MERIN is Breeding in England!
Merin's First Ever Chicks
Merin's First Ever Chicks
We Have a Boy and a Girl! Welcome Dysynni (Blue 490) and Ystwyth (Blue 491)
Welsh Ospreys: A Hypothesis
Fantastic News!
Telyn and Idris Return and Have 3 Eggs
What Do Billiards and Elephants Have in Common?
Genetic Diversity and Breeding Dispersal Play a Part
Welcome Chick 1!
Merin (Blue W1), Celyn (Blue W2), Brenig (Blue W3)
A Year Like No Other
Despite being considered a 'weed' of cultivated ground, the seeds of the Creeping thistle provide an important food source for farmland birds, many of which are declining rapidly.
As its name suggests, creeping bent runs along the ground before it bends and grows upright. It is a common grass of arable land, waste ground and grasslands.