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Join us on Tuesday 10th October and help us to keep a small but important area open. Working mainly with loppers, or some slashers/scythe, we will be clearing the ground cover of bramble and birch regrowths. It is a hazel coppice area so protecting the stools with twig pyramids will be welcome, using your own secateurs.
We meet inside Shute Farmhouse for 9:30 where we will be there to greet you and talk about the tools and task for the day.
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Shame, 2 last minute cancellations plus one other for tomorrows task day (12th Sept). Can anyone help out last minute?
The easiest task day of the year, knocking over 2nd growth bracken. Meet us at the Mount Fancy Farm for 9:30, we'll be at the very top of that track. After prolonged negotiations and discussions between the landholders and Butterfly Conservation, which much misgiving on my behalf, Butterfly Conservation has decided to not renew its lease with Wessex Water and no longer practically support the management of this Wessex Water land. The reserve now reduces to 13Ha and is now only formed of the two remaining linked compartments, Shutes and MtFancy. The previous compartment of Wessex Land will now be leased by and is under the management of Forestry England to meet the SSSi requirements.
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AuthorHon Warden of the Butterfly Reserve Archives
May 2024
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