help us stop this #AttackOnNature@NickGibbUK? I am very concerned for the countryside we know of today (let alone the decline it has suffered already)! There are Gov plans to rid of environmental laws and undermine the 30by30 movement our govt. and people set. #DefendNature
Joint volunteer Christmas work party with Amphibian and reptiles conservation trust out on Ash ranges to clear Scots pine that's overshadowing the sand lizard and smooth snakes scrapes to enhance this habitat ready for breeding season next year πͺ Big area cleared with great vols
Winter Pimm's corporate day at barossa nature reserve dta to clear as much of the dense Scots pine as we could and revert back to lowland heath πͺ Love the way the smoke clouded the pine to look eerie in one of the photos π€
Beautiful day at rodborough common clearing silver birch to help restore an area back to its natural species rich grassland state πͺ nice fire to keep us all warm too π₯π
Team day at Vann Lake today clearing thickets of alder and scrub today away from the old reservoirs waterway and to restore a more grassland vegetation mix on the verges πͺπ
Clearing pockets of rhododendron at Thundry meadows from the woodland sections as it's an invasive species we don't want colonising our native environments π 'treatment' will be applied to kill/weaken the rhyzomes β οΈ
Good day clearing the edge of a gorse hibernaculum preventing it from encroaching onto our grassland but also providing good bathing edges for reptiles come next spring/summer π€ Also was an awesome wood ants nest and adorable birds nests (left one is long tailed tits -fave π)
Brush cutting a fence line this morning on Chobham common and what do I encounter but this awesome Marsh gentian flower π·π€ afternoon not so good piping a trough π§π§π§