Following on from my last post about the removal of some, mainly Silver Birch at Raw Nook LNR our conservation group had a workday to manage the brush that was left.
For those reading this for the first time the reason we had some trees felled was to open up, in parts the woodland floor to let more light in and to increase bio-diversity.
The aim of our work which is ongoing is to form a Dead Hedge which is a sustainable boundary of branches and twigs. This Dead Hedge will form a valuable wildlife habitat and will be used by many invertebrate species. Raw Nook LNR is an excellent reserve for fungi and the decaying wood will support even more fungi and mosses to appear.
Richard making a start with the Dead Hedge.
Sadly we had to collect rubbish thrown down by irresponsible people
However, on a positive note you can now start to see the early signs of light reaching the woodland floor following the excellent work carried out by Bradford’s Countryside Services.
