Three Davids: DIJ, David Scruton and David Shiel
This afternoon, Sara and I visited the 66-acre Moel Findeg nature reserve at Maeshafn, near Llanferres, on the easternmost edge of the constituency; in fact, the constituency boundary forms part of the boundary of the reserve itself.
The Friends of Moel Findeg were formed as a charity in 1996 and purchased the land in 1999. The site is managed by Denbighshire County Council as part of the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
We were shown round by David and Ann Scruton, who have been involved with the Friends since their formation, and David Shiel, Senior Warden of the AONB. David gave us the astonishing statistic that half the heather and heathland in the world is situated in the United Kingdom, with a large chunk in Clwyd West; Moel Findeg is therefore in essence an important natural ecosystem that merits conservation.
Pre-Christian des res
The Friends are currently attempting to negotiate the purchase of Big Covert, an area of beech and conifer forest close to Moel Findeg. They took us on a tour of the covert and showed us a cave (pictured above) that was used as a habitation in pre-Christian times.
Maeshafn is an attractive village in a particularly beautiful area and I can thoroughly recommend a visit.
View of Maeshafn
