Survey for the Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus at Coed Maesmelin and other Woodlands in the Neath Valley, Glamorgan (2016)
The chance finding of several adult Blue Ground Beetles Carabus intricatus in a garden on the edge of Neath in 2012 and 2013 led to the discovery of a population in the nearby Coed Maesmelin Woodland Trust reserve in January 2015 during a NRW-funded survey. Three adults were recorded, and recommendations were made to improve the quality of the woodland habitat for the beetle by re-introducing grazing and cutting back bramble to provide more open conditions. Survey work in February 2016 focussed on finding additional populations of the beetle in woodlands within close proximity to Coed Maesmelin. A total of eight sites were visited during this second phase of survey work but no beetles were found, although some areas in the upper Mellte and Nedd valleys and at Craig Gwladys Country Park appeared to have highly suitable habitat. Coed Maesmelin was also re-visited, with just a single adult being found here on 4th February 2016. Bramble growth appeared to be even stronger than in the previous year and given the absence of other records from the Neath area, implementation of a programme of remedial management that aims to improve the habitat quality here is required urgently.
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Identification
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- NRW_DS117691
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- Arolwg Chwilen Ddaear Las Carabus intricatus yng Nghoed Maesmelin a Choetiroedd eraill yng Nghwm Nedd, Morgannwg (2016)
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- English
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Sampling techniques included visual searches, undertaken by competent surveyors.
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Boyce, D.C. & Walters, J.M., (2016). Survey for the Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus at Coed Maesmelin and other woodlands in the Neath Valley, Glamorgan, NRW Evidence Report No: 184, 26pp., Natural Resources Wales, Bangor.
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- 2017-02-28
Temporal Extent
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- 2016-02-04
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- 2016-02-26
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- Biota
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- BRO MORGANNWG - THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN
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[A] The final report in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats. [B] Species records, which are held on the NRW Recorder 6 database.
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World Wide Web page
Quality
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Sampling techniques included visual searches, undertaken by competent surveyors.
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- 2008-06-01
Keywords
- NRW Thesaurus
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- woodland (woodlands)
- Carabus intricatus
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
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Content
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NRW Profile
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Survey for the Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus at Coed Maesmelin and other woodlands in the Neath Valley, Glamorgan
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There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313137363931 XML
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- English
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- 2024-05-31T09:41:24.472Z
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- NRW
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1.0