Terry's photos
This week East Wight beckoned once more – Swanpond Copse in Ashey, first visited just 3 weeks ago. This lovely site is managed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – see link
https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wildlife-sanctuary-sites
HIWWT trusted us to get on with the work unsupervised today,
having marked with spray paint the areas they wished us to tackle. As on our previous visit, we were coppicing
hazel, cutting back bramble and creating dead hedges with the cut
material. We continued working in the
two areas coppiced last time extending the scallops and adding to the dead hedge. A new third area was also worked in further
along the ride – this was a more attractive area as there was considerably less
bramble with greater space between the trees.
As on our last visit there was rain, but this gradually
dried up as the morning progressed.
Thank you to Terry for the photos.
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