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Invasive Plants and Wandering Minstrels

The garden plants threatening to invade our countryside and the musicians promoting a more sustainable approach to touring

How bird flu is decimating Wales' gannet population on Grassholm island off the coast of Pembrokeshire.

Calls for tougher penalties for dog owners after 46 ewes in a "horrifying attack" on a farm near Wrexham

Could you have the next Japanese Knotweed or Himalayan Balsam growing in your garden? We speak to a PhD student about his work identifying ornamental garden plants with an invasive potential.

We meet the former Red Arrows engineer in his first year as warden for Flat Holm island, off the coast of Cardiff.

And we meet the two musicians finding new ways of connecting post covid and promoting their album as they walk the Wales Coast Path

28 minutes

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Thu 14 Sep 2023 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Wales

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In More Detail.....

Non Native Plants -  we speak to Tomos Jones from  about future invasive plants and if you'd like more information on how to avoid spreading them find out more at  and if you can help report their spread then  would be the place to do so.
To catch the folk duo ‘Filkin’s Drift’ as they walk around the Wales' Coast Path more details can be found
Avian Flu - if you come across any dead or dying birds on beaches and coastal areas, the advise is not to touch them and keep dogs away.  Please  use the online reporting system https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-dead-wild-birds  or call the Defra helpline (03459 33 55 77)  

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  • Sun 10 Sep 2023 07:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Wales
  • Wed 13 Sep 2023 18:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Wales
  • Thu 14 Sep 2023 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Wales

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