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Wadsley and Loxley Common
Heathland Restoration at Wadsley and Loxley Common. Parts of this site are beginning to be dominated by Silver birch and the heathland is disappearing. We are helping to restore the heathland by removing some of the birch. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway.
Footpath work at Clough Field Woods
Footpaths require continual maintenance otherwise they can get washed away or covered in mud. Today we were reinstating some of the clogged up cross drains. Photographs kindly donated by James Hookway.
Residential in the Lakes
The group went up to the Lakes on the Jubilee Weekend and started putting up some deer fencing around part of the site. The area will eventually be coppiced. Photos kindly donated by Aiste Dijokaite.
Wadsley and Loxley Common
Heathland Restoration of Wadsley & Loxley Common. Silver birch is a pioneer species, if left the birch will totally dominate and the heathland will turn into woodland. We are helping to restore part of the common back to heathland. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway.
Hedgelaying in the Gleadless Valley
Hedgelaying is a means of rejuvenating a hedge and still providing a boundary. We were hedgelaying in the Gleadless Valley for Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway.
General Cemetery
We usually work at the General Cemtery on the first sunday of the month. The General Cemetery Trust look after the Cemetery and we work for them. Today getting material for a dead hedge. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway. With an update of photos from Alan Edwards later in the year.
Clough Field Woods
A variety of jobs done at Clough Field Woods, our long term Project, on 27 November 2011, converting an overgrown allotment site into more of a natural woodland. Jobs included charcoal making, privet removal, bulb planting & path clearance. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway.
Beech thinning Gleadless
The group were thinning the beech whips around native saplings. Working with Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway
Hay raking in the Gleadless Valley
Hayraking in the Gleadless Valley with Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust. Photos kindly supplied by James Hookway.
Hay Raking in Gleadless Valley
Hay Raking in the Gleadless Valley Valley with the Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust. Photos kindly donated by James Hookway.