Aline Denton, Author at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre

Conservation Centre with Eco-friendly Holidays, Campsite, Nature Trails & Courses in West Wales

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Bats are Brilliant!

August 16, 2021 by Aline Denton | Leave a Comment

You may have heard these expressions – ‘Blind as a bat’, ‘Bats in your hair’, ‘Bats in the belfry’! Well actually they can see, and they don’t fly in your hair as they use echolocation to find their way around in the dark to find their food and to avoid bumping into things. Also, they […]

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Volunteering for Nature

January 6, 2020 / January 7, 2020 by Aline Denton | Leave a Comment

Aline Denton began volunteering for nature at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre in the late 1990’s and has recently returned after a short break. Here she explains more about her volunteer role, and highlights some of the other volunteering opportunities at Denmark Farm. I first started volunteering at Denmark Farm in the late 1990s after an […]

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The Barn Owl Detectives

January 18, 2018 by Aline Denton | 2 Comments on The Barn Owl Detectives

Last weekend we were swooped upon by an enthusiastic group of mammal detectives, who couldn’t wait to find out what was on the menu in our Owl Pellet Analysis workshop. Each armed with a forensic tool kit of tray, gloves, tweezers and tooth-brush, they set to work to discover what the barn owls at Denmark […]

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Vote for our Volunteers!

November 5, 2017 by Aline Denton | Leave a Comment

Aren’t volunteers brilliant? We certainly think so! Volunteers are what makes Denmark Farm what it is, and we couldn’t do it without them. Our volunteers contribute a wide range of skills and knowledge. Our Trustees look after everything from finance to conservation management, then there are other volunteers involved in everything from IT support, to looking […]

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The Tale of Timothy Grassbug

August 3, 2017 by Aline Denton | Leave a Comment

…and other stories of wildlife recording. During the first 10 years at Denmark Farm, an intensive programme of wildlife surveys was carried out to monitor the restoration of the site from intensively managed grassland to a mosaic of wildlife-rich habitats. The vast amounts of records in filing cabinets and boxes bear testimony to the huge […]

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