by Catrin | Dec 10, 2025 | News
Winter on the Common brings to mind frosty mornings, sharp-edged patterns of ice on blades of grass and low, deep-coloured sunsets in the evenings. The darker season also means increased rainfall, blustery conditions and periods of low laying cloud. As we...
by Catrin | Nov 9, 2025 | News
In a field close to Coly Row in Bedlinog, on the lower slopes of Gilfach yr Encil ridge, there is a wonderful pond. Silver birches surround its waters and rushes and grasses grow along its edges. It is a haven for wildlife and an amazing...
by Catrin | Oct 7, 2025 | News
There is something autumnal about foxes. Maybe it’s the fact that the colour of their coats reminds us of dried, fallen leaves. Or maybe it’s because, as the days shorten, there is more chance that we’ll be out walking at the same time as the fox wends his way back to...
by Catrin | Sep 11, 2025 | News
Something Told the Wild Geeseby Rachel Field Something told the wild geeseIt was time to go,Though the fields lay goldenSomething whispered, “snow.” Leaves were green and stirring,Berries, lustre-glossed,But beneath warm feathersSomething...
by Catrin | Aug 3, 2025 | News
The Curlew Nothing sounds more like spring and summer than the bubbling call of the curlew – or Pegi Big Hir – Peggy Long Beak – as she’s sometimes known in Welsh. (The Big in the Welsh name is pronounced in the same way as the English word Beak but with a...
