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Conservation Team Report 2014-2015 Conservation Team Report 2014Wildlife Trust - of2015 South and West Wales 1 www.welshwildlife.org Conservation Team report 2014-2015 Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Members of the conservation team ......................................................................... 4 1.2 Our assets .............................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Our funders ............................................................................................................. 9 2. Nature Reserves .......................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Introduction to our work on our nature reserves .................................................... 10 2.2 Habitat management ............................................................................................. 14 2.3 Research .............................................................................................................. 19 2.4 Recording and monitoring ..................................................................................... 23 2.5 Volunteers ............................................................................................................ 26 2.6 Access management ............................................................................................ 30 2.7 Events on nature reserves .................................................................................... 33 2.8 Interpretation ......................................................................................................... 34 3. Wider Countryside ....................................................................................................... 35 3.1 Introduction to our wider countryside work ............................................................ 35 3.2 Partnerships.......................................................................................................... 35 3.3 Representation on committees.............................................................................. 36 3.4 Consultation responses ........................................................................................ 36 3.5 Wider Countryside Projects ................................................................................... 38 3.5.1 SUDS in Swansea, for people and wildlife – Rose Revera ............................. 38 3.5.2 Mid Wales Red Squirrel Project – Becky Hulme ............................................. 39 3.5.3 Reconnecting our South Wales Water Voles – Nia Stephens ........................ 40 3.5.4 Local Wildlife Sites in South East Wales– Carys Solman ............................... 42 3.5.5 Water Vole Conservation in Carmarthenshire - Rebecca Killa ....................... 43 4. Marine Conservation .................................................................................................... 45 4.1 Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre – Sarah Perry .............................................. 45 4.2 Future Fisheries - Sarah Perry ............................................................................. 48 5. Campaigns ................................................................................................................... 49 5.1 Badgers and bovine TB ........................................................................................ 50 6. Media and public awareness ........................................................................................ 51 6.1 Media work ........................................................................................................... 51 6.2 Talks and presentations ........................................................................................ 51 6.3 Events ................................................................................................................... 51 6.4 Wildlife queries ..................................................................................................... 52 7. Consultancy and contracts ........................................................................................... 53 7.1 Consultancy .......................................................................................................... 53 2 7.2 Contracting ........................................................................................................... 54 8. Education ..................................................................................................................... 55 9. Plans for 2015-16 ......................................................................................................... 57 3 1. Introduction This report covers the work delivered by the Conservation Team of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) during the financial year 2014-2015. It covers the full breadth of work undertaken by the team, including both core funded activities and fixed-term grant funded projects. Many of these projects produce reports of their own, and more detail on any of the areas of work included in this report is available on request from the member of staff involved. Contact details for all team members are available below. Detail of work delivered on our reserves can also be found on BARS, the online biodiversity action reporting system, http://ukbars.defra.gov.uk/ . The maintenance of this database of our work is undertaken by Nigel Ajax-Lewis. This report is written by all the members of the Conservation Team, and compiled and edited by Conservation Managers Lizzie Wilberforce and Rob Parry. 1.1 Members of the conservation team This year saw a number of changes to our team, with the end of some fixed-term funded projects, and the beginning of some new initiatives. Departing staff included Laura Dell, our Local Wildlife Sites officer, who moved to a post in Natural Resources Wales. The Local Wildlife Sites project was then completed by Beth Hopkins, who joined us for the last few months of the year. Nia Stephens also completed her twelve month contract as Water Vole Officer; the results of both of these two projects are reported later in this document. Fortunately Nia remains on our staff team, taking up the post of People and Wildlife Officer based at the Welsh Wildlife Centre. With the end of our Biffa Award funding at the Teifi Marshes, ranger Howard Jones also moved to pastures new, with Nia picking up many of the responsibilities of that role in her new post. Rhi Bevan also left our team early in 2015, with her community work in the Swansea area now being managed by Rose Revera. Towards the end of 2014 Leighton Newman joined us as Field Assistant based in Glamorgan, before moving to Skomer in the spring to take up the post of Visitor Officer. The Skomer seasonal posts were taken up in 2014 by Jason Moss (assistant warden) and Alistair Wilson (field worker). We also welcomed Becky Hulme to the team in May 2015 to begin a five year project of red squirrel conservation in mid Wales. At the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBWMC), funding changes also meant that we sadly had to say goodbye to Laura Mears, the project manager; we are still seeking funding to renew this post. Sarah Perry’s role at CBMWC developed during the year to become our Living Seas Science Officer, focussing particularly on the Future Fisheries Project. Fixed term funding remains the greatest driver of staff turnover in our team. The contact details for each team member are given below. 4 Conservation Team Staff April 2014 – March 2015 inclusive Rob Parry Conservation Manager 07989 478176 [email protected] Lizzie Wilberforce Conservation Manager 07970 780553 [email protected] Rhiannon Bevan Water for Wildlife Officer (until February 2015) Richard Brown Skokholm Observatory Warden 07971 114303 [email protected] Bee Büche Skomer Warden 07971 114302 [email protected] James Davies Estate Worker, Swansea Neath & Port Talbot 07971 114306 Laura Dell Wildlife Sites Officer (until November 2014) Em Foot Wildlife Trust Officer, Ceredigion 07980 932332 [email protected] Giselle Eagle Skokholm Island Warden 07971 114303 [email protected] Beth Hopkins Wildlife Sites Officer (November 2014 - March 2015) 5 Becky Hulme Mid Wales Red Squirrel Officer 07972 201202 [email protected] Howard Jones Teifi Marshes Ranger (until December 2014) Tim Jones Wildlife Trust Officer, Bridgend & Vale 07811 117140 [email protected] Rebecca Killa Wildlife Trust Officer, Carmarthenshire 07970 780558 [email protected] Cath Lewis Education Officer 07972 176963 [email protected] Vaughn Matthews Conservation Officer 01656 724100 [email protected] Laura Mears Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre Project Officer (until March 2015) Jason Moss Skomer Island Assistant Warden (March-Nov 2014 and March 2015 onward) Leighton Glamorgan Field Assistant (and DWT Skomer Visitor Newman Officer from February 2015) Rose Revera People and Wildlife Officer 01656 724100 [email protected] 6 Sarah Perry Future Fisheries Project Officer & Living Seas Science 01545 560224 Officer [email protected] Carys Solman Wildlife Trust Officer, Valleys 07896 798371 [email protected] Nia Stephens Water Vole Officer (until December 2014), Teifi Marshes 07805 467018 People & Wildlife Officer (from Jan 2015) [email protected] Eddie Stubbings Skomer Warden 07971 114302
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