A bright, sunny morning in the woodland and lots of volunteers. A week later than usual because it was Easter Sunday a week ago. It is definitely greening up now.
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| Main pathway looking springlike although the grassy surface has suffered in the wet and might not recover so easily. |
The shelter roof was finished off on one side to make it safer. The edge was trimmed and a plank of wood secured to the roof to blank off the sharp edge. More work needs to be done on the other side but we are also hoping that the ivy can grow up and soften it a bit.
A path to the shelter entrance was mown from the main pathway way so that you can now see the way in. We had some discussion about making a new windy, path through the woodland from the glade to shelter but voted against it to preserve the quiet view looking out.
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| New pathway mown. |
All the other paths were strimmed and mown to define them amd keep them passable for, hopefully, another month. It seems daft, like we are trying to tidy up a natural environment but it does maintain the different levels of vegetation which is important for species diversity.
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| Looking towards the glade. |
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| The edge of the verge was also mown to prevent it from flopping into the road. |
The paths were also raked which seems incredibly over the top but there were so many loose sticks, especially around the rookery, and it is much easier underfoot without them.
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| The rooks are busy building nests |
The early spring wildflowers are blooming now.
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| Primrose |
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| Garlic mustard/ Jack-by-the-hedge |
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| Dandelion and a tiny bee. Very important flowers for an early source of nectar. |
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| Wild cherry blossom |
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| A Speckled Wood butterfly on the rapidly growing cow parsley. |
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