Sites Places in recovery
Each site has its own survey sheet, its own volunteers and its own pace. Together they make a corridor that otters, barn owls and dragonflies can travel.
01 North reach · restoring since 2021
Forty-one drainage grips blocked by hand, six scrapes dug, and the water table back up by thirty centimetres. Reed warblers, snipe and a pair of little grebes nested this year.
02 South ridge · restoring since 2023
A former silage field sown with yellow rattle to weaken the rye grass. Two summers on: 38 flowering species and the valley’s first small heath butterflies in a decade.
03 Valley floor · planting since 2019
3,600 alder, oak, hazel and bird cherry grown from seed collected within five miles. We stopped using plastic tree guards in 2022; deer fencing is wooden and comes down in 2030.
Rules On the ground
Boardwalks and routes keep ground-nesting birds and new seedlings undisturbed.
From March to July every site is a nesting season. Dogs are welcome on a lead the rest of the year.
Standing stems feed birds and overwinter insects. Please do not cut or pick them.
Drones disturb birds and need our written permission. Write to the field office first.
Walk Come out with us
Work mornings run on all three sites. Tools, gloves and a hot drink are provided, and nobody needs experience.
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