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The River Wye and Refining Cheese

A call to the public to help identify threats to the habitats on the river Wye, and we meet the cheesemonger from Cardiff who has won the title of Affineur of the Year.

Upper Wye restoration - a new project to help restore the upper reaches of the River Wye. Caroline Evans hears how to tackle one of the threats spreading down the river ....the invasive skunk cabbage

Waxcap Watch - can you help secure the future of fungi in the UK? With some species at risk of extinction the conservation charity Plant Life is urging people to get involved in recording waxcaps.

Boosting biodiversity in Denbighshire - we hear about the local authority's plans to plans to reintroduce and increase numbers of native plants and trees across the county, including the rare 'wild service', or 'chequers' trees, whose fruit used to be eaten by children as sweets!

Affineur of the year - refining cheese to it's full potential! We meet the winner of the title Owen Davies who took his inspiration from the mining heritage of Wales and applied it to maturing a cheddar in replicated 鈥渃oal cave"

Release date:

28 minutes

On radio

Sunday 07:00

A few more details.....

To report any invasive species you spot the INNS mapper link can be 听听辞谤 听
If you want to get involved with Plantlife's Waxcap Watch 听

Broadcasts

  • Sunday 07:00
  • Wednesday 18:30
  • Next Thursday 06:30

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