Progress on the new reserves
January 24, 2022
Happy New Year!!
For the last few weeks we have been working to 'improve' our new reserves from a wildlife perspective.
Here you see a huge digger starting a pond. I had tried myself but the results were a little dissapointing, it leaked so we just ended up with a hole rather than a pond! This time we have dug another hole nearby to mine some clay so our new pond can be clay lined. Fingers crossed!
Elsewhere we have planted an area of 'scrub' -lower trees and bushes like Hawthorne, Blackthorne. Privet and Dog rose. This forms a habitat different from actual woodland and one this is in short supply. We are so grateful to volunteer Simon Tobin for helping with the biodegradable matting and tree shelters.
Lastly we have a new bridge over one of the drains -so welcome because it shortens the walk to work on the land by half a mile.
We have seen brown hares twice already this week and lots of Whooper swans fly over the reserves twice each day.
Cheers david
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