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 Post bashing
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 Stapling
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 The holloway we were working on, an important habitat and beautiful spot on te reserve. Holloways were tracks created by long use driving livestock across country to markets.
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 Tree poppers and loppers, tools of the day.
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 Scrub is bagged and moved off the grassland to build habitat piles.
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 Crecy Hill in bloom
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 Pulling hawtorn
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 Safety talk and discussion about what to demolish and (most importantly) what to leave!
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 First break with the first batch of old wire.
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 A section of post and rail knocked down and being re-instated with new materials.
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 The fen at Matthew Arnold Field. Lot of work has been done to re-wet the area and promote biodiversity.
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 The fen at Matthew Arnold Field. Lot of work has been done to re-wet the area and promote biodiversity.
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 Covered with logs and brash to prevent sand blocking water flow.
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 Dismantling the old fence.
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 Old fence materials showing some very rotten posts
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 Old fence where it joined last year's section.
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 A new straining post.
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 Knocking in intermediates.
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 Water scorpion, photo courtesy of Friends of Milham Ford (https://fomfnp.weebly.com/)
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 photo courtesy of Friends of Milham Ford (https://fomfnp.weebly.com/)
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 photo courtesy of Friends of Milham Ford (https://fomfnp.weebly.com/)
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 Pollarded ash. Branches removed becuse ash die back can result in them dropping dead branches
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 Close up shows slits cut into the trunk for bats to roost in
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 Cut branches being processed
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 Morning break.
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 Back filling underway.
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 The first section of footpath bybtge Thames. Welkk worn, and close to the river bank.
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 Work in progress, digging out the bank raise the path
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 End of the day, path raised and supported with willow fence.
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 Post and rail fence to be taken down
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 Removing nails from the rails that will be reused
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 Root of the day.
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 5/8ths of the OCV team, plus tree-poppers
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 Secluded hillside of unimproved chalk grassland.
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 Hazel stools ready to be coppiced. This is a traditional method of woodland management, providing resources for a wide variety of uses.
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 Coppiced area, creating an open glade that lets light to the woodland floor, good for flora. The coppices stools will regrow ready for harvesting in a few years.
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 Patches of dogwood (~12 months old). Grows to create a monoculture shading out the herbs and wildflowers that make this chalk downland so special.
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 Loppers are the tool of the day.
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 Cut scrub is piled up on the margins.
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 Getting started on the digging for and the first few steps.
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 Knocking in stobs.
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 Attaching anti-slip chicken wire.
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