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Welcome to the Waresley and Gransden
Woods website
This website is dedicated to providing
information on all topics relating to the Waresley and Gransden Woods reserves of
The Wildlife
Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
For directions to the reserve follow this link.
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Happy New Year 2019
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31/12/2018 - I've had a bit of a break from website updating
recently, but this hasn't stopped the ongoing conservation
work. On our visit to the reserve on New Year's day, Barbara
had an opportunity to try out her new Christmas present pruning
saw. Just right for getting into those tricky spots between
hazel poles. I on the otherhand just use the brute force of
the chain saw to barge my way through. This session saw the
last of the ride side hazel removed and a start made on cutting back
one of the old hazels on the back edge of the section. A week
earlier we had escaped pre Xmas chores with a quick Christmas Eve
visit to cut back a few of the remaining hazel stools.
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16/12/2018 - in the shot below you can see that the narrow
aspen section of the coppice plot has nearly been cleared.
Surplus poles are waiting in the lower right hand corner for use in
the dead hedge later. A single hazel pole has been left
standing by the ride edge, for layering when the ground is softer.
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09/12/2018 - A large plot in Brownes' Pieces has now been planted
with locally sourced saplings. Directly these new trees start to
green up they will make a big impact for anyone walking up or down the
main ride in this area.
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Conservation
work party dates are:
13th & 27th Jan 2019
10th & 24th Feb
10th & 24th Mar
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Last Update
31/12/2018
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Work continues on the Meer's ride
coppice section The second scallop has nearly been cleared of
hazel and other trees. Not long to go now before this task is
finished. Click here
to see what we have achieved so far.
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