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Volunteer task : Ashford Community Woodland
This is the first of 2 visits to this lovely spot on the outskirts of Ashford. We’ll be using our new mower on the meadow & clearing away the cut material into piles along the edges. These make for good habitats for grass snakes etc.
Find out more »Volunteer task : Westgate Gardens – river planters
A second week of installing river planters to enhance the river habitat
Find out more »Volunteer task : Charing Heath – meadow cut & clear
More meadow cutting – this time at Charing Heath ( Chapel). This lovely old churchyard is a delightful haven for wildlife. Cutting the meadow helps to maintain this valuable asset.
Find out more »Volunteer task : Tyler Hill Meadow LNR – meadow mow
We'll be visiting this secluded nature reserve , to the north of Canterbury to give the meadow an annual cut, using our new mower.
Find out more »Volunteer task : Sevington Weir – revetment task
Weirs are ancient man-made features installed in our rivers at mill locations so designed to alter the rivers flow characteristics. These are now realised to be undesirable barriers to fish movement in our rivers. Hence, nationally, there is a programme to remove (partially) many of these weirs from our river courses. Our task at Sevington Weir is to install faggots and stakes to prevent bank erosion, once the Weir (in part ) is removed at a forthcoming date.
Find out more »Volunteer task : Wade Marsh Thanet – clearing parrot’s feather
This , the first of 2 visits to this area is to continue the work begun last year of removing parrot's feather from drainage ditches of this Wade Marsh network. Parrot's feather is an escapee form garden ponds , and is particularly vigorous in its surface growth. As well as waders , our boat may well be needed to tackle this problem.
Find out more »Volunteer task : Ashford Community Woodland
Our second visit to this open space to continue the meadow cutting from the previous week.
Find out more »Volunteer task : River Stour Fordwich -bank and river clean-up
We'll be working downriver from Fordwich - removing litter in the river and on land, by boat and on foot.
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