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Peter powell
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CEO at Welsh Dee Trust.

Our objective: A river Dee free of pollution and full of wildlife.

Farmer at Cefn Ucha Farm.

Objective: food, nature and not going bust
In the lower sections of the river, Salmon are spawning.

You can see a hen and cock fish spawning in the video below.

But when we electrofished higher upstream, we found 0 salmon in the tributary.

Even though the habitat looked perfect!
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
How's this for nature friendly farming?

This is WelshDeeTrust site on the Cheshire plains.

The 3D buffer will help protect the watercourse from any pollutants in the field and also provide valuable habitat for 🐛🦋🪶🐦‍⬛🐀.
July 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ecological restoration question?

This is one of our grassland restoration sites
@Cefn_Ucha
farm.

We have grazed hard this winter and spread hay from another species rich grassland.

Do we buy in some more seed?

Or wait and see what happens?
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's Salmon spawning season on the Dee.
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November 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM
We've also added these smaller ponds with a wooden 'leaky dam' at the end. These again capture storm water and release is slowly.

We put in 3 of these.

And really excitingly I just saw a Teal using one of these ponds. A new species for the farm.
November 23, 2024 at 12:06 PM