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31/08/2026

A little copy of our August newsletter for those that may not have seen it!! September's to follow shortly

Phew! Writing this in July after what seems like weeks of very hot, dry weather. The corridors of closed woodland canopy along stretches of the boardwalk and along the road on the South side of the Reserve have provided some very welcome cool respite from the heat for residents and visitors.
This cooling is one of many ecosystem services that the Reserve provides to the community. As summer temperatures are expected to continue to rise in the years to come, caring for the Slash Pond Community Nature Reserve’s woodland will become increasingly important. With that in mind we were thrilled this month to install our attractive new wooden signs announcing we are now part of National Forest for Wales!
The aim is for the National Forest is to create an ecologically resilient woodland network to stretch the length and breadth of Wales that is managed sustainably and supports the health and wellbeing of communities.

Achieving National Forest status means that we will be able to access support for woodland management. We will also soon be receiving an information board to put up at the entrance to the Reserve so that visitors will be aware of the importance of our Slash Pond woodland.
We are looking for people to help us manage the Reserve. If you have an interest in nature conservation or would like to be part of our volunteer group, we’d love to welcome you. Drop us a line at [email protected]

30/08/2026

Havens folks - we can all do our bit to minimize shearwater groundings:

26/08/2026

Several of our volunteers will be on patrol to rescue any stranded shearwaters in The Havens in the coming weeks. If you find one, please call the number below.

📣 The 2026 fledging season is upon us and our posters will be appearing across Pembrokeshire over the next few days as we promote our Manx Shearwater Rescue hotline.

👀 Please do keep your eyes peeled over the next month or so for young Manxies that might become stranded on land.

💡 Please help us encourage anyone living near the cost to ensure their curtains are closed when it's dark outside and if possible to switch off outside lights to help reduce artificial light attracting young birds landwards.

🤝 We really hope local businesses, community councils and organisations will support us again this year, especially in areas like Newgale, Broad Haven, Solva, Little Haven, St Davids but also in Haverfordwest, Milford, Pembroke Dock and elsewhere around the county.

💨 ⛈️We've got some cheeky weather inbound soon so please do help us spread the word!

Follow us on Facebook to hear how the season goes and the amazing work of our volunteers.

Huge thanks to Eco Dewi , The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales - WTSWW & RSPB Cymru for their continued support this year.

02/08/2026

Lovely to chat with people visiting our stand at Broad Haven carnival yesterday. Several new volunteers recruited and several more copies of 'From Culm to Calm' the history of the Slash Pond, sold. Demand has been so high we had to do a second print run. If you'd like a copy, please e mail us at [email protected]

27/07/2026

Would you like to know more about our bumble bees? Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership has alerted us to a free, online course this Wedensday July 29th at 6-7.30pm. Bee there or bee square 😃

Join the Trust’s Shrill Carder Project officer’s, Tom Bucher-Flynn from “Natur am Byth” & Cynefin i Wenyn project and Joseph O’Shea from the SOS: Save our shrills Somerset project, for an evening webinar learning all about Beewalk & bumblebee identification.

25/07/2026

21/07/2026

Hopefully this beautiful weather will continue into the school holidays and obviously for Broad Haven carnival on Saturday August 1st. We are having a stall at the carnival to promote the Boardwalk and Slash Pond Community Nature Reserve and to hopefully fundraise by selling more of the Culm to Calm book. If you could help out on the day to set up/help on the stall we would be very grateful. If you could spare an hour or two please send us an email [email protected] or drop us a message on Facebook.

13/07/2026

Our wildlife including hedgehogs, bees and birds are suffering in the heat right now. Please put out a saucer or shallow dish of tap water or two to help them get through this. This young female blackbird enjoyed the drink and then turned around and plonked her tail in the water to cool off!😄