Surveying

We have committed to survey over 50,000m of hedgerow across Wales during the Long Forest project. We have developed the Long Forest App which allows anyone to survey hedgerows near them.

The app will give us vital information about the condition and species makeup of the hedgerows across Wales. Hedgerows form a vital part of our landscape, but they're at risk from neglect, damage and removal. We're taking action to halt this decline.

Our app developers, Natural Apptitude, have a wealth of experience in wildlife recording apps. They have designed the app to be easy to use for anyone. It can even be used without mobile phone signal, saving the results until a signal is available.

The app is available on Google Play and Apple App store for Android and IOS.

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Latest

New wildlife corridor created by RSPB Cymru and the Long Forest Project

Staff and volunteers from RSPB Cymru and Keep Wales Tidy took part in two days of hedge planting as part of the Long Forest Project at RSPB Cors Ddyga nature reserve on Anglesey
New hedgerows planted by volunteers in Coed y Morfa, Denbighshire

Volunteers from Morfa Gateway and Denbighshire County Council’s Nature for Health programme took part in the hedgelaying at Coed y Morfa nature reserve
Help for hedgerows at Coedpoeth Community Centre

Work has begun on an 80m hedge at a community centre in Coedpoeth, Wrexham
Plant a hedge, help a hog!

Wildlife experts are worried about the sharp decline in the UK hedgehog population, as well as numbers of other small mammals and birds.