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MERSHAM & SEVINGTON
Hatch Park (Bockhanger) Site of Special
Scientific Interest
KSCP volunteers started clearing rhododendron from
around the ancient hornbeam pollards in the winter of 1999/2000. They were
joined by a group of 25 French volunteers on one weekend. In February 2001
KSCP volunteers continued the work.
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Volunteers from Nord Pas de Calais enjoying a 'rustic'
Kentish lunch at Hatch Park
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Rhododendron was introduced to this country
as an attractive flowering shrub for gardens and parklands and was also
used for game cover. Unfortunately it suppresses all our native flora and
in this case shades out the rare mosses and lichens on the pollards.
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Roadside Nature Reserve
The KSCP has assisted with the management of this verge
by grant aiding contractors to carry out careful mowing at the end of the
summer. It is one of 10 in the KSCP area designated by the Kent Wildlife
Trust. It contains common broomrape, basil, marjoram, bladder
campion, sweet violet, field scabious and birds foot trefoil.
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Wild basil, one of the plants found on the Roadside Nature
Reserve in Mersham
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Stone Green
Three ponds were grant aided for dredging in November
1999.
Dean Farm
The KSCP advised on conservation improvements that
included grant aiding the planting of 290 m of hedge and 150 trees in
February 1998, and the digging of a 10 by 10m pond in December 1997. The
hedges contains hawthorn, hazel, field maple, spindle, rose and holly.
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South Willesborough Dykes
This Site of Nature Conservation Interest has been
targeted by the KSCP and Ashford Borough Council because of the pressure of development in south
Ashford. The KSCP carried out a floristic survey of the ditches in 1998
and has contributed ideas to the Ashford Green Corridor Action Plan and
written a management plan for the site.
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South Willesborough Dykes
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