Prestow Woods – plans for the autumn and winter and volunteer dates
November 6 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
We have plans to do more this autumn and winter to further improve the biodiversity in Prestow Woods. We will be running some volunteer sessions to help make them happen.
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We need to remove invasive Privet and Ivy from some clearings to provide the space for a greater variety of plants (in line with advice from Avon Wildlife Trust).
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Following on from work last year, and further advice from Avon Wildlife Trust, we will have more of the non-native Holme Oak trees felled. These are a broad leaved evergreens that cut out so much light that nothing grows underneath them.
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We will need to move felled timber and cuttings to clear the ground and to create dead hedges and wildlife refuges.
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We will also need to plant some trees to replace those we lost this summer and to diversify some clearings.
Volunteering sessions
We will be trying a new approach to the timing of volunteer sessions. Based on the successful approach used by other organisations, we will try using a fixed pattern of days and times in the hope that it helps people with their planning to get involved.
For the rest of this year we will run volunteer sessions on the 1st and 3rd Thursday afternoons and the 4th Saturday morning of the month.