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2026
Just a few of us this time ...
1st February
Only half a dozen of us but we made good progress today.
We finished coppicing one hazel in the copse, clearing away the branches onto habitat piles, continued with native hedge maintenance, including sawing down tall trunks to let more light onto the hedge, and tidied around the saplings near the blue bridge. A lot of work was done cutting and clearing away brambles along the edge of the copse and meadow, plus a litter pick to finish up.
A few weeks ago we were fortunate to receive many bags full of wood chippings to cover the mud at the entrances to the meadow. Our donor was kind enough to deliver and spread all this material. Many thanks to Steve C.
The New Year started sunny and frosty ...
4th January
... so we had to be active to keep warm!
Nine of us braved the cold: cutting down a large area of bramble in the scrub belt, coppicing a couple of hazels and stacking the cut branches on existing dead hedges and habitat piles, together with walking the paths to pick up the litter.
An excellent morning's work and I think we all enjoyed the sunshine and stayed warm.