Terry's photos
Mark's photos
This week we returned to the Horseshoe Trail in St Helens,
last visited in November 2024. The trail
is a loop through some lovely woodland to the west of St Helens. There were several tasks for us to undertake
so GG-ers split into various small groups around the site. There was a copse of hazel that needed
coppicing – once cut the material was stacked into habitat piles. There was also a significant amount of
non-native plants within the woodland such as bay, cherry laurel and lonicera
which required our attention, and again this material was stacked into
piles. At one of the two entrances there
is an area where trees have been planted by local children. This area was becoming overgrown with bramble,
so this was also cut back.
As a bonus a red squirrel was spotted at break time and a
woodpecker was heard. The morning stayed
fine and dry which was very welcome after all the recent rain.
Many thanks to Terry and Mark for the photos.
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