Sirhowy Hill Woodlands

2 days ago

Liam Olds, from The Coal Spoil Biodiversity Initiative, has been undertaking surveys of Sirhowy Hill Woodlands. These have been funded by The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG) scheme, which is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government’s National Forest for Wales Programme.

Below is a list of the species recorded that are deemed to be of 'conservation importance' due to their Local, Scarce or Rare conservation statuses, or presence on Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.

The weevil Ceutorhynchus atomus - Nationally Scarce
The weevil Ceutorhynchus cochleariae - Local
The weevil Glocianus punctiger - Nationally Scarce
The plant bug Hoplomachus thunbergii - Local
The picture-winged fly Rivellia syngenesiae - Local
The orb-weaved spider Araneus sturmi - Local
The picture-winged fly Herina lugubris - Local
Bilberry Bumblebee - Local
The pirate spider Piratula latifrons - Local
The weevil Caenorhinus mannerheimii - Local
Top-horned Hunchback (Acrocera orbiculus) - Nationally Scarce
Small Blue-tailed Damselfly - Near Threatened
The weevil Gymnetron beccabunda - Nationally Scarce
The picture-winged fly Euphranta toxoneura - Nationally Scarce
The leafhopper Limotettix striola - Local
The weevil Holotrichapion pisi - Local (in Wales)
The parasite fly Cyrtophloeba ruricola - few Welsh records
Small Heath butterfly - Vulnerable, Section 7
Dingy Skipper butterfly - Section 7
The tormentil mining bee - we had the first recorded sighting in Blaenau gwent (2024)The Tormentil mining bee is a small, black solitary
bee. It is nationally scarce and has declined so much that it is listed as a Section 42 Conservation Priority
Species in Wales,

Liam stated: "Some of these species will have been recorded at the reserve before, but I'm sure there are plenty that haven't. It is really positive that the survey is continuing to find species that are often scarce in Wales/UK, and especially so within Blaenau Gwent."

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Sirhowy Hill Woodlands

5 days ago

Research ongoing for the QR code trail. Some of you lovely people have given me information regarding the firing range shown on this map that now is where Sirhowy Hill Woodlands is. I have 2 big asks:
1. Is this the "Trefil Ranges"? I know there were other ranges by Cefn Golau and beyond Trefil.
2. Please see the text i have drafted from your responses previously, does this sound correct or do i have anything wrong? For the purposes of the QR code trail, i only need information on the range on Sirhowy Woodlands site.
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Sirhowy Hill Woodlands

6 days ago

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Sirhowy Hill Woodlands

1 week ago

What a fabulous day we all had willow weaving. A massive thank you to Simon from Willow by name weave by nature. He was patient, instructive and great fun too.
Simon will be coming to our open Day in September so put 7th Sept in Your diary.
This willow weaving course funded by our TWIG grant #nationalforestwales #WelshGovernment 👏👏😀🌳🌳🎄🎄🌲 ... See MoreSee Less

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Sirhowy Hill Woodlands

2 weeks ago

Bethan after a hard session in the community gardens making off with her spoil!!!
Beetroot, broad beans, carrots, onions lettuce, potatoes and in the basket for Kathryn and Stewart we had been watering all evening, potatoes, beetroot carrots, broad beans and onions ... See MoreSee Less