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 Scything.
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 Fen (height approx. 2m).
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 Panorama of work site.
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 Fen at the start of the day.
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 Cut, rake, bag and drag in progress
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 Fallen willows cleared from the fen (they will root where the branches hit the ground).
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 A view of the fen from the entrance - taken at the end of August
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 Late morning. Most of the cutting done, with raking in progress. The spring-line is uphill, off to the left.
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 Before
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 After, but from the other end of the fen looking back uphill.
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 Fen edge after willow pollarding
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 Tea break
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 Frog spawn in the pond
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 Dipping platform
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 Clearing the pond
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 Clearing the pond
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 Clearing wood
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 Clearing wood
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 Transplanting yellow archangel
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 Diggin up aliens
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 Hollies transplanted to screen the water control device
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 Waiting for the work to begin
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 The poles mark the planned course of the diverted stream
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 Tea break on the bridge
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 The perfect angle for relaxing
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 Archaeology as well as conservation - we dug up an old cart wheel
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 Well earned lunch break
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 Attacking the collapsed willows
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 Base camp
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 A bit of overstaffing?
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 Using a pole saw
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 Fen after clearing
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 OCV senior management take a well-earned break!
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 A happy bowsawer
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 On route to the bonfire
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 Wetland after clearing
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 Completed habitat pile
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 Tea-making
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 Building habitat piles and burning brash
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