Sunday 3rd November 2024

Meet 9.55am at The Iron Bridge

The bat project has been underway for several months. This entailed removing rubbish and debris from the pill box, modifying the window slits and fixing a secure threshold and door with a metal outside cover which mice and rats can't get through. 

To create a roosting and hibernation habitat inside 4 bat roosts were fixed to the walls,  made from untreated rough sawn hard wood. 12 bat bricks were fixed to the ceiling and 2 towers of logs which were piled up, nearly to the ceiling. 

For the hedgelaying we split into 3 groups. The first made a start with the hedge by thinning and preparing the hedge to be laid. The other two groups went foraging around the vicinity for stakes and bindings that will be required to hold and secure the newly laid hedge. It will be a season or so, but the aim for our hedglaying is to enhance biodiversity for birds, small animals and insects by encouraging regrowth from the base and thickening the hedge for greater security.

Many thanks to:

Our bat team - Cathy Green, Nilesh Dodhia, Nigel Daley and Shaan Purohit and anyone else who contributed at other times.

On the Hedgelaying front:

Ken Davies, Mike Lansdown, Phil Gibbs, Philip & Julia Davies, Nick & Christine Gray, Alison Marriott, Alex, Amy Gornal, Kim Jacob, Sylvene Greaves, Russell Ball and Nicola Pazdzierska.

Jack Westbrook 

Best wishes

Jack Westbrook

Lead Warden

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