actually thinking about some of the stuff we have been up to.

The fritillary counts are upon us

Submitted by Emma.Rothero on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 14:21

We are about to start our annual April adventure countuing snakehead fritillaries around the country, kicking off with the Lugg Meadows in Herefordshire. The Lugg Meadows are a very ancient floodplain meadow, thought to have created a large part of the wealth than enabled Hereford Cathedral to be built.

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