Guernsey Conservation Volunteers

Actively conserving the natural environment since 1996

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at 10am on Wednesday 3rd June at Les Tielles. We will be removing new Sour Fig shoots and pulling Bracken to stop it dominating the area.
New volunteers welcome.
#activeoutdoors #lovenature #MakeADifference #habitatrestoration

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

😁 What a wonderful place to spend a morning. 😁
On Saturday GCV removed more than 100 tree guards from young trees in Jubilee Wood, Le Gouffre.
This was a new experience for many people who had never visited this lovely @NTGuernsey site before.
#activeoutdoors #treemaintenance

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at 10am on Saturday 30th May to remove tree guards in the @NTGuernsey Jubilee Wood near Le Gouffre. New volunteers welcome.
#activeoutdoors #lovenature #treemaintenance

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

🌞 Bit of a hot one on Wednesday morning! 🌞
Lots of new Sour Fig shoots removed near Burton Battery but lots more to do so we'll be back, hopefully it'll be a bit cooler when we return 🤞
#lovenature #invasivespeciesremova

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Soooo nice to see Sheep's-bit spreading across Rocquaine where invasive Sour Fig used to grow. The bees are loving it too! 😍
#habitatrestoration #bees #lovenature #MakeADifference

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be removing new Sour Fig shoots at a site near Burton Battery, Castel at 10am on Wednesday 27th May. New volunteers welcome. 😁
#lovenature #activeoutdoors #invasivespeciesremoval

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Do you remember when invasive Sour Fig covered Fort Le Marchant headland?
It's now looking stunning with such a lot of pink Thrift and other native wildflowers! 😍
#lovenature #invasivespeciesremoval #nativeplants #MakeADifference #habitatrestoration

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Time for a spot of digging on Port Soif Common. Wild Leek is becoming dominant in quite a few areas of the Common & it produces many new bulbs which spread & create even more plants. To allow the smaller, native plants to grow the large patches of Wild Leek is being removed.😁

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at 10am on Wednesday 20th May in Port Soif car park (near the kiosk). We will be digging up Wild Leek to allow the smaller, delicate wildflowers to grow.
#lovenature #activeoutdoors #MakeADifference

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

One final push on Saturday morning to get some more invasive Stinking Onions out of the ground in Bluebell Wood before they die back for another year.
Great to see some big, healthy looking Bluebell seed pods developing. 💙
#lovenature #activeoutdoors #BluebellWood

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Would you like to be active outdoors and connect with nature? GCV is a great way to do this.
Check out our website for the work parties coming up over the next couple of months. New volunteers are always welcome. 😁
https://t.co/LmL3nFPlmH

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be doing a one-off work party in Bluebell Wood to dig up flowering Stinking Onions before they die back for another year.
We will be meeting at 10am on Saturday 16th May in the Military Cemetery car park in Fort George. New volunteers welcome.
#activeoutdoors

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

🌧🌧 90% chance of heavy rain at 11am on Wednesday was correct! 🤣
Fort Le Marchant headland is looking great and we only managed to find a few small patches of invasive Sour Fig. Then it rained.......💧💧💧
#activeoutdoors #rain #invasivespeciesremoval

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at Fort Le Marchant Headland at 10am on Wednesday 13th May. We will be removing some new shoots of invasive Sour Fig as well as pulling up some Bracken that is spreading across the grassland area.
#lovenature #activeoutdoors

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Thankfully the torrential rain on Wednesday didn't hit the beautiful @NTGuernsey Clifton Valley so GCV had a lovely dry morning chopping Hemlock Water-dropwort & digging up Stinking Onions.
Such a peaceful place with birdsong & the sound of the douit running down the Valley. 💚

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

On Wednesday 6th May, GCV will be cutting Hemlock Water-dropwort in the beautiful @NTGuernsey Clifton Valley near La Prevote. We will be meeting at 10am. New volunteers welcome.😀
#lovenature #activeoutdoors

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at the beautiful @NTGuernsey orchid meadow in Talbot Valley at 10am on Wednesday 29th April. We will be cutting Hemlock Water-dropwort to allow meadow flowers to flourish.
#lovenature #activeoutdoors #MakeADifference #meadows #orchids

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

GCV will be meeting at the beautiful @NTGuernsey orchid meadow in Talbot Valley at 10am on Saturday 25th April. We will be cutting Hemlock Water-dropwort to allow meadow flowers to flourish.
#lovenature #activeoutdoors #MakeADifference #meadows #orchids

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Another busy Wednesday work party at La Societe Guernesiaise orchid meadows at Rue Rocheuse. Chopping Hemlock Water-dropwort to stop this plant dominating the meadow. Lovely to see the Loose-flowered Orchids starting to flower.
#orchids #volunteering #lovenature #activeoutdoors

[Guernsey Conservation Volunteers @GsyConservation]

Thank you very much to Barney from @juliusbaer for coming along to the GCV work party at Rue Rocheuse orchid fields. You did a great job cutting Hemlock Water-dropwort to allow more space for orchids to grow.👏👏
#CSR #ESG #MakeADifference