Narrows Wood

 Happy New Year! 2023 2022 was a Successful Year at our Private Nature Reserve for the Protection of the Pied Flycatchers in our Part of Mid-Wales. We hand made three Nest boxes for the Pied Flycatchers on our site for them to Nest. Two Pairs of Pied Flycatchers were seen using our Boxes for breeding. This was our First full year of ownership at our woodland as only acquired our wood in July 2021. In September of 2021 Cuan Wildlife Rescue Successfully Released 2 Male Polecats at our site with a second release in August of a Female Polecat. Hopefully in 2023 We can continue our Success in Helping Protect the Wildlife at our Site for Future Years to come. Happy New Year to all our Patrons !

 Woodland Radio Weekend Event  On the 29 th – 30 th of October 2022 We held our First Ham Radio Weekend at the Woods. This was a Trial to see if the Woodland Car Park would be any good for Hosting a Ham radio Event. Unfortunately due to prior engagement's many of the CARA Hams invited to the Event could not make it. MW0NRO (Alen) & myself  2W0POE (Jon)  were the only two that attended the event. The Weather was predicted to be showery but mild so we went ahead and continued with the event even though it would be only the Two of Us attending, Two's company Threes a Crowd as they say ! I arrived around 11am on the Saturday morning and did an inspection of my woodland while waiting for Alen to arrive. The week before I had done some maintenance as there was a snapped Willow Branch I had to remove from across the Track and had to cut back the willow with the chainsaw to clear the woodland track. I also did some strimming with the brush cutter getting everything rea...

  New  eBay  Shop We have been busy over the last month creating Handmade Jewellery at home. Our Narrows Wood Jewellery is now available in our online Store. If you would like to buy a some bespoke handmade Jewellery then why not pop over to our  eBay shop to see what we have available in the store.  1 0% of our Jewellery Sales Goes to Cancer Research UK. We have Unique pendants &  necklaces to suit Him or Her which come with a Gift Box or Pouch bag. Our Stone Pendants are on mounted Either an 18" 925 Silver Plated Chain or an 18" Waxed size adjustable cord. Natural Stone & Crystal pendants may also Possess Healing Energy that can benefit the wearer. Bringing Natural Healing benefits. We also have many other Items for sale New & used etc.  Once we can get Up to the woodland for Maintainace this winter we will be harvesting some of our wood to make some hand crafted Items to sell in our Store...

  Dunnock ( Prunella modularis) Above a photo of a Dunnock at Narrows Wood ( A ) Hedge accentor (Dunnock, Hedge sparrow) The Dunnock is a hedgerow bird that sometimes gets mistaken for a Sparrow. But if you look carefully at its beak its much thinner and more pointed than a sparrows bill. It is also about the size of a Robin. Like Robins there feeding habits are similar and the spend a lot of time foraging on the Ground. Dunnocks nest in dense vegetation usually in hedgerows,  building a nest of Moss & twigs. Breeding between April & June.  Key  Management  Actions for Narrows Wood in the Conservation of the Dunnock which is on the Amber list. Planting of new Hedgerow trees on the woodland & Field edges, should provide food and shelter for this Hedgerow bird.  Our Hedgerow Projects are Now well underway to create Habitat that will suit the Dunnock for there Nesting site habitat.    

 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) ( R ) Wood warbler Welcome to our Current Research Page on the Conservation of the Wood Warbler. Habitat pref:  Mature sloping Oak woodlands with a closed canopy with often a high tree stem count and an open understory.  Nests on or very close to the ground amongst ferns,  heavy leaf litter tussock grasses and fallen branches.  Requires low branches close to there nest for perching.  Summer Migratory Breeding in Wales between April to August. We have heard the Wood Warblers in Narrows Wood & Cwmgilla Woodland. If any nests are located within our Conservation area we will be doing remote monitoring of any nest found using trail cam equipment. Key Management  Actions for Narrows Wood in the Conservation of the Wood Warbler  Coppice Management  of the woodland with light thinning  or Selective felling.  To maintain a open understory with ground cover for nesting with a varied structure p...

 Project Polecat Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.  Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. link to Outside info page on the Polecat In August we approached Cuan Wildlife Rescue Hospital, offering them a safe haven at our woodland site for the safe release of rehabilitated & rescued wildlife back in to the wild. On the 31st August 2021 Dani Peat from the Cuan Wildlife Rescue release 2 Male Polecats at Narrows Wood. Both Polecats settled in very well in the woodland and soon were exploring there surrounding's. Two weeks after there release they had left our wood to explore the wider woodlands at our location and find a territory of there own. After this first Successful Release by Dani from Cuan Wildlife Rescue a second Polecat a female was released on 5th of October 2021. She soon settled in to the Woodland & was soon searching for her own Territory in the Oak forest. It is hoped after the Successful release of th...

 Pied Flycatcher Project (Gwybedog brith) Pied Flycatcher Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.  Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. link to Outside info page on the Pied Flycatcher Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleeuca)  The valleys and hillsides of Wales are a good place for breeding Pied Flycatchers in summer. The pied flycatcher is a small, black-and-white bird of mature woodland with a preference for oak trees.  They are  slightly smaller than a house sparrow. Males are mostly black above and white below, with a bold white patch on the folded wing. Females have the same basic patterning, but are browner in colour. It is a summer visitor from April and May onwards, and breeds mainly in western areas of Britain. Pied flycatchers may be seen sitting patiently on a perch, waiting for a chance to fly out and catch their insect prey in mid air.  They also search for insects on tree trunks and on the grou...