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Branch News

October: Branch AGM Tuesday 19th Oct, 7pm via Zoom - please register below

Dear Member,
As you will no doubt be aware, the branch have not formally met, either in person or virtually, since the pandemic started. We are therefore holding a virtual AGM and update meeting at 7pm on the evening of Tuesday 19th October. We will have our usual brief AGM giving members the opportunity to put themselves forward to join the committee, and an update on what the branch has been up to over the past two years. The meeting will take place using Zoom and will not last longer than an hour and a half. Joining instructions will be sent out to those registered on or just before the day of the event.
 
If you would like to hear what the branch has been up to, please register by following this link:

Butterfly Conservation South Wales Branch AGM

This is a chance for members to find out what the branch has been doing for the past two years.   

Regards,
David Slade
Branch Secretary

September 2021: Saving the Brown Hairstreak. South Wales Branch is calling for landowners with Blackthorn hedges to stop annual cutting. Suitable hedges should only be cut at most on on alternate years but ideally on a three to four year cycle.  The Brown Hairstreak in Wales is mainly restricted to the South West, where it's population has fallen by more than 50% in the last 10 years according to  from further drastic reductions in population.

Read full press release here

Our press release has been published by South Wales Guardian among other publications for the South West Wales region.

Information for Recorders.

More information on recording during the current circumstances can be found on the Butterfly Conservation website.