Posts Tagged ‘orchids’
2026 Orchid Count: Record Numbers Indicate a Thriving Meadow
On Wednesday the 10th of June we held our annual orchid count at Pudsham Meadows, as part of our long term monitoring of biodiversity and health of the site. DPA Conservation Volunteers were joined by a skilled and enthusiastic team of Devon Wildlife Trust volunteers, who helped us make an efficient and thorough survey of…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Pudsham Meadow through the Seasons – A Wild Writing year
‘The bird that calls from the willow, lovely is its little beak with its clear call’ 9th century Irish I wanted to hear the willow-warbler, the slide of its song, the lilt and the lift. A tiny bird that every Spring flies from the African continent over the deserts and half way round the world…
Read MoreMarvellous Meadows: Land Management at Pudsham
Pudsham Meadows is a marvellous example of flower rich grassland with associated scrub edges, recognized as a County Wildlife Site. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan identifies such fields as Priority Habitat due to their alarming decline over the past half-century. Now, they are highly localized, and Dartmoor alone accounts for about 6% of the national…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Orchid Spells and Bee Tales
Poet and contemporary songwriter, Roz Brady, visited DPA owned Pudsham Meadows on Sunday the 8th of June as part of Open Meadows 2025. This open day was part of a broader program of open meadows, organised by Moor Meadows, and running between May and September. We have welcomed visitors to our hay meadows at Pudsham…
Read MoreAbundance of Orchids at Pudsham Count
This week DPA Conservation Volunteers were joined by Devon Wildlife Trust volunteers for our annual orchid count at Pudsham Meadows. We were looking for four varieties of orchid across our four fields at the site, splitting each field into transects to ensure a systematic survey. Around 25 volunteers spent the morning and early afternoon diligently…
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