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A Career in Conservation

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Are you interested in learning more about wildlife in stunning locations or thinking of a change of career enhancing your own professional development in Field and Conservation Ecology?                     Did you know that Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is one of a handful of interesting venues, in […]

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‘Get Active for Wildlife’!

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This exciting new project at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre has just started and provides a great opportunity for local people to get involved, learn new skills and help to improve this nature reserve for its wildlife. ‘Get Active for Wildlife’ aims to manage and improve the various habitats for wildlife including the grasslands, wetlands, woodlands […]

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Environmental Impact

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A SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE This is an article our own Jon Sayer (Trustee, volunteer, biscuit-eater) wrote for Lampeter’s local publication “Grapevine”. Their subject for this May’s edition was “Environmental Impact”.  It would be a shame for all you good people who don’t live in our lovely part of the world to miss out. The words […]

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Walking for Wildlife – 21 miles or bust!

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The Proclaimers once sang about walking 500 miles and then, if that wasn’t enough, apparently wanted to “walk 500 more”. Whilst the melody was great, the idea was plainly ridiculous. Obviously what they meant to sing was “If I could walk ten and a half miles, and I could walk ten and a half more, […]

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Green Shopping at the Little Green Shop

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It is said that the best way to learn something is to actually do it. This is certainly true of conservation and land management. So when Neil and Barbara Taylor started out on their journey to create Denmark Farm Conservation Centre some 30 years ago, they were putting this into practice on a grand scale! […]

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Meet K(16)2, Denmark Farm’s newest recruit…

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Guest Blog Post by Josie Bridges of The Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT). I am incredibly pleased that Denmark Farm have agreed to adopt one of our Pine martens, and as one of their closest they have decided upon K(16)2. In the coming months they will be running a competition to give him or her a […]

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The Barn Owl Detectives

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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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Bathing in Nature

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Ever heard of Shinrin Yoku or Forest Bathing? What is it and why are more and more people around the world starting to practice it? The term Shinrin Yoku is a Japanese practice which translates in English to ‘Forest Bathing’. There is no single practice that is officially Shinrin Yoku but it is more of […]

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Co-op backing for Denmark Farm Volunteers

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We’re delighted to announce that Denmark Farm is being supported by the Co-op store in Lampeter, as part of the Co-op Local Community Fund. The Co-op gives 1% of the amount spent by it’s members to community projects, and we are very pleased to have been selected as one of it’s local causes for the […]

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Vote for our Volunteers!

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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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Reasons to be Cheerful and Celebrate ~ 30 Years of Nature

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The Shared Earth Trust at Denmark Farm is thirty this year! On Sunday 24th September 2017, between 1pm and 4pm we will be holding a 30th Anniversary Celebration. This event is not our traditional Open Day but a wonderful opportunity to bring together some of the key players in the development of The Shared Earth […]

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Save our Education Room!

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Denmark Farm is a very special place for wildlife and supporting people to connect with nature. Like many other small charities currently, we are struggling to keep afloat and appeal for your support to save our education room. We would much prefer to bring you only the good news; the news about all the amazing […]

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The Tale of Timothy Grassbug

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…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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Marvellous Meadows Day

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Join us for a special day to celebrate our 30th anniversary on our Marvellous Meadows day on Saturday 1st July from 1-4pm, as part of National Meadows Day! Come to enjoy and discover everything to do with meadows, with fun for all the family, at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre near Lampeter. Throughout the afternoon, there will […]

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Getting our Message Accross

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Connecting people with nature is one of the main aims of the Shared Earth Trust at Denmark Farm. Just visiting and experiencing the biodiversity here is the best way to connect with nature. However, we also like to help people make that connection by informing visitors about the things that they can see here. We […]

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Money Growing on Trees!

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This year The Shared Earth Trust at Denmark Farm is taking part in Grow Your Tenner, an annual match funding campaign run by Localgiving. This is an amazing opportunity for us to raise valuable funds to help maintain our unique 40 acre nature reserve. During this campaign Localgiving will match all online donations up to £10, and […]

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“A Dizzying Mosaic of Colour”

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This week summer has returned to Denmark Farm, along with all the butterflies and the campers.  During a peaceful lunchtime stroll around the meadows I was reminded of the wonderful passage in Miriam Darlington’s ‘Otter Country – In search of the wild otter’ about her stay on the Eco campsite at Denmark Farm:  “we set out […]

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Volunteers Create a Veg Patch from Scratch

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In February, a group of volunteers led by horticulture tutor Malcolm Berry embarked on a project to turn an area of grass at Denmark Farm (used for overflow car parking!) into a productive kitchen garden. As our ‘Veg Patch from Scratch’ programme comes to an end, Jacky, one of the volunteers reflects on the group’s achievements: “In […]

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Focus on Wildlife Photography

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What do you think of when someone say’s the magic words ‘wildlife photography’? This was just one of the questions asked and discussed when teaching wildlife photography at Denmark Farm. It is one of those deceptive questions that at first glance has an easy answer but which quickly leads to hard realities. On asking this […]

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A Prickly Tale – The Sequel

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You may remember our most read blog post from last year ‘A Prickly Tale – Hedgehog Rescue‘. ‘Spike Bach’ (a juvenile hedgehog) was found wandering around at Denmark Farm last autumn, very underweight and disorientated. After a brief period of being looked after by Denmark Farm staff she was taken to the Carmarthenshire Bat and Hedgehog Hospital. Thankfully, with […]

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Gaby Grace

Gaby Grace

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  We are very sad to announce the passing of Gaby Grace – our longest-serving trustee and a very special friend and supporter of Denmark Farm. Having been a trustee since September 1997 – nearly 19 years – Gaby had a unique perspective and understanding of Denmark Farm – both the site itself and the history of […]

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New Funding for Denmark Farm volunteers!

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Christmas came early for Denmark Farm last year, in the form of a grant for £17,627 awarded by the Volunteering in Wales Fund towards our new project ‘Holistic Habitats’. As well as supporting volunteers to look after our 40 acre nature reserve, the funding will also enable us to develop a kitchen garden – something […]

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Green Key to the Door in 2016

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We’re delighted to announce that our Eco Lodge at Denmark Farm has been awarded the Green Key Accreditation for environmental tourism in Wales. Not only are we the first holiday accommodation in Ceredigion to gain a Green Key award but we are the first in Wales, outside of Pembrokeshire, where the scheme has been launched during the past year. […]

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Twelve Days towards an Eco Christmas

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  As a bit of an antidote to ‘Black Friday’ and some of the more commercial and not-so-green festive practices, we’d like to share with you our top 12 ways for a greener Eco Christmas. Let’s all find ways to celebrate and enjoy the season without causing too much damage to the environment, fellow humans and planet.   1. Recycle, […]

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