A small group made a big difference at the Morfa Berwig water vole project site recently when they got together with keep Wales Tidy to clean up some of the rubbish that has been deposited at the site. Unfortunately some people seem to regard the site as a place where they can get rid of their rubbish and some of this ends up in the ditches polluting the watercourses there – habitat of the water vole. Over 3 hours a lot of rubbish was collected, including 5 car batteries and four tyres. Fortunately one volunteer had waders on and worked his away along one the ditches picking out litter. One plastic bottle had even been used as a latrine site by the water voles who have managed to live amongst the rubbish. Hopefully when the site is better used people will respect more and see it less as a place to dump rubbish.

Work has progressed slowly on the path project, being slowed down by the poor weather we have had. However work should be finished soon and the path through the site open for people to enjoy. Information panels explaining the biodiversity and land use history will be there for people to read and benches for people to stop and listen and watch the sights and sounds on site.