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Springdale Farm Nature Reserve's 25th Birthday Celebration!

Springdale is 25 this year, join Gwent Wildlife Trust to celebrate this magnificent reserve with a picnic in the meadow: learn how to identify meadow plants, enjoy nature activities and a guided walk around the reserve. Bring your own picnic! 

About the event site

Springdale Farm SSSI is a 45 hectare nature reserve and working farm that showcases how practical conservation methods can benefit farming and wildlife simultaneously. Designated for its exceptionally large area of species rich neutral grassland, visit to enjoy wildflower rich meadows, broadleaf woodland, streams, marshy grasslands and ponds, all of which support a vast array of wildlife.

Gwent Wildlife Trust manage the reserves habitats with late-summer hay cuts and grazing to help wildflowers thrive. They control bracken and scrub to support species like Ringlet butterflies and Harvest Mice. In autumn and winter, they ramp up work like coppicing and scrub clearing